| 摘要 |
An air cleaner for use in an intake air passage connected to an engine of a vehicle, including a housing separable into two housings (14, 20), a filter element (22) received in one housing (14), a sealing member (40) for sealing contact with a sealing surface (98) of the other housing (20), and a hinge device (24) for connecting the two housings, the hinge device including a receiving member (55, 56) and an axis member (68) which are displaceable relative to each other substantially along a plane in which the sealing member extends, the cleaner further including a clamp device (26) cooperating with the hinge device to secure the two housings to each other, and a protector (96, 94, 65, 57, 55, 56, 106; 92, 72, 30, 98) including two abutting portions, the protector allowing the sealing surface and the sealing member to be brought into the sealing contact with each other when the axis member is positioned at a hinging position in the receiving member, and inhibiting the sealing surface and the sealing member from being brought into the sealing contact, by abutment of the two abutting portions thereof, when the axis member is not positioned at the hinging position, the protector including, as the two abutting portions thereof, a portion (96, 94, 65, 57, 55, 56, 106) of one housing (14) and a portion (92, 72, 30, 98) of the other housing (20), respectively. <IMAGE> |
