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US 5,508,478 AGranted
Visible flame exhaust pipe
OwnerJames E. Barryinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a visible flame exhaust pipe for use with internal combustion engines. A high temperature resistant glass is incorporated within the exhaust system to allow visibility of combustion flames passing through the exhaust pipe as the flame exits the exhaust system.
Claims11
A visible flame exhaust pipe or tailpipe, comprising:
- an elongated body member having a first open end, a second open end, an inner surface and an outer surface, said body member defining a first internal passageway therethrough extending from the first open end to the second open end of said body member, said body member having an aperture disposed along a portion of said elongated body member, said elongated body member shaped to resemble an exhaust pipe or tailpipe;
- a transparent member having a first end, a second end and a sidewall;
- and
- means for retaining said transparent member aligned with said apertures, said means for retaining disposed within said elongated body member.
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A visible flame exhaust pipe or tailpipe, comprising:
- an elongated body member having a first end, a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface, said body member defining a first internal passageway therethrough extending from the first end to the second end of said body member, said body member having an aperture disposed along a portion of said elongated body member;
- a transparent member having a first end, a second end and a sidewall;
- and
- means for retaining said transparent member aligned with said aperture, said means for retaining disposed within said elongated body member;
- wherein said means for retaining comprising a first stop means disposed within said first internal passageway intermediate said transparent member and the first end of said body member, a second stop means disposed within said first internal passageway intermediate said transparent member and the second end of said body member and means for compensating for the expansion and retraction of said body member, said means for compensating disposed within said body member.
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A visible flame exhaust pipe or tailpipe comprising:
- an elongated body member having a first end, a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface, said body member defining a first internal passageway therethrough extending from the first end to the second end of said body member, said body member having an aperture disposed along a portion of said elongated body member;
- a transparent member having a first end, a second end and a sidewall;
- and
- means for retaining said transparent member aligned with said aperture, said means for retaining disposed within said elongated body member;
- wherein said sidewall defining a second internal passageway therethrough extending from the first end to the second end of said transparent member, said second internal passageway communicating with the first internal passageway of said body member, said visible flame pipe further comprising means for directing a combustion flame down a middle region of said second internal passageway, said means for directing disposed within said elongated body member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.