EP1217184B1 - Sound absorbing material, muffler using the sound absorbing material, and method for forming sound absorbing layer thereof - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
- F01N1/00—Silencing apparatus characterised by method of silencing
- F01N1/24—Silencing apparatus characterised by method of silencing by using sound-absorbing materials
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
- F01N2310/00—Selection of sound absorbing or insulating material
- F01N2310/02—Mineral wool, e.g. glass wool, rock wool, asbestos or the like
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
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- F01N2450/06—Inserting sound absorbing material into a chamber
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- the present invention relates to a muffler using a sound absorbing material, and a method for forming a sound absorbing layer of the muffler.
- a muffler aiming at sound reduction of exhaust gas is arranged in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine of an automobile.
- a muffler uses a sound absorbing material for preventing high frequency sound, and that sound absorbing material is mainly made of glass fiber.
- a sub muffler and a pre muffler are arranged on the downstream side of an exhaust emission purifier using a catalyst, and a main muffler is arranged on the downmost stream side.
- a sub muffler and a pre muffler may be positioned at a short distance from the exhaust emission purifier, and, in such a case, a high temperature of the exhaust gas or large pulsation may influence on the sub muffler or the pre muffler.
- stainless wool is wound around a porous exhaust tube of the sub muffler or the pre muffler and a sound absorbing material such as glass fiber is wound around the outer periphery thereof or internally filled.
- the glass fiber used as a sound absorbing material accomplishes the quality which can withstand use in various temperature ranges, the resistance property with respect to acid things or alkaline things included in the exhaust gas is insufficient.
- the glass fiber may be, therefore, degraded/broken and emitted into the air together with the exhaust gas.
- the document EP 0 153 100 A1 discloses a method for forming an exhaust silencer, wherein a plurality of continuous basalt fibers are twisted to form strands which are bundled to a roving. These fibers are additionally fluffed-up to form a roll-like material.
- the reference US 6,094,817 shows a method for filling a silencer with sound insulating material consisting of continuous texturized basalt.
- the texturizing takes place in connection with the filling method using a nozzle through which the insulating material is blown into the silencer. Additionally, during the filling process the silencer is rotated by a motor.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a muffler using a sound absorbing material which is superior in acid resistance, alkali resistance and sound absorbing qualities, and a method for forming a sound absorbing layer of the muffler.
- the bundled material in the step for forming the fibrillated sound absorbing material, may be supplied in a nozzle, compressed air may be blown into the nozzle and the bundled material may be unraveled by this compressed air to continuously form the fibrillated sound absorbing material by using the nozzle.
- the sound absorbing material in the step for arranging the fibrillated sound absorbing material on the outer peripheral portion of the perforated pipe, may be supplied on the outer periphery of the perforated pipe while rotating the perforated pipe around its axis so that the sound absorbing material is wound around the perforated pipe.
- the sound absorbing material when supplying the fibrillated sound absorbing material on the outer peripheral portion of the perforated pipe, the sound absorbing material may be supplied to the perforated pipe while giving tension to the sound absorbing material by a tension roller.
- basalt which is a natural mineral substance is dissolved to be continuous fibrous basalt yarn, and a fiber bundling agent is added to a bundle of multiple pieces of the basalt yarn 1a to obtain a long bundled material 1 as shown in Fig. 1A, and the bundled material 1 is bulked to obtain a fiber bundle type sound absorbing material 2 as shown in Fig. 1B.
- a fiber diameter of one piece of the continuous fiber basalt yarn 1a can be set to any desired value, the diameter of 9 ⁇ to 24 ⁇ is ideal. Further, although a number of pieces of the basalt yarn 1a used in the bundled material 1 can be set to any desired value, 1000 to 4000 pieces are used for example.
- the bundled material 1 is supplied into a nozzle 31 by a feed roller 32 and a pinch roller 33 and compressed air is blown into the nozzle 31, as shown in Fig. 2.
- the bundled material 1 is unraveled into filaments to be continuously fed by the nozzle 31, thereby continuously manufacturing the sound absorbing material 2 fibrillated into a bulky state.
