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US 5,559,310 AGranted
Muffler for air operated reciprocating pumps
AssigneeIngersoll-Rand Company
InventorsRick D. Hoover, Nicholas Kozumplik, Jr., Joseph W. Sullivan
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Abstract
An open path low back pressure muffler for reciprocating air motor pulsing exhaust providing an increased area inlet orifice, double flow path reversal with directional flow assistance and a turnable sound absorbing lined duct exit.
Claims5
A muffler for exhausting air from a reciprocating air motor comprising:
- a molded muffle chamber having an inlet for receiving exhaust air flowing in a first inlet direction, a first exhaust air turn chamber located anterior to said muffle chamber between said inlet and one near end of said muffle chamber for changing said exhaust air flow to a second muffle chamber exhaust air flow direction, a concentric flow path for said exhaust air formed within and along a length of said molded muffle chamber, a second exhaust air turn chamber located interior of and at a distal end of said molded muffle chamber, and a sound absorbing lined duct inserted within said molded muffle chamber and forming part of said concentric flow path, said sound absorbing lined duct further extending substantially the length of said molded muffle chamber from said second exhaust air turn chamber to and terminating in an exhaust outlet at a surface in said near end of said molded muffle chamber for conducting said exhaust air from said second exhaust air turn chamber to said exhaust outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.