US3870115A - Snowmobile exhaust arrangement - Google Patents

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US3870115A
US3870115A US359334A US35933473A US3870115A US 3870115 A US3870115 A US 3870115A US 359334 A US359334 A US 359334A US 35933473 A US35933473 A US 35933473A US 3870115 A US3870115 A US 3870115A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62M—RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR SINGLE-TRACK CYCLES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES
    • B62M27/00—Propulsion devices for sledges or the like
    • B62M27/02—Propulsion devices for sledges or the like power driven
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62M—RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR SINGLE-TRACK CYCLES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES
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    • B62M27/02—Propulsion devices for sledges or the like power driven
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  • ABSTRACT A snowmobile is provided at a lower front portion with a well defined by a main front plate projecting downward from the front end' of the top plateof an inverted channel shaped main frame, a forwardly progressively elevated front bottom plate having a rear endconnected with the lower end of the main front panel and a pair of front side plates extending lengthwise of the main frame, the loweredge of each of the front side plates being connected with the front bottom plate, wherein an exhaust silencer for silencing the noises caused by exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine mounted on the main frame is disposed in the well.
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  • This invention relates to a snowmobile capable of carrying one to three persons and more particularly to such a snowmobile in whichan exhaust silencer is positioned in a well located at a forward lower portion thereof.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a small snowmobile in which a well is formed in a front bottom plate which has heretofore defined a deadspace in order to substantially enlarge the available space in the cowling and in which an exhaust silencer isplaced in the well to attain sufficient absorption of a noise.
  • the snowmobile according to this invention includes an inverted channel shaped main frame provided above an endless truck and extending lengthwise thereof, said main frame comprising a top plate and a pair of main side plates, a main front plate positioned forwardly of the endless track and projecting downwardly from the front edge of the top plate, a pair of front side plates having rear ends surperposed on the forward ends of the main side plates and extending forwardly of the snowmobile, and a forwardly progressively elevated front bottom plate having its rear end connected to the lower end of the main front plate and further connected to the lower edges of the front side plates at portions positioned inwardly of the side edges thereof.
  • an exhaust silencer communicating via an exhaust tube with an internal combustion engine which is positioned on the forward end portion of a top plate of the main frame, whereby the space at the front bottom portion of the body, which otherwise remains as a dead space, can be fully utilized to provide a snowmobile of high noise silencing efficiency.
  • the snowmobile embodying this invention comprises a body 10 including a main frame 11 extending horizontally rearwardly from the vicinity of a forward portion of the snowmobile and a cowling 12 which covers a front upper portion of the snowmobile.
  • the main frame 11 which is of an inverted channel shape'lies above an endless track 13 for driving the snowmobile and has a top plate Ila and a pair of main side plates 11b formed at both sides of the top plate 11a. From the forward end 11c of the top plate 11a extends downwardly a main front plate 14 which may be formed integral with said top plate 11a or may be spot welded thereto (FIGS. 1 and 3).
  • An internal combustion engine 15 is placed within the cowling 12 by being secured to the forward end portion of the top plate Ila of the main frame 11. On the top plate 11a is also mounted a seat 16 which extends rearwardly from the vicinity of the engine 15.
  • the endless track 13 meshes at its forward extremity with a driving sprocket wheel 17 driven by the engine 15 and at its rear extremity with a rear sprocket wheel (not shown). Ahead of the endless track 13 are provided a pair of skis 18 whose direction can be controlled by a bar handle 19 through a steering column 20.
  • a pair of forwardly extending. front side plates 21 having an inverted letter L shaped cross section are fixedly connected, such as by spot welding, to the main side plates 11b of the main frame ll..
  • the rear halves of the front side plates 21 are adapted to cover the main side plates 1 l b, thereby reinforcing the front end of the main frame 11.
  • a front bottom plate 22 which is of a ships bottom like cross section and whose bottom surface is gradually elevated frontwardly, has its rear end 22a connected, such as by spot welding, to the lower end 14a of the main front plate 14 and its front end 22b meets the forward end of the cowling 12.
  • the flanged lower edges 21a of the front side plates 21 are rigidly secured, such as by spot welding, to the front bottom plate 22. Further, the front bottom plate 22 and the front side plates 21 are coupled at respective forward portions by a reinforcement member 23 so that they may be reinforced by each other (FIGS. 1 and 3).
  • a well 24 defined by the main front plate 14, front bottom plate 22 and front side plate 21 is formed just ahead of the internal combustion engine 15.
  • exhaust silencing means 26 for diminishing the noises produced by the exhaust gas from the engine 15.
  • the exhaust silencing means 26 is entirely or partly housed in the well 24.