- the sound absorbing material 2 is wound around a perforated pipe of the muffler.
- the sound absorbing material 2 continuously formed into a long shape is stocked in a stocker 3 as shown in Fig. 1C.
- a bundle of the sound absorbing material 2 is in the fibrillated state and stocked in a sizable amount.
- the sound absorbing material 2 stocked in the stocker 3 is drawn from the stocker 3 and wound around the outer peripheral surface of a perforated pipe constituting a muffler, e.g., an inner pipe 4 as shown in Fig. 1D.
- Small holes 5 are formed in the inner pipe 4, and the sound absorbing material 2 is wound in an area where the small holes 5 are formed.
- the sound absorbing material 2 is reciprocated in the axial direction of the inner pipe 4 by a traverse mechanism and the like while rotating the inner pipe 4 around an axis thereof by appropriate rotating means so that the sound absorbing material is wound.
- a winding amount of the sound absorbing material is set to a desired value, and the sound absorbing material 2 is wound once or multiple times in accordance with a reciprocation amount of a bundle of the sound absorbing material 2.
- a bundle of the sound absorbing material 2 may be wound as described above but two, three or multiple bundles of the sound absorbing material 2 may be simultaneously wound according to productivity.
- Fig. 1E shows the state where the sound absorbing material 2 is wound as described above, and this winding forms a sound absorbing layer 6 of the bulky basalt yarn.
- the sound absorbing material 2 is pulled out from the stocker 3 by supply rollers 7 and 8 and the drawn sound absorbing material 2 is inserted between tension rollers 9 and 10 so that the end of the sound absorbing material 2 is supplied to and wound around the inner pipe 4, for example, as shown in Fig. 3.
- the tension adjustment of the tension rollers 9 and 19 can control the density and the weight of the sound absorbing material 2 to be wound around the inner pipe 4.
- the tension rollers 9 and 10 may not be used according to the density required for the sound absorbing layer 6. That is, only the friction of the sound absorbing material 2 and a member for supplying the sound absorbing material 2 may be used.
- the inner pipe 4 on which the sound absorbing layer 6 is formed is inserted into an outer pipe 13 having at one end an end plate 12 in which an inner pipe insertion hole 11 is formed, from an opening at the other end thereof as shown in Fig. 1 F.
- the sound absorbing layer 6 has the external diameter which can be fully fitted to the inner surface of the outer pipe 13.
- the present invention can be similarly applied in a case of providing the above mentioned sound absorbing layer 6 on any other perforated pipe, e.g., a perforated portion of an outlet pipe and the like.
- insertion holes 22 may be formed to the end plate 21 of the outer pipe 20 constituting the muffler and the sound absorbing material 2 may be inserted into and filling in a space 24 between the outer pipe 20 and the perforated pipe 23 from the insertion holes 22, thereby forming the sound absorbing layer by the sound absorbing material 2.
- the sound absorbing material 2 may be wound around the outer periphery of the stainless wool 30 to form the sound absorbing layer 6.
- the sound absorbing material 2 is obtained by bundling multiple pieces of the basalt yarn 1a and making the bundled material bulky to be a fiber bundle, and the method for winding this sound absorbing material 2 is similar to the above.
- the sound absorbing material according to the first aspect of the present invention is constituted by the basalt yarn obtained by dissolving the basalt to be the continuous fiber, it can not be absorbed into the perforated pipe by an exhaust flow to be emitted into the air like the discontinuous short fiber. Further, the sound absorbing material is superior in acid resistance and alkali resistance and can not be degraded and broken by an acid substance or an alkali substance in the exhaust air to be emitted into the air like the glass wool in the related art. In addition, since the basalt yarn is bundled and the bundled material is fibrillated to be bulky, the sound absorbing property can be improved.
- the muffler having the above-described effect can be obtained.
- the sound absorbing layer having the effect using the basalt yarn mentioned above can be formed. Further, since the sound absorbing material consisting of the fiber bundle obtained by making multiple pieces of the basalt yarn bulky is provided on the outer periphery of the perforated pipe to form the sound absorbing layer, the density of the entire sound absorbing layer can be more equalized than that obtained by filling the discontinuous short fiber in the muffler in the related art, thereby improving the sound absorbing performance.
