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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2006
Soichi Uemura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tetsuo Akiyama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Soichi Uemura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tetsuo Akiyama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Toyo Roki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
An air cleaner is provided with a housing, a filter element disposed inside the housing for filtrating air introduced into the housing, and an adsorption element disposed in the housing for adsorbing gasified fuel in the housing, the adsorption element including an adsorbing member adsorbing gasified fuel and a frame surrounding the adsorbing member to hold the adsorbing member. The air cleaner further includes a plurality of first fusing projections projecting from one surface of the frame, a plurality of ribs formed to an inner surface of the housing so as to project therefrom and extending laterally and transversely to cross each other, and a plurality of second fusing projections formed to the inner surface of the housing at positions corresponding to the location of the first fusing projections formed to the frame of the adsorption element, each of the second projections being surrounded by a pair of crossing ribs.