US980064A - Muffler. - Google Patents

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MUIPFLER APPLIGATIOE FILED MAY 24, 1910.

Patented 1390.27, 1913.

WTNESSES: Jaarw/,yg l 6W L 27 UNITED Srneie minnie onnion.

MUFFLER.

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efition of Letters Patent.

Application filed Muy 24, 19M). Serial No. 563,05?.

To all 'ae/tom 'it' may; concern:

Be it known tiret I.A loinY il...

of (leoivgifiioxvn. in the eonniy of Scott :intl Stute oli lenlnelfy, lieve in xentetl zi new unil linproi'etl Mnl'llee, oi wliiel'i the Alollfm'ine is n full, clear, z'nfl exaetfdescription.

The object ol Ille invention is to provide n new intl improved nnilller, for use in eoirneetion Willi steam engine, internel eoi'n onelion enginesy :intl the like, :incl zirrzniejetl to eleetively innllle the exlmnet nitliont protlneing'beelc prt v ire in the engine eylint'ler, nntl to Vprevent injury to or tleetrnetion olf the nnitllei' in euse of neeiflenlnl explosion in the innlller. i

In order to eeeoinplieli the desired reinlt, use meile oi :i shell pro\f'i lecl with :in inlet :intl :in outlet, l bri-Hilgerextending into the inlet, :mgl si' pevlorzite baille in tlie'efliell op ilse also nnitle oli ineens @wir posite tlie inlet. ilior automatically relievingv the eessive pressure. Snell ieprotlrieetl by plosion within tlie nlnlller.

A practical embodiment oi the invention ie represented in tlie :iet-,onion:lying drew# ings forming :i port. el tliie speeilieiition, in

wliieli similar elmrnelers of roiierenee indim'zte corresponcling part's'in both Views.

Fignre'l a pliinyiew of tlie innlller, parte being :shown in seeti 1igen l Fig is an enlarged crees neetinn of tlie Sinne on the line .22 of Fig. il..

, 'l'lie shell o'l tlie niillller if; prefernbly infinie cylindrical :intl in Ser'lione l'ioltetl together, und on one Sitle oli tlie sliell nre :ii'rengetl epzieetl inlets; lil eonnectejl Willi tlie etilinnnt, enil on tlie opposite Sido oi; tlie sliell are errnne'etl other, with the apex of the plates npproxif mately et the middle of the correspontlineif inlet B. The baille D is provided with :i breaker extending into tlie eorrwipontling inlet- B, intl tliis breaker is :formell oil.t n plete E e tenclingl Centrally within tlie inlet B und provided et opposite :tunes with (ley eetors F, :wronged in zigzag fashion, :is plainly indicated in lligs. l und 22. Now, by the arrangement described, the exlmnsjt pose 'Il f limoen, :i i 'wf citizen ot the liniletl boites. and n resilient o li exabove tleser'il outlets C lim/int; per! 'liet-ated ends or en 15S C', :is plainly nulieixlgitl ing .troni the engine through the inlet'` l, tiret eneoiintereI tlie ln'ezilzer und then 'the perfor-nte lie-ille D, so that the exhaust" is :eplit up :intl Sile-need or tlemlenetl intl finally nissen tlirontli the outlet C into the nir. witliontproducing nntliie noise.

is nnfleretwtl that the obliq1ielj lie posed lmlilen D i'eeflily distribute the lianel' within the eliell A, intel( presanre .in the eylintlet' of the engine.

The liemls (l et the entls oi. tlie cylinder A are provided with perforated riine G, slidnoly eiignginn' tlie shell A, :it the insitleliereof; nml tlironggli tlie leliell El, the baille-.el lf) nntl tlie lientle lf extends eentraliy roti H, provide-tl et its outer entls with nuts l., on which bean? the outer ends of Springs il, pressing *with 'their inner enfile on the outer 'linee-e of 'llie beetle (l, ne plainly indicated in Fig. l.. 'llie springs; J norn'ielly l'ioltl the lieetls G in e. eloisetl ponition, iS shown in i7 l, butin cese en. eeeitlentnl exiilosion tolte@ plane Within the shell 1i., then. the pre# Sure' ineitlent to tlie exploeion moves the lientle (l outwardly, so that tlie perointionfe of the runs ti open into the zur, tlius allow ing tlie products of combustion incident to the exl'iloeion lo puse into tlie'zni', thereby relievine tlie Jv v I .I i I I in v, j time newenmng tlie. aliell ,iroin being mieren or destroyed.

'lt is nntlersiooti that time Springe l yieltlingly liolel tlie liezitis tlf in pince, lint sillon' outward movement tlieroot` in ot el eeeeive presssnre within tlie Sliell It, to relieve tile letter oit' suoli excessive pieseiire es itl. ,ily adjusting tlie nnte l, the tension o'. .ne .epi-inne l may be .ii'ierensetl or tliniinifilietl to snit existing` Conditions.

lxlnving time (leserilietl iny invention, l el im es new :rml (lenire to Secure by Lettere Patent: v

i. A mulli'er, eoniprisii'ipf :i shell, a tubular inlet opening into the shell, 'an outlet leafling" lrorn the Sllell, e breaker Within the tw billar inlet, sind a transverse perforete lmflle inthe Shell opposite seid inlet.

2. A inutiler, comprising' n Shell, :in inlet entering: the eliell et one Side, :in outlet lendi to prevent: i

.iell oi.E nntlne preeffsnre, and` ing; frein the Shell et the opposite Sicle en l ont of regie/ler with tlie Said inlet, and bei! le in the forni of oblique pertoizite plates extending t zlnsif'ereely witlnn the shell :intl

lle ofthe Seid inlet. l

3. A mueller. eomiiriemo ,fi shell. im 'inlet entering the shell at one side, an outlet leading from the shell at the opposite side and out of register with the said inlet, a baille in the form of oblique perforate plates eXn tending transversely Within the shell and having their apex approximately at the middle of the said inlet, and a breaker extend ing from the said battle into the inlet.

4. A inutller, comprising a shell, an inlet entering the shell at one side, an outlet leading from the shell at the 0p osite side and ont 01"' register with the said` inlet, a baffle in the form of oblique perforate plates extending transversely Within the shell and having their apex approximately at the middle of the said inlet, and a breaker extending from the said baille into the inlet, each breaker having a plate, and delieeting llanges extending obliquely on the plate.

5. A inuiller, Comprising a shell, an inlet entering the shell at one side, an outletleadingr from the shell at theopposite side and out of register with the said inlet, a baille in the form of'oblique perforate plates extending transversely Within the shell and having their apex approximately at the middle of the said inlet, and a breaker extending from the said baille into the inlet, each breaker having a plate, and deilectors arranged Zivzag on each face of the plate.

G. A; inn er, comprising a shell, heads having perforate rims slidable on the ends or' the shell7 a rod extending through the shell and heads, and springs on the rods outside of the heads and pressing the latter into closed position.

In testimony whereof i' have signed my name to this speeiiication in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN ARCHIBALD CARRICK.

lVitne'sses Jorim C. NICHOLS, W. H3 COTTRELL.

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