Exhaust gas treating device

Claim 1

A CONDITIONER SYSTEM FOR THE EXHAUST GASES FROM A DIESEL ENGINE OR THE LIKE COMPRISING: (A) A HOUSING; (B) MEANS ADAPTED TO INTRODUCE GASES INTO THE HOUSING; (C) SAID MEANS ADAPTED TO INTRODUCE GASES INTO THE HOUSING INCLUDING A PERFORATED FLAME TUBE; (D) A GAS EXPANSION CHAMBER FORMED AROUND SAID FLAME TUBE COMPRISING AN ANNULAR CASING MOUNTED GENERALLY CONCENTRICALLY AND LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID FLAME TUBE WHICH PERMITS GASES EMITTED FROM SAID FLAME TUBE TO EXPAND; (E) A BODY OF GAS CONDITIONING LIQUID IN THE BASE OF THE HOUSING; (F) CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTED TO AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID EXPANSION CHAMBER AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE EXHAUST GASES FROM SAID EXPANSION CHAMBER AND EXHAUST THEM INTO SAID LIQUID; (G) THE LOWER END OF SAID CONDUIT MEANS BEING SUBMERGED IN SAID CONDITIONING LIQUID; (H) OUTWARDLY EXTENDING VANES OF GENERALLY HELICAL FORMATION ON SAID CONDUIT MEANS; (I) SAID VANES BEING POSITIONED BELOW THE LIQUID LEVEL AND IN THE UPWARDLY FLOWING PATH OF THE GAS BUBBLES EXHAUSTED FROM SAID CONDUIT MEANS, WHEREBY SAID GAS BUBBLES IMPINGE UPON SAID VANES CAUSING DEVIATION FROM THEIR NORMAL UPWARD PATH, THEREBY EXTENDING THE GAS-LIQUID CONTACT WITHIN THE SYSTEM; (J) AN EXHAUST OUTLET FROM SAID HOUSING TO THE ATMOSPHERE FOR THE GAS SO CONDITIONED INCLUDING MEANS FOR GUIDING THE FLOW TO ATMOSPHERE OF CONDITION GASES LEAVING SAID LIQUID; (K) SAID GUIDING MEANS COMPRISING A BAFFLE ASSEMBLY DISPOSED ABOVE THE SURFACE OF SAID LIQUID, INCLUDING A FIRST SET OF BAFFLES ATTACHED TO SAID ANNULAR CASING EXTENDING OUT FROM SAID CASING AND TERMINATING SHORT OF SAID HOUSING AND A SECOND SET OF BAFFLES EXTENDING OUT FROM SAID HOUSING IN OVERLYING RELATION TO SAID FIRST SET OF BAFFLES AND TERMINATING SHORT OF SAID ANNULAR CASING.