Air desiccant canister for an air brake system

专利名称：Air desiccant canister for an air brake system发明人：Claude Strope申请号：US08/850633申请日：19970502公开号：US05851269A公开日：19981222

摘要：A desiccant canister for an air braking system having dual internal air flow pathsand means for avoiding localized compression of the molecular desiccant sieve. Thepresent invention provides a spin-on canister having an inner shell spring-loaded into anouter shell. The inner shell contains the molecular desiccant sieve. To increase theinternal flowpath without increasing the outer size of the canister, a baffle plate isprovided within the inner shell to divide the molecular sieve into an outer annularchamber and inner core of roughly equivalent flow dimension. The air to be driedtherefore is able to make one pass through one flow path and then another passthrough another flow path. To avoid localized compression of the molecular sieve, theinner shell is spring loaded into the outer shell and cooperates with a sliding baffle plateto effect equilibrium. In the preferred embodiment, an elastomeric pad is provided withinthe inner shell to further distribute the force of the spring evenly throughout themolecular sieve.

申请人：BALDWIN FILTERS, INC.

代理机构：Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.

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