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US 4,090,583 AGranted
Streamlined monolithic internal combustion engine muffler
OwnerJames L. Leonardinventor
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Abstract
A streamlined monolithic internal combustion engine muffler is disclosed, which muffler deadens the noise generated during combustion and diffuses the gaseous composition exhausted into the atmosphere.
Claims17
A monolithic muffler mounted in fluid communication with an exhaust stack of an internal combustion engine for damping the noise generated during combustion within the engine, said muffler comprising in combination:
- a. a one piece body having a butt end in engagement with the outlet of the exhaust stack for minimizing reverberation and vibration induced by the exhaust gases expelled from the exhaust stack;
- b. a plurality of cavities collectively having a transverse cross-sectional area no greater than the cross-sectional area of the exhaust stack outlet and extending from the butt end into said body for receiving the exhaust gases flowing through the exhaust stack outlet,
- c. each cavity of said plurality of cavities having curved surfaces for reflecting the pressure and audible frequency wave forms generated by the combustion within the engine;
- d. each adjacent cavity being separated one from another by a solid separation;
- e. at least one passageway extending from each said cavity for conveying the exhaust gases within the corresponding one of said cavities into the atmosphere;
- f. whereby, said plurality of cavities attenuate the pressure and audible frequency wave forms of the exhaust gases expelled from the engine and said plurality of passageways diffusingly convey the exhaust gases into the atmosphere.
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A monolithic muffler for use at the outlet edge of an exhaust stack to dampen noise generated by an internal combustion engine, said muffler comprising:
- a. a one piece body having a butt end and an outer exhaust end,
- b. said butt end having a contacting surface effective to abut said outlet edge,
- c. a plurality of elongated cavities having a curved cross-section and extending from said contacting surface to the outer exhaust end of the body,
- d. each adjacent cavity having an intermediate, solid web separation therebetween, and
- e. at least one passageway extending from each said cavity at the outer exhaust end of the body,
- f. said passageways being effective to convey the exhaust gases from within the corresponding one of said cavities into the atmosphere.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.