- the bundled material is supplied into the nozzle while blowing the compressed air into the nozzle, and the bundled material is unraveled by the compressed air to form the continuously fibrillated sound absorbing material from the nozzle, thereby readily and continuously performing the above fibrillation.
- the step for arranging the fibrillated sound absorbing material on the outer peripheral portion of the perforated pipe can facilitate winding the sound absorbing material around the perforated pipe by supplying the sound absorbing material to the outer periphery of the perforated pipe while rotating the perforated pipe around the axis thereof and winding the sound absorbing material around the perforated pipe.
- the sound absorbing material When supplying the fibrillated sound absorbing material to the outer peripheral portion of the perforated pipe, the sound absorbing material can be supplied to the perforated pipe while applying tension to the sound absorbing material by the tension roller so that the tension can be adjusted during supply of the sound absorbing material, which can readily adjust the density of the sound absorbing layer to be formed.
- the fourth aspect according to the present invention even if the sound absorbing material is inserted and filled into the muffler, the same effect as the third aspect can be obtained.
- multiple pieces of basalt yarn (la) obtained by dissolving basalt to be continuous fibers are bundled by a fiber bundling agent to acquire a bundled material (1), and the bundled material (1) is fibrillated to obtain a bulky sound absorbing material (2).
- the sound absorbing material (2) is arranged on the outer periphery of a perforated pipe (4) constituting a muffler to form a sound absorbing layer (6).
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Description
- The present invention relates to a muffler using a sound absorbing material, and a method for forming a sound absorbing layer of the muffler.
- A muffler aiming at sound reduction of exhaust gas is arranged in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine of an automobile.
- A muffler uses a sound absorbing material for preventing high frequency sound, and that sound absorbing material is mainly made of glass fiber.
- As to arrangement of the muffler, a sub muffler and a pre muffler are arranged on the downstream side of an exhaust emission purifier using a catalyst, and a main muffler is arranged on the downmost stream side. Such a sub muffler and a pre muffler may be positioned at a short distance from the exhaust emission purifier, and, in such a case, a high temperature of the exhaust gas or large pulsation may influence on the sub muffler or the pre muffler.
- In the related art, therefore, it is general. that stainless wool is wound around a porous exhaust tube of the sub muffler or the pre muffler and a sound absorbing material such as glass fiber is wound around the outer periphery thereof or internally filled.
- Although the glass fiber used as a sound absorbing material accomplishes the quality which can withstand use in various temperature ranges, the resistance property with respect to acid things or alkaline things included in the exhaust gas is insufficient. The glass fiber may be, therefore, degraded/broken and emitted into the air together with the exhaust gas.
- From the state of the art according to the reference US-A-5, 926, 954 it is already known to use a texturized material for absorbing sound at a muffler which texturized sound absorbing material is wrapped on the perforated pipe, without modifying or fibrillating the texturized material.
- Furthermore, the document EP 0 153 100 A1 discloses a method for forming an exhaust silencer, wherein a plurality of continuous basalt fibers are twisted to form strands which are bundled to a roving. These fibers are additionally fluffed-up to form a roll-like material.
- Finally the reference US 6,094,817 shows a method for filling a silencer with sound insulating material consisting of continuous texturized basalt. The texturizing takes place in connection with the filling method using a nozzle through which the insulating material is blown into the silencer. Additionally, during the filling process the silencer is rotated by a motor.
- In view of the above-described problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a muffler using a sound absorbing material which is superior in acid resistance, alkali resistance and sound absorbing qualities, and a method for forming a sound absorbing layer of the muffler.
- This object is achieved by a muffler according to the
patent claim 1 and a method acccording to thepatent claim 2. Further advantageous features of the invention are subject matter of the sub claims. - With respect to an advantageous aspect, in the step for forming the fibrillated sound absorbing material, the bundled material may be supplied in a nozzle, compressed air may be blown into the nozzle and the bundled material may be unraveled by this compressed air to continuously form the fibrillated sound absorbing material by using the nozzle.
