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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2005
Applicants:
Masanori Kobayashi, Kobe, JP;
Tsuneyoshi Yuasa, Kobe, JP;
Inventors:
Masanori Kobayashi, Kobe, JP;
Tsuneyoshi Yuasa, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To provide a muffler for a compact combustion engine, which is simple in structure and effective to sufficiently reduce the temperature of exhaust gases while avoiding contact with an external air, an exhaust guide passagefor communicating the exhaust gases (G) to a discharge port () is provided within an interior hollow of a muffler housingdefining an exhaust chamber () therein, and a side wall of this exhaust guide passage () is constituted by a portion (W) of the muffler housing () and a duct wall () jointed to the muffler housing ().