Abstract:
A ceramic body for use as a gas conduction channel or duct and preferably used to define an exhaust channel in a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, where the cylinder head is cast around the ceramic body. The ceramic body is provided with a thickening or external layer over at least a part of its outer surface. This external layer adds stability and strength to the ceramic body and allows it to withstand the pressures occurring during the casting of the cylinder head. The thickening or external layer is formed from a pressure resistant material and may be applied to a depression in the ceramic body or into the space between two parallel ceramic bodies to provide the required strength and stability.
Abstract:
A universal muffler construction (10) comprising: a muffler housing member (11), housing end plate members (12), a primary exhaust tube array (13), a baffle locator plate element (15), an auxiliary exhaust tubing array (16), and, auxiliary end plate elements (17) which are orientable with respect to one another to produce a variety of different internal muffler flow path configurations.
Abstract:
A locking member 1 in the form of a collar can provide a strong mechanical joint between a tube 5 and an apertured plate 6. The locking member 1 has an outwardly directed flange 2 and an inwardly directed flange 4 and is accommodated on the end of the tube 5 which is then inserted in the aperture in the plate 6. Axial pressure applied to the end of the tube 5 will result in the deformation of the locking member and the tube end about the plate aperture resulting in a strong mechanical joint being formed between the tube 5 and the plate 6.
Abstract:
A replacement muffler which can replace original equipment mufflers with substantially no modifications thereto, and methods for producing the same are disclosed. The replacement muffler is provided with a muffler body which only approximates the body of the original equipment muffler and a pair of replacement muffler nipples secured to the muffler body, having diameters substantially equal to the corresponding nipple diameters of the original equipment muffler and having lengths adapted to produce a nipple-to-nipple length substantially equal to the corresponding length of the original equipment muffler. The replacement muffler may be produced with a six to seven fold increase in production line efficiency by customizing only the nipple portions of the replacement muffler.
Abstract:
A cartridge for purifying exhaust gases from the internal combustion engine of an automotive vehicle or some other source comprising a catalyst support matrix wound of metal foil and a metal jacket housing said support matrix wherein a press fit exists between the exterior of the support matrix and the interior surface of the jacket and the support matrix and the jacket are welded or brazed together within the area of the press fit. Processes and apparatus for producing the cartridge of the invention are also disclosed.
Abstract:
An external housing for an exhaust muffler comprising at least one pipe section having one seamlessly converging end and at least one connecting piece seamlessly extending from the converging end, produced as a one-piece extrusion molded body of a malleable aluminum alloy. The housing may include a second pipe section joined undetachably to the first in alignment therewith. A seating part, e.g., a pipe socket, may be formed integrally with the converging end of the pipe section, projecting from that end into the interior of the pipe section.
Abstract:
A muffler wherein the shell comprises a metal sheet the ends of which are retained together in an interlocked joint has a shielding strip on the interior of the tube secured thereto in overlapping relation to the interlock. Preferably the sheet is a two ply, one end of the inner ply being retained in the joint, the other end forming the shielding strip, the edge of which is spot welded to the interior surface of the shell. The muffler is resistant to damage from back-fires.
Abstract:
In an installation for the catalytic decontamination of exhaust gases of internal combustion engines, especially of motor vehicle internal combustion engines, in which a preferably cylindrical catalyst-monolith is supported in a corresponding housing under interposition of radially elastic elements, the housing is thereby detachably connected at least at one open side with an adjoining pipe or structural part and each monolith is inserted from that side into the housing by means of a separate insert housing and is then axially fixed by the detachable pipe or structural part.
Abstract:
An internal combustion engine exhaust gas catalytic converter has a simplified basic construction--using only vertically disposed inner and outer louvered tubes defining a radial flow bead catalyst bed, and a pair of shell members embracing the upper and lower ends of the inner and outer tubes to retain the tubes and close the upper and lower ends of the catalyst bed. The shell members have an enlarged waist defining an outlet chamber surrounding the outer tube, and abut along radially-outwardly-directed axially-extending flanges which seal the outlet chamber and close the lower end of the inner tube to direct exhaust gases through the catalyst bed.
Abstract:
A refrigerant compressor including discharge gas muffling means formed within the outer housing means by first and second wall means which cooperate with the bottom of the outer housing means to provide first and second chambers. The first chamber is connected by an inlet port to the compression mechanism for receiving discharge gas therefrom and a discharge port is provided from the second chamber to communicate the discharge gas to the discharge line of a refrigeration system. Divider walls within the first and second chambers are provided with restricted openings so as to provide restriction passages and expansion chamber muffling regions within the first and second chambers to effectively muffle noises emanating from the discharge gas passing from the compression mechanism to the discharge line outside of the compressor. In a modification, a third chamber may be added between the oil sump and discharge gas muffling chambers and a vacuum is pulled in the third chamber to materially reduce heat transfer much like a vacuum bottle does. A lubricant sump may be provided within the outer housing means above the second wall so as to reduce vibration and the emanation of noise from the discharge gas muffling means.