Patent · US Expired

Low noise level muffler for small engines

US3968854A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 18, 1975
Grant dateJul 13, 1976
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Expiry dateMar 18, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/12
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Complementary dished members cooperate to define an elongated shell that is divided into front and rear compartments by a partition wall. A U-shaped stamping divides the rear compartment into three aligned and communicated chambers and reinforces the rear shell wall. Gas enters an end one of the chambers through a perforated inlet tube that extends through the rear shell wall, thence flows successively through the other two chambers and into the front compartment. The inlet tube, the U-shaped stamping and the partition wall are so apertured that in the course of such flow the gas is alternately dispersed and recombined. The front compartment is longitudinally divided into two elongated passages through which gas flows lengthwise, in succession, in passing to an outlet in the front shell wall.

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