Patent ID: 7927396

Claim:
A pulse jet air cleaner assembly comprising: (a) an air cleaner housing having a sidewall with a dust ejector port arrangement therethrough; (i) the air cleaner housing sidewall including an arcuate section through which the ejector port arrangement extends; and, (b) an evacuator valve assembly including a flexible valve member having first and second, opposite, edges; and, a valve member holder; (i) the valve member being operably secured in place over the dust ejector port arrangement and held flush against an outer surface of the air cleaner housing sidewall by the valve member holder; (ii) the valve member holder engaging the valve member, leaving at least one of the first and second, opposite, edges free to bias outwardly to open the evacuator valve assembly under housing internal pressure; and, (iii) the valve member having an arcuate inner surface, in installation, that extends over the arcuate section of the sidewall.