Patent ID: 9169749
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: B01D,F01M

Abstract:
1. A separating device for a crankcase venting device of an internal combustion engine, comprising: an inlet supplying a fluid containing particles to be separated; a baffle plate operable to separate the particles from the fluid; a plurality of nozzles oriented toward the baffle plate; and a pivotable flap operable by adjustment of a pivot position of the pivotable flap to fluidically connect a first subset of said plurality of nozzles with the inlet and fluidically separate from the inlet a different second subset of nozzles; wherein the plurality of nozzles are distributed on a circular segment line and are pointing in a radial direction outwardly; and wherein the flap is pivotably supported about a center point of the circular segment line, a free end of the flap extending up to a partition between the first and the second number of nozzles in order to seal the first and second numbers of nozzles from each other.