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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Matthias Bohl, Weinstadt, DE;
Assignee:
Knecht Filterwerke GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
123572 ; 55DI / ;
Abstract
A cylindrical cyclone separator connected between an air vent, a suction conduit and an oil sump all of an internal combustion engine. A duct extends spirally within the cyclone separator. Oil and aerosols are separated by an increasing centrifugal force as the oil/aerosol mixtures passes through the duct toward the center of the separator and the separator exhaust ports.