Exhaust gas conditioner

Claim 1

AN EXHAUST GAS CONDITIONER COMPRISING AN UPRIGHT HOUSING FORMED WITH TOP AND BOTTOM CLOSURES, A PARTITION TRANSVERSELY DIVIDING SAID HOUSING INTO A LOWER MEMBER ADAPTED TO CONFINE A CHARGE OF WATER AND AN UPPER MEMBER, A WATER SUPPLY LINE SERVING SAID LOWER MEMBER THROUGH A FLOT-CONTOLLED VALVE OPERAVLE TO MAINTAIN WATER THEREIN AT A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM LOVEL, SPACEDLY SUBJACENT SAID PARTITION, MEANS CHARACTERIZED BY A CONCENTRIC TUBE ASSEMBLY UPSTANDING CENTRALLY OF SAID LOWER MEMBER FROM THE BOTTOM CLOSURE THEREOF IN COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE LOWER END OF THE OUTER TUBE WITH THE LOWER HOUSING MEMBER INTERIOR ADAPTED IN REACTION TO THE INPUT OF EXHAUST GASES THROUGH THE INNEER OF THE TUBES TO INTERMIX THE GASES WITH WATER ENTERING THE OUTER TUBE FROM THE CHARGE OF THE LOWER HOUSING MEMBER AND TO CIRCULATE THE RESULTING MIXTURE UPWARDLY BETWEEN THE TUBES TO DISCHARGE IN THE ZONE OF THE HOUSING LOWER MEMBER BETWEEN SAID PARTITION AND THE WATER CHARGE, A HOOD CLOSED AT ONE END AGAINST AND DEPENTING FROM THE HOUSING TOP CLOSURE LOOSELY THROUGH SAID PARTITION TO SPACED, TELESCOPIC COOPERATION WITH THE DELIVERY END OF SAID TUBE ASSEMBLY ABOVE THE WATER CHARGE, AN OUTLET TO ATMOSPHERE FROM THE UPPER HOUSING MEMBER, AND SLEEVE AND BAFFLE MEANS IN THE HOUSING UPPER MEMBER DEFINING A SUCCESSION OF EXPANSION CHAMBERS INTERCOMMUNICATING THROUGH RESTRICTED PASSAGES AS A VAPOR TRAVEL PATH BETWEEN THE LOWER END OF SAID HOOD AND SAID OUTLET.