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Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2006
Applicants:

Tomoko Amemiya, Ageo, JP;

Takefumi Mochizuki, Ageo, JP;

Isamu Kanaya, Ageo, JP;

Daisuke Shirai, Yokohama, JP;

Hitoshi Hiramoto, Yokohama, JP;

Inventors:

Tomoko Amemiya, Ageo, JP;

Takefumi Mochizuki, Ageo, JP;

Isamu Kanaya, Ageo, JP;

Daisuke Shirai, Yokohama, JP;

Hitoshi Hiramoto, Yokohama, JP;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A muffling apparatusof the present invention having an exhaust emission purifying function, including a turning portionin an inside of an exhaust gas flow passage, and having an injection nozzledisposed in an upstream side exhaust gas flow passageof the turning portion, for injection-supplying a liquid reducing agent; and a reduction catalytic converterdisposed in a downstream side exhaust gas flow passageof the turning portion, for reductively purifying nitrogen oxides with the liquid reducing agent. The apparatus further includes a diffusing member, which generates a vortex flow of a gas traveling in a vertical plane of the turning portionto diffuse the liquid reducing agent.


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