Internal combustion engine exhaust cleaner

Claim 1

AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EXHAUST CLEANER COMPRISING: (A) AN ELONGATED HOUSING CLOSED AT ITS ENDS BY A FRONT PLATE AND A REAR PLATE; (B) A PAIR OF SPACED, INTERIOR, TRANSVERSE PARTITIONS WITHIN SAID HOUSING DIVIDING THE INTERIOR OF SAID HOUSING INTO A FORWARD INTAKE CHAMBER, AN INTERMEDIATE CHAMBER AND AN AFTER OUTLET CHAMBER; (C) AN INTAKE PIPE CONNECTING TO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, SAID PIPE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID FRONT PLATE, THROUGH SAID FORWARD INTAKE CHAMBER, THROUGH THE FORWARD ONE OF SAID PAIR OF TRANSVERSE PARTITIONS, THROUGH SAID INTERMEDIATE CHAMBER AND TERMINATING AT THE AFTER ONE OF SAID PAIR OF TRANSVERSE PARTITIONS, SAID INTAKE PIPE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF APERTURES OPENING INTO SAID INTERMEDIATE CHAMBER; (D) A LIQUID CONDUCTING LINE LEADING FROM A RESERVOIR OF TREATED LIQUID AND DISCHARGING INTO SAID FORWARD INTAKE CHAMBER; (E) MEANS FOR COVERTING TO FOAM A PORTION OF THE TREATED LIQUID WITHIN SAID FORWARD INTAKE CHAMBER; (F) MEANS FOR INJECTING THE FOAM IN SAID FORWARD INTAKE CHAMBER INTO SAID INTAKE PIPE INTO THE PATH OF THE ENGINE EXHAUST PASSING THROUGH SAID INTAKE PIPE, SAID FOAM AND SAID EXHAUST BECOMING INTERMINGLED AND DISCHARGING THROUGH SAID APERTURES INTO SAID INTERMEDIATE CHAMBER; (G) A CATCH BASIN WITHIN SAID INTERMEDIATE CHAMBER BELOW SAID INTAKE PIPE TO HOLD A PORTION OF THE FOAM RECONVERTED TO LIQUID STATE AND CONTAINING A FIRST FRACTION OF EXHAUST MATERIALS ENTRAINED THEREIN; (H) A PERFORATED CONDUIT IN SAID INTERMEDIATE CHAMBER AND EXTENDING TO A PORT IN SAID AFTER PARTITION TO DISCHARGE INTO SAID AFTER OUTLET CHAMBER, SID CONDUIT BEING EFFECTIVE TO CARRY TO SAID AFTER OUTLET CHAMBER A RESIDUAL PORTION OF EXHAUST MATERIALS; (I) AN EXHAUST PIPE EXTENDING FROM SAID AFTER PARTITION THROUGH SAID AFTER OUTLET CHAMBER AND THROUGH SAID REAR PLATE TO DISCHARGE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, SAID EXHAUST PIPE INCLUDING AN APERTURED PORTION WITHIN SAID AFTER OUTLET CHAMBER; AND (J) FILTER MEANS INTERPOSED IN SAID AFTER OUTLET CHAMBER BETWEEN SAID DISCHARGE PART OF SAID PERFORATED CONDUIT AND SAID APERTURED PORTION OF SAID EXHAUST PIPE, SAID FILTER MEANS BEING EFFECTIVE TO REMOVE A REMAINING PORTION OF EXHAUST MATERIALS, THE RELATIVELY CLEAN GASEOUS PRODUCT ENTERING SAID APERTURED PORTION OF SAID EXHAUST PIPE BEING DISCHARGED BY SAID EXHAUST PIPE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.