US 11,913,642 B2Granted

Apparatus, methods, and systems for providing a modular tubular exhaust

OwnerBenjamin Morton, Dave Peterson +1inventors

InventorsBenjamin Morton, Dave Peterson, Keith Gerks

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Abstract

The modular tubular exhaust system includes a first tubular body, a second tubular body and at least one third tubular body connecting to form, a fully assembled configuration, a vertically arranged exhaust pipe. The first, the second, and the third tubular bodies each have a tubular body first end and a tubular body second end where the first ends and second ends are configured to mate with each other to form the vertically arranged exhaust pipe. The system further includes tabs that extend radially outward on opposing sides of the tubular bodies to allow a plurality of fasteners to attach tubular bodies together when arranged in the vertical configuration. The assembled configuration may vary within the spirit and scope of the disclosure, for example, in some embodiments, the system may only have a first and a second tubular section or a first, second, and a plurality of third tubular sections.

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Dependent claims

A modular and transportable tubular exhaust system that is attached to a generator comprising:

a first tubular body, a second tubular body and at least one third tubular body connecting to form, in a fully assembled configuration, a vertically arranged exhaust pipe;
the first tubular body comprises a first tubular body first end and a first tubular body second end;
the second tubular body comprises a second tubular body first end and a second tubular body second end;
the at least one third tubular body having a third tubular body first end and a third tubular body second end;
where said first ends and second ends are configured to mate with each other to form the vertically arranged exhaust pipe;
a pair of first tabs extending radially outward, relative to the longitudinal axis of the vertically arranged exhaust pipe, and from the first tubular body second end;
a second pair of first tabs extending from the third tubular body second end;
and where the pair of first tabs are on opposing sides of the first tubular body and each second pair of first tabs are on opposing sides each third tubular body;
a pair of second tabs extending radially outward from each of the third tubular body first end and the second tubular body first end, where the second tabs are on opposing sides of third tubular body and second tubular body;
wherein the first tabs on the first tubular body and the second tabs on the third tubular body are separated apart from each other defining a gap;
a plurality of fasteners, where each fastener attaches one first tab with one second tab on a same side of adjacent tubular bodies when the vertically arranged exhaust pipe is in the fully assembled configuration.

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A modular tubular exhaust system comprising:

a first tubular body and a second tubular body connecting to form, in a fully assembled configuration, an exhaust pipe;
the first tubular body comprises a first tubular body first end and a first tubular body second end;
the second tubular body comprises a second tubular body first end and a second tubular body second end;
where the first tubular body and second tubular body each comprise a male section and a female section;
where the male section has a male end surface, a sleeve wall and a shoulder;
where the female section has a female end surface;
where the sleeve wall of the male section has an outside diameter less than an internal diameter of the female section;
where the male section is configured be inserted into the female section of the adjacent tubular body so that the male end surface abuts the adjacent tubular body's female end surface;
a pair of first tabs extending radially outward from the second end of the first tubular body;
a pair of second tabs extending radially outward from the second tubular body first end;
wherein the first tabs on the first tubular body and the second tabs on the second tubular body are separated apart from each other defining a gap;
and,
a plurality of fasteners, where each fastener attaches one first tab with one second tab when the vertically arranged exhaust pipe is in the fully assembled configuration.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.