Catalytic fuel oxidizer for exhaust gas treatment

Claim 1

A FUEL EXHAUST OXIDIZER FOR PREVENTING AIR POLLUTION BY EXHAUST GASES FROM INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES OR THE LIKE COMPRISING, FIRST ELONGATED CONDUIT MEANS OPENING IN A DIRECTION TO COMMUNICATE WITH A SOURCE OF EXHAUST GASES, SECOND ELONGATED CONDUIT MEANS PROVIDING A REACTION CHAMBER WHEREIN PURIFICATION OF SAID EXHAUST GASES TAKES PLACE, SAID SECOND CONDUIT MEANS OPENING TO THE ATMOSPHERE FOR DISCHARGING SAID PURIFIED GASES, FLOW DETOURING MEANS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONDUIT MEANS FOR DIRECTING EXHAUST GASES BELOW SAID FIRST CONDUIT MEANS AND PREVENTING SAID EXHAUST GASES FROM DIRECTLY ENTERING SAID SECOND CONDUIT MEANS, FILTER MEANS INCLUDING ALUMINA PELLETS DISPOSED BELOW SAID FIRST CONDUIT MEANS AND COMMUNICATING THEREWITH FOR FILTERING OUT CATALYST COATING AGENTS PRESENT IN SAID EXHAUST GASES, A GAS MIXING CHAMBER DISPOSED BELOW SAID FLOW DETOURING MEANS AND SAID FILTERING MEANS BUT COMMUNICATING WITH THE LATTER, AIR INTAKE MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID MIXING CHAMBER AND OPENING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS SAID FIRST CONDUIT MEANS FOR ADMITTING ATMOSPHERIC AIR TO THE INTERIOR OF SAID MIXING CHAMBER TO MIX WITH SAID EXHAUST GASES, REACTING PRODUCING MEANS INCLUDING A CATALYST CONFINED IN A CHAMBER DISPOSED IN THE PATH OF THE FLOW OF SAID MIXED GASES FROM SAID MIXING CHAMBER AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID SECOND CONDUIT MEANS WHEREBY THE MIXTURE OF GASES WILL BE CAUSED TO CHEMICALLY REACT AS IT PASSES THROUGH SAID CATALYST CHAMBER, SAID REACTION REACHING COMPLETION IN SAID SECOND CONDUIT MEANS.