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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
May. 23, 2003
Norimasa Osawa, Inuyama, JP;
Kazuto Hirai, Konan, JP;
Yuichi Koyama, Aichi, JP;
NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
Of a gas detectora chamberformed between a center coverand a coveris a part of an air flow channel AF. A first shielding plateis provided in the chamberWater droplets that have entered the chamber from a chamber entrancewith air hit and adhere to an entrance-opposed surfaceE of the first shielding plateThe water thus adhering to the surface is pushed by the air flowing along the entrance-opposed surfaceE and by gravity, to thereby advance downward. The water then drips downward and is accumulated on a bottom wall surfaceWD which serves as an upper surface of a bottom wall sectionWD. The water is pushed by the flow of air, to thereby advance toward a chamber exitThe water is then drained downward from the chamber exit