- Furthermore, with respect to the present invention, in the step for arranging the fibrillated sound absorbing material on the outer peripheral portion of the perforated pipe, the sound absorbing material may be supplied on the outer periphery of the perforated pipe while rotating the perforated pipe around its axis so that the sound absorbing material is wound around the perforated pipe.
- Moreover, with respect to the present invention, when supplying the fibrillated sound absorbing material on the outer peripheral portion of the perforated pipe, the sound absorbing material may be supplied to the perforated pipe while giving tension to the sound absorbing material by a tension roller.
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- Figs. 1A to 1G are views showing an embodiment of a sound absorbing material and a method for forming the sound absorbing material according to the present invention, each of which illustrates each process;
- Fig. 2 is a view showing a method for making a bundled material into a bulky fiber bundle in the embodiment in Figs. 1A to 1G;
- Fig. 3 is a view showing an example of the process for supplying a sound absorbing material in a sound absorbing material forming process into a perforated pipe according to the present invention;
- Fig. 4 is a view showing an example of another forming method in a sound absorbing layer forming method according to the present invention; and
- Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing another example of the sound absorbing layer according to the present invention.
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- With respect to a sound absorbing material according to the present invention, basalt which is a natural mineral substance is dissolved to be continuous fibrous basalt yarn, and a fiber bundling agent is added to a bundle of multiple pieces of the
basalt yarn 1a to obtain a long bundledmaterial 1 as shown in Fig. 1A, and the bundledmaterial 1 is bulked to obtain a fiber bundle typesound absorbing material 2 as shown in Fig. 1B. - Although a fiber diameter of one piece of the continuous
fiber basalt yarn 1a can be set to any desired value, the diameter of 9 µ to 24 µ is ideal. Further, although a number of pieces of thebasalt yarn 1a used in the bundledmaterial 1 can be set to any desired value, 1000 to 4000 pieces are used for example. - In addition, as a method for making the bundled
material 1 into the bulky fiber bundle, for example, the bundledmaterial 1 is supplied into anozzle 31 by afeed roller 32 and apinch roller 33 and compressed air is blown into thenozzle 31, as shown in Fig. 2. The bundledmaterial 1 is unraveled into filaments to be continuously fed by thenozzle 31, thereby continuously manufacturing thesound absorbing material 2 fibrillated into a bulky state. - The
sound absorbing material 2 is wound around a perforated pipe of the muffler. - In the first place, as described above, the
sound absorbing material 2 continuously formed into a long shape is stocked in astocker 3 as shown in Fig. 1C. Here, a bundle of thesound absorbing material 2 is in the fibrillated state and stocked in a sizable amount. - Next, the
sound absorbing material 2 stocked in thestocker 3 is drawn from thestocker 3 and wound around the outer peripheral surface of a perforated pipe constituting a muffler, e.g., aninner pipe 4 as shown in Fig. 1D.Small holes 5 are formed in theinner pipe 4, and thesound absorbing material 2 is wound in an area where thesmall holes 5 are formed. Further, as a winding method, thesound absorbing material 2 is reciprocated in the axial direction of theinner pipe 4 by a traverse mechanism and the like while rotating theinner pipe 4 around an axis thereof by appropriate rotating means so that the sound absorbing material is wound. A winding amount of the sound absorbing material is set to a desired value, and thesound absorbing material 2 is wound once or multiple times in accordance with a reciprocation amount of a bundle of thesound absorbing material 2. - It is to be noted that a bundle of the
sound absorbing material 2 may be wound as described above but two, three or multiple bundles of thesound absorbing material 2 may be simultaneously wound according to productivity. - Fig. 1E shows the state where the
sound absorbing material 2 is wound as described above, and this winding forms asound absorbing layer 6 of the bulky basalt yarn. - Additionally, as a method for supplying the
