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Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH AN EXHAUST PIPE FOR EXPELLING EXHAUST GASES FORM AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, AND EXHAUST FILTER MUFFLER COMPRISING (A) AN ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL HOUSING HAVING AN INLET END JOINED TO SAID EXHAUST PIPE FOR DELIVERING EXHAUST GASES INTO SAID HOUSING AND AN OUTLET END DISPOSED FROM SAID INLET END AND CONNECTED TO SAID EXHAUST PIPE FOR CONVEYING SAID EXHAUST GASES FROM SAID HOUSING TO SAID ATMOSPHERE. (B) PARTITION MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING AND EFFECTIVE TO DIVIDE SAID HOUSING INTO A FIRST CHAMBER BEING PARTIALLY DEFINED BY SAID INLET END AND INTO A SECOND CHAMBER BEING PARTIALLY DEFINED BY SAID OUTLET END, SAID PARTITION MEANS HAVING AN OPENING FOR ALLOWING SAID EXHAUSE GASES TO PASS FROM SAID FIRST CHAMBER TO SAID SECOND CHAMBER; (C) BAFFLE PLATE MEANS PERPENDICULARLY MOUNTED IN THE LOWER PORTIONS OF EACH HOUSING BETWEEN SAID PARTITION MEANS AND SAID HOUSING BETWEEN PLATE MEANS EFFECTIVE TO DIVIDE SAID FIRST CHAMBER INTO A FIRST COMPARTMENT BEING PARTIALLY DIFINED BY SAID BAFFLE PLATE MEANS AND SAID INLET END AND A SECOND COMPARTMENT BEING PARTIALLY DEFINED BY SAID PARTITION MEANS AND SAID BAFFLE PLATE MEANS; (D) A LIQUID PARTIALLY FILLING SAID FIRST COMPARTMENT; (E) A SHAFT ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID INLET AND SAID OUTLET ENDS AND HAVING A COMMON AXIS WITH SAID CYLINDRICAL HOUSING; (F) A PLURALITY OF PERFORATED DISCS PERPENDICULARY AND RIGIDLY MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH ON SAID SHAFT TO EXTEND IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND COMPARTMENTS OF SAID FIRST CHAMBER WITH THE SELECTED ONES OF SAID DISCS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FIRST COMPARTMENT BEING PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN SAID LIQUID, SAID DISCS HAVING A DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF SAID CYLINDRICAL HOUSING; (G) A PROPELLER SECURELY MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH IN SAID SECOND CHAMBER, SAID PROPELLER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY ADJACENT SAID PARTITION MEANS WHEREBY UPON THE ROTATION OF SAID PROPELLER A PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND CHAMBERS IS CREATED WHICH CAUSES SAID GASES TO FLOW THROUGH SAID HOUSING; AND (H) A MOTOR SECURELY MOUNTED IN SAID SECOND CHAMBER AND ADAPTED TO DRIVE SAID SHAFT UPON THE ENERGIZATION THEREOF WHEREBY THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID PERFORATED DISCS ARE CONTINOUSLY BATHED IN SAID LIQUID WHILE THE WETTED UPPER PORTIONS THEREOF ARE IN CONTINUOUS ASSOCIATION WITH SAID INCOMING EXHAUST GASES.