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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1995
Walaa Magharious, Thomasville, GA (US);
Centek Industries, Inc., Thomasville, GA (US);
Abstract
A wet marine exhaust muffler comprises a housing, an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe. The housing includes end walls each transverse with respect to an imaginary plane and converging side walls connecting converging edges of the end walls such that the converging side walls are symmetrical with respect to the imaginary plane. The inlet pipe extends through a first of the end walls, while the outlet pipe extends through a second of the end walls. Preferably, the converging side walls of the housing are so dimensioned as to conform to a converging lower hull portion of a boat to minimize the space occupied by the wet marine exhaust muffler. In an especially preferred form of the invention, at least one of the pipes in the wet marine exhaust muffler includes a notched upstream end portion and a cap positioned against the upstream end portion to define a radial opening to impart a swirling type vector to the flow as it enters the pipe.