Patent ID: 8246403

Claim:
A marine exhaust component comprising: a housing defining an internal volume bounded by a generally vertically disposed cylindrical inner surface, a top, and a bottom; a generally tubular exhaust inlet connected to said housing in proximity to said top, said inlet generally disposed so as to introduce exhaust along at least a portion of said cylindrical inner surface between the top and bottom of said internal volume; said exhaust inlet in fluid communication with a flow channel terminating in a vertically elongate terminal opening disposed substantially adjacent to said cylindrical inner surface; a baffle projecting upward from said housing bottom and partitioning said internal volume generally into a chamber disposed above said baffle, and a water collection chamber disposed below said baffle, said baffle including at least one opening disposed in proximity to the bottom of said housing to allow water to flow into said water collection chamber from said internal volume; a water outlet pipe having an inlet in fluid communication with said water collection chamber and an outlet; an exhaust gas outlet pipe in fluid communication with said chamber and projecting axially from the top of said housing; whereby water in said water collection chamber flows out of the housing via said water outlet pipe and exhaust in said chamber flows out of said housing via said exhaust outlet pipe.