SOUND REDUCER, METHOD OF MAKING SAME, AND FLUID CONDUIT SYSTEM INCLUDING SUCH A SOUND REDUCER

A sound reducer () has a housing () with a housing wall bounding an interior space (). The housing wall has a mantle () extending longitudinally along a housing axis. Two end walls () are transverse to the housing axis. A main tube () extends through the interior space () and has a first and second ends (). Windows () are formed as tube wall openings within the interior space (). The first end () of the main tube () is fixed at a first passage () through the housing wall, and the second end () of the main tube () is fixed at a second passage () through the housing wall. At least the second passage () passes eccentrically through one of the end walls (). The main tube () is curved in a main plane and the first passage () passes through the mantle ().