US Patent: 582,485
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| Exhaust-muffler for engines
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Patentees:
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| Milton O. Reeves (exact or similar names) - Columbus, IN |
| Marshal T. Reeves (exact or similar names) - Columbus, IN |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Jan. 11, 1897 |
| Granted: |
May 11, 1897 |
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Vintage Machinery entry for Reeves Pulley Co.
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| This patent is considered to be the first modern exhaust muffler for internal combustion engines. Earlier engines either vented exhaust directly from the cylinders, or through a muffler containing some baffles. The Reeves muffler design used series of concentric shells interconnected at the alternate ends, with the innermost end connected to the engine exhaust port and the outermost end connected to the tailpipe, so that the exhaust gases had to travel longitudinally through each layer in turn. |
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