Patent ID: 6187240
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: B01D,F02M,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of assembling an air cleaner arrangement comprising:(a) providing a tubular metal housing including an air inlet tube; the tubular metal housing defining a central region and having an open first end and an open second end;(b) securing a plastic end cap having a planar base member in covering relation to the first end of the tubular metal housing by indenting a plurality of projections in the tubular metal housing toward the plastic end cap;(i) the plastic end cap including an exterior surface, an air outlet tube, and a first radial ring; the step of securing including orienting the air outlet tube into the central region and the first radial ring to project into the central region; and(c) positioning a cover member to cover the tubular metal housing second end.