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MUFFLER CONSTRUCTION AND METHOD OF SELECTIVELY MODIFYING ITS SOUND-ATTENUATING CHARACTERISTICS

  • US 3,620,330 A
  • Filed: 04/14/1969
  • Issued: 11/16/1971
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/1969
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A muffler including, in combination, a housing, a plurality of gas passage tubes in said housing, gas inlet means and gas outlet means for the housing, a plurality of lengthwise spaced transverse baffles in said housing providing a plurality of chambers, said gas passage tubes extending through openings in certain of the baffles and disposed in transversely spaced relation, one of said baffles having a gas support port, a relatively movable valve member for said port, said port being in communication with the gas outlet means, said valve member in one position substantially closing said port whereby the gases flow from the inlet means through the gas passage tubes to the outlet means, said valve member being movable to a second position substantially closing an end of one of said gas passage tubes whereby the gases are directed through the port to the gas outlet means, and means including an actuating rod extending lengthwise of the gas passage tubes for effecting movement of said valve member to its respective positions.

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