sound absorbing material 2 in thestocker 3 into theinner pipe 4 as mentioned above, thesound absorbing material 2 is pulled out from thestocker 3 bysupply rollers 7 and 8 and the drawnsound absorbing material 2 is inserted betweentension rollers 9 and 10 so that the end of thesound absorbing material 2 is supplied to and wound around theinner pipe 4, for example, as shown in Fig. 3. In this manner, by providing thetension rollers 9 and 10, the tension adjustment of the tension rollers 9 and 19 can control the density and the weight of thesound absorbing material 2 to be wound around theinner pipe 4. - It is to be noted that the
tension rollers 9 and 10 may not be used according to the density required for thesound absorbing layer 6. That is, only the friction of thesound absorbing material 2 and a member for supplying thesound absorbing material 2 may be used. - After forming the
sound absorbing layer 6 on theinner pipe 4 as shown in Fig. 1E, theinner pipe 4 on which thesound absorbing layer 6 is formed is inserted into anouter pipe 13 having at one end anend plate 12 in which an innerpipe insertion hole 11 is formed, from an opening at the other end thereof as shown in Fig. 1 F. At this time, thesound absorbing layer 6 has the external diameter which can be fully fitted to the inner surface of theouter pipe 13. - After the
inner pipe 4 and thesound absorbing layer 6 are inserted into theouter pipe 13 as shown in Fig. 1G, theother end plate 14 is fixed to theouter pipe 13 as illustrated in Fig. 1G, thereby finishing themuffler 15. - Although the above embodiment is an example where the present invention is applied to the inner pipe, the present invention can be similarly applied in a case of providing the above mentioned
sound absorbing layer 6 on any other perforated pipe, e.g., a perforated portion of an outlet pipe and the like. - As to filling the
sound absorbing material 2 into the muffler, as shown in Fig. 4,insertion holes 22 may be formed to theend plate 21 of theouter pipe 20 constituting the muffler and thesound absorbing material 2 may be inserted into and filling in aspace 24 between theouter pipe 20 and theperforated pipe 23 from theinsertion holes 22, thereby forming the sound absorbing layer by thesound absorbing material 2. - Moreover, as shown in Fig. 5, after the
stainless wool 30 may be wound around the outer periphery of theperforated pipe 4, thesound absorbing material 2 may be wound around the outer periphery of thestainless wool 30 to form thesound absorbing layer 6. Similarly as the above, thesound absorbing material 2 is obtained by bundling multiple pieces of thebasalt yarn 1a and making the bundled material bulky to be a fiber bundle, and the method for winding thissound absorbing material 2 is similar to the above. - As described above, since the sound absorbing material according to the first aspect of the present invention is constituted by the basalt yarn obtained by dissolving the basalt to be the continuous fiber, it can not be absorbed into the perforated pipe by an exhaust flow to be emitted into the air like the discontinuous short fiber. Further, the sound absorbing material is superior in acid resistance and alkali resistance and can not be degraded and broken by an acid substance or an alkali substance in the exhaust air to be emitted into the air like the glass wool in the related art. In addition, since the basalt yarn is bundled and the bundled material is fibrillated to be bulky, the sound absorbing property can be improved.
- According to the second aspect of the present invention, by providing the sound absorbing material on the outer peripheral portion of the perforated pipe, the muffler having the above-described effect can be obtained.
- According to the method for forming the sound absorbing layer in the third aspect of the present invention, the sound absorbing layer having the effect using the basalt yarn mentioned above can be formed. Further, since the sound absorbing material consisting of the fiber bundle obtained by making multiple pieces of the basalt yarn bulky is provided on the outer periphery of the perforated pipe to form the sound absorbing layer, the density of the entire sound absorbing layer can be more equalized than that obtained by filling the discontinuous short fiber in the muffler in the related art, thereby improving the sound absorbing performance.
- In the step for forming the fibrillated sound absorbing material according to the third aspect, the bundled material is supplied into the nozzle while blowing the compressed air into the nozzle, and the bundled material is unraveled by the compressed air to form the continuously fibrillated sound absorbing material from the nozzle, thereby readily and continuously performing the above fibrillation.