  • the exhaust silencing means 26 comprises an exhaust silencer 27 communicating directly with the exhaust pipe and another exhaust silencer 28 connected via a connector pipe 29 to said exhaust silencer 27, and said another exhaust silencer 28 is disposed in the well 24.
  • the silencer 28 is connected to an exhaust gas outlet 30 which projects rearwardly from the silencer 28, passes through the main front plate 14 and is open in front of the endless track 13.
  • two double-layered brackets 31 and a single-layered bracket 32 located between said brackets 31 are mounted on the upper surface of the silencer 28.
  • These brackets 31 and 32 have respectively integral arms 33 and 34 each projecting horizontally from the corresponding top thereof (FIG. 3) and which rspectively have through holes 35, 36.
  • a stay 37 comprises two plates 37a and 37b horizontally spaced parallel with each other but having both end portions 370 and 37d joined together all along them.
  • the joined end portions 370 and 37d are connected by bolts 38 to flanges 21b formed at the upper edges of the front side plates 21, wherebythe stay 37 is bridged across over the well 24.
  • three openings 39, 40 are formed in the upper plate 37a.
  • openings 41, 42 which are coaxial to said openings 39, 40 but have an increased diameter.
  • Nuts 43, 44 are inserted through the openings 41, 42 and fused to'the bottom surface of the upper plate 37a in axial alignment with the corresponding openings 39, 40.
  • the arms 33, 34 of the brackets 31, 32 on the silencer 28 are positioned apart from the upper surface of the stay 37 respectively by those hollow cylindrical shock absorbers 45, 46 made of an elastic material, such as, rub.- ber, which are mounted on the upper plate 38a in coaxial relationship with the openings 39, 40.
  • the through holes 35, 36 in the arms 33, 34 are coaxial with the corresponding openings 39, 40 in the upper plate 38a.
  • Bolts 47, 48 having reduced threaded por- 48a are inserted from above the arms 33, 34 through the through holes 35, 36 and the shock absorbers 45, 46 to permit the threaded portions 47b, 48b to be threadably tightened by nuts 43, 44, whereby, as shown in FIGS.
  • the silencer 28 is secured to the stay 37 within the well 24 by means of the bolts 47, 48 and nuts 43, 44 through the brackets'3l, 32 and the shock absorbers 45, 46.
  • the silencer 28 is thus resiliently suspended from the stay 37 so that an amount of vibration transmitted from the silencer 28 to the stay 37 may be reduced or absorbed by the shock absorbers 45, 46.
  • the stay 49 In front of the stay 37 and in parallel therewith is disposed another stay 49 which bridges the right and left side plates 21.
  • the stay 49 has, on its upper central surface, a support 50 for the steering column 20 (FIG. 1) and, on its both ends, supports 52 for carrying ski columns 51 (FIG. 1) whose lower ends are pivotally connected to the skis 18.
  • the exhaust gas is first led to the silencer 27 where an amount of the noise thereof is reduced and then sent via the connector pipe 29 into the silencer 28 in the well 24, where such reduced amount of noise is further diminished before the gas is discharged under the main frame 11 through the exhaust gas outlet 30.
  • the silencer 27 an amount of the noise thereof is reduced and then sent via the connector pipe 29 into the silencer 28 in the well 24, where such reduced amount of noise is further diminished before the gas is discharged under the main frame 11 through the exhaust gas outlet 30.
  • the well 24 which has heretofore been a dead space can be utilized to promote noise absorption efficiency for the exhaust gas by placing the silencer 28 within the well 24 which is defined by the main front plate 14 located at the forward end of the main frame 11, the front side plates 21 and the front bottom plate 22.forming a forward bot tom portion of the body 10.
  • the silencer 28 has been described to be placed within the well 24, but it should be understood that both of the silencers 27, 28 may be housed in the well 24. Further, when only a single silencer is sufficient for silencing the noise, such single silencer may be placed within the well 24.
  • Positioning a silencer or silencers in such a place increases the available space within the cowling l2 and such increased space can be utilized to include additional devices or elements associated with the operation of the engine 15, or to permit various devices to become large-sized, in the absence of such additional elements as the silencers.
  • a snowmobile comprising:
  • an internal combustion engine mounted on the front end portion of said top plate for driving said endless track
  • main front plate extending downwardly from the front end of said main frame
  • a forwardly progressively elevated front bottom plate fixed to the lower edges of said front side plates and having the rear end connected with the lower end of said main front plate, said front bottom plate having the shape of the hull of a vessel;
  • a first exhaust silencer connected with said engine; a second exhaust silencer connected with said first exhaust silencer and disposed in a well defined by said front side plates, main front plate and front bottom plate, thereby utilizing the space of said well;
  • a snowmobile according to claim 2 wherein there are provided, on said second exhaust silencer, brackets fixed to said stay for suspending said second exhaust silencer therefrom.

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