Fresh water flushing system for boat engines

a technology for flushing systems and boats, which is applied in the direction of steam power plants, motor-driven power plants, vessel construction, etc., can solve the problems of shortening the affecting the service life of the engine, and still having to somehow dissipate the heat generated by the friction of the moving parts, etc., and achieves the effect of easy installation

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-01-29
TSUNAMI MARINE
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[0004]There is a need for a user friendly system for flushing marine engines that can be installed easily, be used by one operator; be extremely durable and can be configured to fit in most boat engine configurations. The present invention fulfills all of these needs.

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However, the marine engines still must somehow dissipate the heat generated by the friction of the moving parts.
When a boat is cooled with salt water the salt water becomes a corrosive agent by being one of the elements that cause electrolysis, which is highly destructive to most metals.
This dramatically shortens the life of an engine.
There are several products currently on the market that can achieve this, however, they are somewhat difficult to use, require more than one operator, or are made of cheap non-durable materials such as plastic.

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[0040]The valve 10 has a main body 11. Main body 11 has a first opening 12, a second opening 13, and a third opening 14. Each of openings 12, 13, and 14 may be constructed and arranged with any acceptable fitting including, but not limited to screw threads 17, a barbed fitting 18 or a pipe adapter 20. Valve 11 may have three different fittings or may have a combination of fittings as desired. Valve 10 has a handle 15 secured in place with locking nut 16. Handle 15 is secured to valve stem 30 with locking nut 16. Movement of handle 16 rotates T-ball valve 36 and controls the desired path of water through valve 10. Valve stem 30 is circumferally surrounded by packing flange 31. Below flange 31 are, in order, Teflon washer 32, Teflon packing 33, and t-ball connector 34. T-ball connector 34 is surrounded by Teflon ball seals 35.

[0041]Valve 10 has, on main body 11, three end connectors 37 that lead to each of openings 12, 13, and 14. Each end connector 37 has a silicon O-ring 38, union n...

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The present invention is a system and method for flushing marine engines with fresh water comprising a three way valve configured to receive three hose connections, a fresh water inlet; hoses to connect said valve to a marine engine; and union rings at the junction of each hose connection.

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INDEX TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60 / 951,348 filed Jul. 23, 2007, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]In the boating world, the marine engines are not equipped with radiators that are found on automobile engines. However, the marine engines still must somehow dissipate the heat generated by the friction of the moving parts. The most popular cooling system is the raw water system. The raw water system simply takes water from the body of water surrounding the boat, pumps it through the engine to draw out the generated heat and discharges the heated water through the exhaust system.[0003]Therefore, boats operating in fresh water are cooled with fresh water and boats operating in salt-water are cooled with salt water. The water is pumped through the engine while the motor is operating, once the boat is shut down the water remains in the eng...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B63H21/10
CPCB63H21/14B63H20/30Y10T137/86863
Inventor BREECE, DAVID E.POTTS, THOMAS J.SZAFARYN, MARK H.
Owner TSUNAMI MARINE
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