Complete louver flow muffler
US4192401A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 26, 1976 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF01N2490/155
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A muffler for reducing the audible noise level of exhaust gases emitted by combustion engines has an inlet tube with a patch of louvers or perforations and is arranged so that all or substantially all the gas flowing through the muffler is forced through the patch into an expansion chamber from which it flows by either cross bleeding through a patch of louvers or perforations into an outlet tube or to a chamber opening into the inlet end of the outlet tube. A "splitter" partition may be used to control flow through the louvers and provide additional attenuation. An imperforate portion of the inlet tube is used as a driven tuning tube with a resonator chamber to form a Helmholtz low frequency attenuation system, the performance of which may be improved in some cases by use of an orifice in a wall of the resonator. Also disclosed is a muffler in which all the gas flows through a louver patch in the outlet tube and an imperforate part of the outlet tube is used as a part of an aspirating type Helmholtz system.
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