Patent ID: 6755881
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: B01D,F02M,Y10S

Abstract:
An air cleaner housing for holding a cylindrical filter element and providing a laminar flow of air to a carburetor of a vehicle engine, said housing comprising:a bottom plate having an outer peripheral portion; a top cover spaced above said bottom plate, said top cover having a top peripheral portion above the outer peripheral portion of the bottom plate; said bottom plate, top cover and the cylindrical filter element defining a chamber for filtered air entering said chamber through the cylindrical filter element; said bottom plate having a convex section radially inward of said outer peripheral portion, a concave section transitioning from said convex section to a bottom venturi section, a planar section radially inward of said bottom venturi section, and an annular wall radially inward from said planar section and extending away from said top cover; said top cover having a convex section radially inward of said too peripheral portion, a concave section radially inward of said convex section, and a planar section radially inward of said concave section, where said convex section is at least partially positioned over said bottom venturi section of said bottom plate.