Moisture and particle removing means for engines

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, AN ENGINE HAVING A FIRST AIR INTAKE PASSAGE DEFINED BY SPACED INNER AND OUTER MEMBERS MOUNTED ON A COMMON AXIS; A SECOND PASSAGE OF LESSER SIZE THAN SAID FIRST INTAKE PASSAGE EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM AN INNERMOST END OF SAID FIRST INTAKE PASSAGE AND CONNECTED THERETO; SAID TWO PASSAGES DEFINING A CONTINUOUS PATH FOR ENGINE INTAKE AIR; BARRIER MEANS ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE INNER MEMBER DEFNING A MOISTURE OPENING FROM THE EXTERIOR THEREOF TO THE INTERIOR THEREOF; AND COLLECTOR MEANS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID FIRST INTAKE PASSAGE AT THE JUNCTURE OF SAID TWO PASSAGES; SAID COLLECTOR MEANS MOUNTED IN INWRDLY SPACED RELATION FROM SAID OUTER MEMBER AND SUBSTANTIALLY ON THE OUTER WALL OF SAID SECOND PASSAGE; SAID INNER MEMBER DIVERTING THE FLOW OF INTAKE AIR OUTWARDLY TOWARD SAID OUTER MEMBER WHEREBY PARTICLES IN SAID INTAKE AIR REBOUND FROM SAID INNER AND OUTER MEMBERS INTO SAID COLLECTOR MEANS BEFORE SAID INTAKE AIR REACHES THE SECOND PASSAGE WHILE MOISTURE IN AND TRAVERSES SAID SURFACE AND PASSES THROUGH SAID MOISTURE OPENING FROM THE EXTERIOR TO THE INTERIOR OF SAID INNER MEMBER.