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Title: Containers for catalysts for exhaust emission control

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6017458

The invention discloses a container assembly for an exhaust emission control catalyst for internal combustion engines, of the kind comprising a cylindrical substrate body carrying the catalyst and mounted within a sheet metal casing with the interposition of a compressible cushioning layer of refractory material, an open-seam sheet metal shroud of variable circumference is used to enclose the compressible layer and to compress it prior to, or simultaneously with, endwise insertion into the casing. The shroud or the casing may have elongated ribs pressed in it, the ribs tapering at their ends to facilitate entry.

Assignee:
T.I. Silencer Services Ltd.
Patent Number(s):
US 4163042
OSTI ID:
6017458
Resource Relation:
Patent Priority Date: Priority date 13 Jan 1973, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English