Engine exhaust gas decontaminating device

Claim 1

AN ARRANGEMENT FOR DECONTAMINATING THE EXHAUST GASES OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, SAID ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING: MEANS FORMING FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITIES OF CHAMBERS SEQUENTIALLY ARRANGED IN SAID EXHAUST CONDUIT, THE FIRST PLURALITY OF CHAMBERS CONTAINING METALLIC PENTOXIDE AND THE SECOND PLURALITY OF CHAMBERS CONTAINING ACTIVATED CHARCOAL, SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITIES OF CHAMBERS BEING INTER SPACED WITH EACH OTHER SO THAT A CHAMBER FROM THE FIRST PLURALITY IS FOLLOWED BY THE CHAMBER FROM SECOND PLURALITY WHICH IS FOLLOWED BY A CHAMBER FROM THE FIRST PLURALITY, AND SO ON, SAID CHAMBERS HAVING PERFORATED WALLS; MEANS FORMING A CYLINDRICAL HOUSING ABOUT SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITIES OF CHAMBER AND HAVING COUPLING MEANS AT ITS INLET AND OUTLET ENDS FOR CONNECTION IN THE ENGINE EXHAUST CONDUIT; A PLURALITY OF PERFORATED CHANNELS ARRANGED AXIALLY IN SAID HOUSING FOR INTERCOMMUNICATING SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITIES OF CHAMBERS, SAID PERFORATED CHANNELS COMMUNICATING AT THEIR RESPECTIVE ENDS WITH SAID INLET AND OUTLET COUPLING MEANS TO PROVIDE A CONTINUOUS EXHAUST PATH THROUGH THE ARRANGEMENT, THE EXHAUST GASES ENTERING SAID ARRANGEMENT BEING AT A TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST ABOUT 100*C.