A muffler includes a shell main that is formed in a cylinder with two
openings opposite to each other being apart from each other in an axial
direction of the shell main body by rolling a flat plate to have an
overlapped portion overlapping an inner end portion and a shell portion,
and a pair of end plates that are partially inserted in the openings of
the shell main body and fixed to the shell main body. The inner end
portion is formed with two cut-off portions at opening-side edges of the
inner end portion, respectively, to avoid interference between the inner
end portion and the end plates when the end plates are inserted into the
openings of the shell main body.