- Moreover, according to the present invention, in the third aspect or the above description, the step for arranging the fibrillated sound absorbing material on the outer peripheral portion of the perforated pipe can facilitate winding the sound absorbing material around the perforated pipe by supplying the sound absorbing material to the outer periphery of the perforated pipe while rotating the perforated pipe around the axis thereof and winding the sound absorbing material around the perforated pipe.
- When supplying the fibrillated sound absorbing material to the outer peripheral portion of the perforated pipe, the sound absorbing material can be supplied to the perforated pipe while applying tension to the sound absorbing material by the tension roller so that the tension can be adjusted during supply of the sound absorbing material, which can readily adjust the density of the sound absorbing layer to be formed.
- As the fourth aspect according to the present invention, even if the sound absorbing material is inserted and filled into the muffler, the same effect as the third aspect can be obtained.
- In order to provide a sound absorbing material superior in acid resistance, alkali resistance and sound absorbing quality and a sound absorbing layer using this sound absorbing material, multiple pieces of basalt yarn (la) obtained by dissolving basalt to be continuous fibers are bundled by a fiber bundling agent to acquire a bundled material (1), and the bundled material (1) is fibrillated to obtain a bulky sound absorbing material (2). Moreover, the sound absorbing material (2) is arranged on the outer periphery of a perforated pipe (4) constituting a muffler to form a sound absorbing layer (6).
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- A muffler comprising a perforated pipe (4, 23) and a continuos, bulky, fibrillated sound absorbing material (2) which is continuously produced, said fibrillated sound absorbing material (2) being wound on an outer peripheral portion of said perforated pipe (4, 23) and comprising multiple pieces of basalt yarn (1a), which are obtained by dissolving basalt to be continuous fibers that are bundled by a fiber bundling agent to acquire a bundled material (1) and that are fibrillated to be bulky.
- A method for forming a muffler, comprising the steps of:bundling multiple pieces of basalt yarn (1a) obtained by dissolving basalt to be continuous fibers by a fiber bundling agent to acquire a bundled material (1);fibrillating said bundled material (1) to be bulky and to form a continuous, bulky, fibrillated sound absorbing material (2), which is continuously produced; andcontinuously winding said sound absorbing material (2) on an outer peripheral portion of a perforated pipe (4, 23) of a muffler to form a sound absorbing layer (6) on said perforated pipe (4, 23).
- The method for forming a muffler according to claim 2, wherein, in said step of forming said fibrillated sound absorbing material (2), said bundled material (1) is supplied into a nozzle (3) while blowing compressed air into said nozzle (3) and said bundled material (1) is unraveled by said compressed air to form said continuously fibrillated sound absorbing material (2) from said nozzle (3).
- The method for forming a muffler according to claim 2 or claim 3, wherein, in said step of winding said fibrillated sound absorbing material (2) on said outer peripheral portion of said perforated pipe (4), said sound absorbing material (2) is supplied to said outer peripheral portion of said perforated pipe (4) while rotating said perforated pipe (4) around an axis thereof and said sound absorbing material (2) is wound around said outer peripheral portion of said perforated pipe (4).
- The method for forming a muffler according to claim 4, wherein, when winding said fibrillated sound absorbing material (2) on said outer peripheral portion of said perforated pipe (4), said sound absorbing material (2) is supplied to said perforated pipe (4) while a tension roller (9, 10) gives tension to said sound absorbing material (2).
- The muffler according to claim 1, wherein a layer made of stainless wool is first provided on said outer peripheral portion of the perforated pipe (4, 23), and then, said fibrillated sound absorbing material (2) is wound on the outer peripheral portion of the stainless wool layer.
- The muffler according to claim 1 or claim 6, wherein the fibrillated sound absorbing material (2) is wound on the outer peripheral portion of the perforated pipe while giving tension to said sound absorbing material (2).
- The method for forming a muffler according to any one of claim 2 to claim 5, before the step of winding the fibrillated sound absorbing material on the outer peripheral portion of the perforated pipe, further comprising the step of providing a layer made of stainless steel wool on the outer peripheral portion of the perforated pipe.
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