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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2001
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
An air cleaner for an internal combustion engine facilitates is made compact and maintenance work for cleaning or replacing the cleaner element of the same. An air cleaner case ( ) holding a cleaner element ( ) is a three-part structure essentially consisting of a body ( ) having opposite open ends and provided with an air inlet ( ), a bottom wall ( ) detachably joined to one of the opposite open ends of the body ( ) and connected to the air intake passage of the carburetor ( ), and a cover ( ) detachably joined to the other open end of the body ( ). The bottom wall ( ), the body ( ) and the cover ( ) are fastened together by a stud bolt ( ) and a fastening nut ( ). The cover ( ) has a concave part ( ) defining a space for receiving the fastening nut ( ) and provided with drain holes ( ). When the air cleaner ( ) is disposed above the carburetor ( ), the drain holes ( ) are positioned right above the fuel flow adjusting screws ( ) of the carburetor ( ). A screw operating tool inserted from above the cover ( ) in each of the drain holes is able to reach each of the fuel flow adjusting screw ( ).