Submerged marine exhaust system
AssigneeRay Industries, Inc.
InventorsFrank Benson Ousley, II, Douglas Allen Keehn, Jr.
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Abstract
An improved marine engine exhaust device for discharging exhaust below the surface of the water in a submerged turbulent region generated by said device which is fixed to a the undersurface of the vessel hull, wherein the gas is maintained for a period of time, until the low pressure area following the vessel has passed. The device incorporates a water intake for providing cooling water to the marine engine's cooling system and/or accommodates a sensing transducer mounted therein.
Claims7
A submerged exhaust device for use with a marine engine mounted in a vessel, said vessel having a hull with an undersurface that is submerged when said vessel is placed within a body of water, said exhaust device comprising:
- a submerged hydrodynamic exhaust outlet means fixed to said hull undersurface;
- said hydrodynamic exhaust outlet means defining an exhaust chamber and including a downwardly extending streamlined first section having a low coefficient of drag for minimizing turbulent wake, said first section terminating in a second section having a higher coefficient of drag for generating a submerged layer of turbulent wake separated from the bottom of the hull by a region of substantially less turbulence created by said first section, said second section incorporating a submerged exhaust outlet, for discharging exhaust in said submerged turbulent layer such that said exhaust remains submerged until said vessel has cleared the vicinity;
- said submerged hydrodynamic exhaust outlet means defining at least one auxiliary internal chamber.
A submerged exhaust device for use with a marine engine mounted in a vessel, said marine engine having an exhaust system, said vessel having a hull with an undersurface that is submerged when said vessel is placed in a body of water, said exhaust device comprising:
- a hydrodynamic fitting communicating with said engine exhaust system, said hydrodynamic fitting fixed to said hull and including a downwardly extending streamlined first section terminating with a turbulent wake generating second section, said second section defining a submerged exhaust outlet for discharging engine exhaust in a submerged turbulent layer whereby discharged exhaust remains submerged until said vessel has cleared the vicinity;
- said hydrodynamic fitting including a water inlet communicating with said marine engine for supplying cooling water thereto.
A submerged exhaust device for use with a marine engine mounted in a vessel, said vessel having a hull with an undersurface that is submerged when said vessel is placed within a body of water, said exhaust device comprising:
- a hydrodynamic fitting fixed to said hull undersurface and including a downwardly extending streamlined section having a low coefficient of drag for minimizing turbulent wake terminating in a second section having a high coefficient of drag for generating a submerged layer of turbulent wake, said second hydrodynamic fitting section incorporating a submerged exhaust outlet, for discharging exhaust in said submerged turbulent layer such that said exhaust remains submerged until said vessel has cleared the vicinity;
- said hydrodynamic fitting further including cooling water intake in communication with said marine engine;
- and a transducer housed within said fitting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.