Device for reducing air pollution from internal combustion engines

Claim 1

AN AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICE FOR USE WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AN EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEADING FROM SAID ENGINE, AN EXHAUST PIPE LEADING FROM SAID MANIFOLD, AND A MUFFLER ENTERED BY SAID EXHAUST PIPE; SAID AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A MIXING BOX HAXING AT LEAST ONE INERT, GAS PERMEABLE FILTER ELEMENT DISPOSED ACROSS SAID MIXING BOX DIVIDING SAID MIXING BOX INTO AT LEAST TWO TRANSVERSE COMPARTMENTS, A Y CONNECTION LEADING FROM SAID MUFFLER INTO SAID MIXING BOX, AN ION GENERATOR HAVING A CONTAINER, ELECTRODES WITHIN SAID CONTAINER, AND A HIGH VOLTAGE CURRENT SOURCE CONNECTED TO SAID ELECTRODES, AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, A BLOWER DRIVEN BY SAID ELECTRIC MOTOR FORCING IONIZED AIR FROM SAID CONTAINER OF SAID ION GENERATOR TO SAID Y CONNECTION, IONIZED AIR FROM SAID ION GENERATOR ENTERING SAID MIXING BOX REDUCING THE TOXICITY OF EXHAUST GASES IN SAID MIXING BOX, AND A TAIL PIPE CONDUCTING PURIFIED EXHAUST GASES FROM SAID MIXING BOX.