Air cleaner

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
An air cleaner comprising: an air cleaner body having an inlet and an outlet; a fixed wall formed by said air cleaner body and having said outlet formed therein; a holder plate mounted in said air cleaner body; an air cleaner element removably held between said fixed wall and said holder plate between said inlet and said outlet; an element inserting opening formed in said air cleaner body; and a lid for covering said element inserting opening to close same; wherein the improvement resides in that: said holder plate is removably mounted in said air cleaner body in a manner to be tiltable from a position in which it cooperates with the fixed wall to hold the air cleaner element therebetween to a position in which it releases the air cleaner element from holding engagement therewith, and that said lid for said element inserting opening is formed with a pressing portion disposed to press said holder plate against said air cleaner element to hold the air cleaner element between it and the fixed wall when said element inserting opening is closed by said lid.




Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to an air cleaner provided with an improved mounting structure for a cleaner element.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.
1 is a vertical sectional side view of one embodiment of the air cleaner of the invention; FIG.
2 is a transverse sectional view of the air cleaner shown in FIG.
1; FIG.
3 is a perspective view of the holder plate of the air cleaner; FIG.
4 is a view showing the process steps of assembling the air cleaner; and FIG.
5 is a vertical sectional side view of an air cleaner of the prior art .
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART In motorcycles, particularly dual purpose motorcycles mainly used for off-road travels, off-road motorcycles or three-wheelers it often happens that they draw a greater volume of mud or muddy water into their cleaners than ordinary street type motorcycles.
Thus the former require maintenance and repair a greater number of times than the latter, and it has hitherto been customary to use a cleaner element formed of urethane (sponge) which can be readily cleaned