Exhaust gas purification and filtration device

Claim 1

AN EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE, COMPRISING: AN UPRIGHT TANK ADAPTED TO HOLD A QUANTITY OF WATER AT A PREDETERMINED FLUID LEVEL AND HAVING A BOTTOM VALVED DRAIN FOR INTERMITTENT REMOVAL OF SLUDGE; A FUNNEL-SHAPED PREMIX INLET AT THE TOP OF THE TANK; AN ELONGATED DELIVERY PIPE DEPENDING FROM SAID PREMIX INLET EXTENDING DOWN INTO THE TANK HAVING AN OUTLET ADJACENT ITS LOWER END; AN EXHAUST GAS DELIVERY PIPE EXTENDING INTO SAID PREMIX INLET: AN AIR PIPE CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF AIR PRESSURE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID PREMIX INLET AND DOWN INTO SAID DELIVERY PIPE HAVING AN OUTLET ABOVE SAID FLUID LEVEL; AN AIR JET ON THE INTERIOR OF SAID AIR PIPE; A WATER SUPPLY CONNECTED TO SAID AIR PIPE ADJACENT SAID AIR JET; WATER MIXING WITH AIR UNDER PRESSURE AND FLOWING INTO SAID PREMIX DELIVERY PIPE FOR MIXING WITH SAID EXHAUST GASES PROVIDING A WATER MIST PRERINSE OF SAID EXHAUST GASES BEFORE DELIVERY INTO SAID TANK; AND AN OUTLET PIPE AT THE TOP OF SAID TANK FOR DELIVERY OF EXHAUST GASSES FROM WHICH CERTAIN CONTAMINANTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.