Discharge filter for circuit interrupter

Claim 1

A CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER INCLUDING MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING AN ARC, A DISCHARGE FILTER CHAMBER FOR RECEIVING THE EXHAUST ARC GASES AND FOR COOLING AND DEIONIZING THE SAME, SAID DISCHARGE FILTER CHAMBER HAVING A MAIN BODY PORTION AND A FLOW-DIRECTING NOZZLE AT THE INLET END THEREOF, AN APERTURED DEFLECTOR MEMBER DISPOSED ADJACENT THE INLET END OF THE FILTER CHAMBER, AND SAID APERTURED DEFFLECTOR MEMBER HAVING A CENTRAL CONE-SHAPED DEFLECTING PORTION POINTED UPSTREAM OF SAID FLOW-DIRECTING NOZZLE AND A PLURALITY OF SPACED APERTURES DISPOSED ONLY AROUND THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID DEFLECTOR MEMBER, A NOZZLE SUPPORT SECURED TO SAID FLOW-DIRECTING NOZZLE AND HAVING AN INNER SURFACE OF BOWL-SHAPED CONFIGURATION, SAID NOZZLE SUPPORT BEING INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID NOZZLE AND THE APERTURED DEFLECTOR MEMBER, WHEREBY THE AXIALLY-DIRECTED EXHAUST GASES ENTERING THE FILTER CHAMBER THROUGH SAID FLOW-DIRECTING NOZZLE WILL BE DIVERTED OUTWARDLY AND WILL THEREBY BE PREVENTED FROM BLASTING AXIALLY ALONG THE FILTER CHAMBER.