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Inverted flow marine engine exhaust muffler

US4713029A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 17, 1987
Grant dateDec 15, 1987
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Expiry dateFeb 17, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02B61/045
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An exhaust muffler for a marine engine comprises a first vertically oriented tubular member having a lower end sealingly extended through the bottom of a main body chamber and an upper end extending upwardly through the top of the chamber. A second tubular member surrounds and is spaced from the first tubular member for forming a passage therebetween, and has its upper end sealingly extended through the top of the chamber and its lower end extending to a point below two chamber inlets, yet spaced from the bottom of the chamber. A cap seals the upper end of the second tubular member to invert upwardly flowing exhaust gases and cooling fluid within the passage between the first and second tubular members downwardly into the first tubular member for discharge from the muffler.

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