1. A wheel barrier assembly for creating a physical barrier between a wheel hub, a wheel and a plurality of lugs securing the wheel to the wheel hub, said wheel barrier assembly comprising:
a plate constructed and arranged to extend between the wheel hub and the wheel to insulate the wheel from the wheel hub; and
a plurality of collets constructed and arranged to extend through the wheel and secured to said plate to insulate the wheel from the lugs.
2. A wheel barrier assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said plate includes an inner ring constructed and arranged to be press fit into the wheel for positioning said plate with respect to the wheel.
3. A wheel barrier assembly as set forth in claim 2 wherein each of said plurality of collets define a lug end and a hub end.
4. A wheel barrier assembly as set forth in claim 3 wherein said hub ends are constructed and arranged to extend beyond the wheel when said plurality of collets is press fit into the wheel.
5. A wheel barrier assembly as set forth in claim 4 wherein each of said hub ends defines a relief engagable with said plate.
6. A wheel barrier assembly as set forth in claim 5 wherein said plate includes a plurality of collet holes to receive each of said plurality of collets therein.
7. A wheel barrier assembly as set forth in claim 6 wherein said plate comprises aluminum.
8. A wheel barrier assembly as set forth in claim 7 wherein said plurality of collets comprise aluminum.
9. A wheel barrier assembly as set forth in claim 1 further comprising a wheel hub receiving center, and wherein said plate defines a plate outer periphery that extends beyond the hub receiving center, and wherein the diameter of the plate is greater than the diameter of the hub receiving center.
10. A wheel barrier assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein each of said plurality of collets comprises a primary sleeve and a secondary sleeve.
11. A wheel barrier assembly as set forth in claim 10 wherein each of said plurality of lugs comprises a neck portion and a lug nut portion, and wherein the primary sleeve is constructed and arranged to receive the neck portion of the lug, and wherein the secondary sleeve is constructed and arranged to receive the lug nut portion of the lug.
12. A wheel assembly removably securable to a wheel hub with a plurality of lugs, said wheel assembly comprising:
a hub receiving center including a hub hole and a plurality of lug holes, said hub receiving center defining a predetermined diameter;
a disk extending out from said hub receiving center;
a rim fixedly secured to said disk, said rim defining an inboard flange and an outboard flange;
a plate fixedly secured to said hub receiving center to create a barrier between said hub receiving center and the wheel hub; and
a plurality of collets extending through each of said plurality of lug holes and secured to said plate to create a barrier between the lugs and said hub receiving center to prevent corrosion of said wheel assembly.
13. A wheel assembly as set forth in claim 12 wherein said plate defines a plate diameter greater than said predetermined diameter of said hub receiving center to prevent the creation of a galvanic cell.
14. A wheel assembly as set forth in claim 13 wherein said plate includes an inner ring matingly engagable with said hub hole.
15. A wheel assembly as set forth in claim 14 wherein each of said plurality of collets define a lug end and a hub end.
16. A wheel assembly as set forth in claim 15 wherein said hub ends extend beyond the wheel when said plurality of collets is press fit into the wheel.
17. A wheel assembly as set forth in claim 16 wherein each of said hub ends defines a relief engagable with said plate.
18. A wheel assembly as set forth in claim 17 wherein said plate includes a plurality of collet holes to receive each of said plurality of collets therein.
19. A wheel assembly as set forth in claim 18 wherein said plate comprises aluminum.
20. A wheel assembly as set forth in claim 19 wherein said plurality of collets comprise aluminum.
21. A wheel assembly as set forth in claim 20 wherein the disk comprises magnesium.
22. A wheel assembly as set forth in claim 12 wherein the disk comprises magnesium.
23. A wheel assembly as set forth in claim 12 wherein the rim comprises magnesium.
24. A wheel assembly as set forth in claim 12 wherein each of said plurality of collets comprises a primary sleeve and a secondary sleeve.
25. A wheel assembly as set forth in claim 24 wherein each of said plurality of lugs comprises a neck portion and a lug nut portion, and wherein the primary sleeve is constructed and arranged to receive the neck portion of the lug, and wherein the secondary sleeve is constructed and arranged to receive the lug nut portion of the lug.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A catalytic converter designed to be integrated into a food-cooking appliance, the food-cooking appliance comprising a deep fryer, and to act, during a cooking cycle in a closed atmosphere and without oxygen being admitted from the outside, to treat the odors in the cooking fumes before the fumes are discharged to the outside, said converter comprising a basic substrate (30) provided with perforations (31) for passing the cooking fumes to be treated, said substrate (30) being coated with an intermediate layer (32) having a large surface area, said intermediate layer (32) provided with a surface component (33) formed of an inorganic solution based on precious metals so as to form the catalytic active layer of said converter, said intermediate layer (32) comprising alumina and cerine so as to form said intermediate layer (32) with a surface area of not less than 150 square meters per gram (m2g), the amount of aluminacerine added to the basic substrate (30) lying in the range 30 gm2 to 35 gm2, including 15 gm2 of cerine to 20 gm2 of cerine.
2. The converter according to claim 1, wherein the basic substrate (30) has at least a minimum surface area of 0.0034 m2liter of water vapor treated per minute.
3. The converter according to claim 2, wherein the basic substrate (30) is provided with in the range 190 perforations per square inch (PSI) to 400 PSI (in the range 29.49 perforations per square centimeter (PSC) to 62.09 PSC).
4. The converter according to claim 3, wherein the surface component (33) consists of one of a metal, a mixture of metals, a metal oxide, and a mixture of metal oxides, the metal(s) being chosen from platinum, copper, manganese, and palladium.
5. The converter according to claim 4, wherein the surface component (33) is platinum dispersed in the intermediate layer at a concentration of at least 0.02380 mgm2 and at the most 0.06666 mgm2.
6. The converter according to claim 5, wherein the platinum is dispersed at a concentration of about 0.02380 mgm2.
7. The converter according to claim 1 wherein the basic substrate (30) is a monolithic material having a honeycombed structure consisting of one of alumina and cordierite.
8. An appliance for cooking food in a closed atmosphere, the appliance being equipped with said catalytic converter according to claim 1.
9. The appliance according to claim 8, wherein the appliance further comprises a deep fryer.