Abstract: An improved marine engine exhaust system for discharging engine exhaust above the water line when at idle or low speeds, and below the surface of the water at high speed in a submerged turbulent region generated by a hydrodynamic fitting fixed to a the undersurface of the vessel hull, wherein the gas is maintained for a period of time, until the low pressure area following the vessel has passed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 18, 1995
Date of Patent:
April 9, 1996
Assignee:
Ray Industries, Inc.
Inventors:
Frank B. Ousley, II, Douglas A. Keehn, Jr., William W. Powell, John R. Hamm