Exhaust system for watercraft
AssigneeSanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShigeharu Mineo
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Abstract
A small personal watercraft having an exhaust system that is designed to provide adequate length and which has a downwardly inclined section that is disposed above the exhaust manifold for ensuring that water cannot enter the engine through the exhaust system. The engine is water cooled and the coolant that is circulated through the engine cooling jacket is discharged back to the body of water in which the watercraft is operating through the exhaust system. A direct coolant discharge having a relatively large effective area for limiting the amount of water entering the exhaust system. A tell-tale discharge is disposed in a lower portion of the hull to be visible by a rider but will not enter the passenger's area and will drain from the tell-tale when the engine is not running.
Claims27
A watercraft comprised of a hull, a passenger's area formed by said hull in the deck portion thereof and having a raised longitudinally extending seat portion adapted to accommodate at least a rider seated in straddle fashion, an engine compartment formed in said hull, an engine contained within said engine compartment for driving a propulsion unit for powering said watercraft, an exhaust manifold for receiving exhaust gases from said engine and having a forwardly facing outlet, an exhaust pipe extending in an upward direction from said forwardly facing exhaust manifold outlet and then rearwardly and downwardly to an exhaust gas outlet at the rear of said hull for discharging exhaust gases to the atmosphere, at least a portion of said exhaust pipe being disposed beneath said seat portion.
A watercraft comprised of a hull, a passenger's area formed by said hull in the deck portion thereof and having a raised longitudinally extending seat portion adapted to accommodate at least a rider seated in straddle fashion, an engine compartment formed in said hull, an engine contained within said engine compartment for driving a propulsion unit for powering said watercraft, an exhaust manifold for receiving exhaust gases from said engine and having an outlet, an exhaust pipe extending from said exhaust manifold outlet upwardly and then rearwardly and downwardly to an exhaust gas outlet at the rear of said hull for discharging exhaust gases to the atmosphere, at least a portion of said exhaust pipe being disposed beneath said seat portion, said exhaust pipe having a trap section that extends vertically upwardly and transversely across said hull beneath the rear of the seat portion and which terminates at a downwardly positioned exhaust gas outlet.
A watercraft comprised of a hull, a passenger's area formed by said hull in the deck portion thereof and having a raised longitudinally extending seat portion adapted to accommodate at least a rider seated in straddle fashion, an engine compartment formed in said hull, a water-cooled internal combustion engine contained within said engine compartment for driving a propulsion unit for powering said watercraft, an exhaust manifold for receiving exhaust gases from said engine, an exhaust pipe communicating with said exhaust manifold and for discharging exhaust gases to the atmosphere, means for circulating coolant from the body of water in which the watercraft is operating through the engine cooling jacket, a first coolant discharge for discharging a portion of the water circulated through the engine cooling jacket to said exhaust pipe for discharge to the body of water in which the watercraft is operating along with the exhaust gases, a second cooling discharge having an inlet at the highest point in the cooling system for discharging a portion of the water from the engine cooling jacket directly back to the body of water in which the watercraft is operating independently of said exhaust pipe, and a third coolant discharge for discharging a further portion of the water from the engine cooling jacket directly back to the body of water in which the watercraft is operating independently of said first and said second coolant discharges and at a location to provide a tell-tale to the rider indicating that coolant is being circulated through the engine.
A watercraft comprised of a hull, a passenger's area formed by said hull in the deck portion thereof and having a raised longitudinally extending seat portion adapted to accommodate at least a rider seated in straddle fashion, an engine compartment formed in said hull, a water cooled engine contained within said engine compartment for driving a propulsion unit for powering said watercraft, an exhaust manifold for receiving exhaust gases from said engine, an exhaust pipe extending from said exhaust manifold to an exhaust gas discharge for discharging exhaust gases to the atmosphere contiguous to the body of water in which the watercraft is operating, means for circulating water from the body of water in which said watercraft is operating through a cooling jacket for said engine, a first coolant discharge for discharging a portion of the water circulated through said engine cooling jacket back to the body of water in which said watercraft is operating through said exhaust pipe, and a second coolant discharge including a tell-tale outlet for discharging a portion of the water circulated through said engine cooling jacket back to the body of water in which said watercraft is operating directly and independently of said first coolant discharge, said tell-tale outlet being positioned in a lower portion of said hull where it will be visible to the rider but where the water will not enter the passenger's area.
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