Patent ID: 8545586

Claim:
An air cleaner device, comprising: a wet type air cleaner element having an element body and at least a pair of element support plates, one each located at an upper end and a lower end, in the axial direction, of the air cleaner element; an air cleaner element holder having an inner cylindrical surface, an outer cylindrical surface spaced apart from said inner cylindrical surface, and at least a pair of circular plates, one each located at upper and lower ends of said element holder; an air cleaner case formed in a relatively-long box shape extending in a front-rear direction of said air cleaner device, said air cleaner case comprising a case body and a lid, said air cleaner case accommodates said air cleaner element and said air cleaner element holder therein, and having an intake duct facing an inner circumferential side of said air cleaner element for conducting air thereto, a flange located at an outer circumferential edge of at least one element support plates projects away from a surface of said element support plates in an axial direction of said air cleaner element; and a space formed between said flange and an outer circumferential surface of said element body, wherein at least one of said circular plates is fitted into said space, wherein a diameter of an inside surface of each of said support plates is equal to an inside diameter of said air cleaner element and a diameter of an outside surface each of said support plates is larger than an outside diameter of said air cleaner element and at least one of said support plates forms an element support part having said flange, wherein said element support plates support said air cleaner element in such a manner that both ends, in the axial direction, of said element holder contact an inside surface, in the axial direction, of said element support plates and said case body and said lid of said air cleaner case sandwich said air cleaner element and said element holder therebetween, wherein a plurality of plate clips are arranged at a circumference of an upper opening in said case body, and wherein said element holder completely covers only an outer circumferential side of said air cleaner element, thereby forming a flame trap.