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Silencer for exhausting gas streams

US4082160A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateApr 8, 1976
Grant dateApr 4, 1978
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Expiry dateApr 8, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01N1/10
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A silencer for reducing the noise of an exhausting gas stream, comprising a hollow body having a connector, a sound-absorbing insert in the body and an inner component, the sound-absorbing insert comprising at least one split sheet of closed-pore foamed plastic material having a thickness of less than its average pore-size. Advantageously the sheet material comprises closed-pore cross-linked foamed polyethylene stacked or wound to provide about 3 to 30 layers, each layer ranging in thickness from about 0.1 to 1.0 mm, having an average pore diameter from about 0.2 to 2 mm and an air permeability from about 0.5 to 200 Rayl, the air permeability of the innermost layer ranging from about 1 to 4 times the air permeability of the outermost layer.

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