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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2000
Hiroyuki Kitani, Saitama, JP;
Yoshinori Nakagawa, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An exhaust gas released from the exhaust gas heat exchanger,is conveyed into the inlet of a bend,communicated to a silencer,. The exhaust gas mixed with the condensed water is upwardly passed as a mixture fluid through a passage,and forced into a first expansion chamber,. The mixture fluid is separated into the exhaust gas and the condensed water in the chamber,and conveyed downwardly in a passage,provided with a second expansion chamber,. While the exhaust gas is forced upwardly from the lower end of the silencer,, the condensed water is discharged downwardly. The condensed water is conveyed in the drain passage of a waster water trap and released to the outside.