Exhaust gas catalytic treatment system

Claim 1

A CONVERTER CONTAINING A BED OF PARTICULATE CATALYST FOR CATALYTIC TREATMENT OF ENGINE EXHAUST GASES COMPRISING A CATALYST CHAMBER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL SIDEWALL AND AN OPENING TO RECEIVE SAID CATALYST, A REMOVBLE COVER PLATE MOUNTED OVER THE OPENING IN SAID CHAMBER, CLOSURE CLAMP CLAMPED TO SAID SIDEWALL OF SAID CONVERTER; MEANS ATTACHED BETWEEN SAID CLOSURE CLAMP AND SAID COVER PLATE FOR TIGHTENING SAID PLATE OVER SAD OPENING; SAID ELONGATED, PERFORATED ANNULAR CARTRIDGE MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CHAMBER HAVING AN INLET PERFORATE WALL, AN OUTLET PERFORATE WALL AND AN OPENING AT ONE END THEREOF IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE OPENING IN SAID CHAMBER; AND THEREMALLY DESTRUCTIBLE, POROUS SOCK CONTAINING SAID CATALYST BED IN THE SAME GEOMETRIC CONFIGURATION AS SAID ANNULAR CARTRIDGE SO THAT SAID SOCK IS INSERTABLE THROUGH THE OPENING IN SAID CHAMBER AND INTO THE ANNULUS OF SAID CARTRIDGE; INLET MEANS FOR PLACING A SOURCE OF ENGINE EXHAUST GASES IN FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH SAID INLET PERFORATE WALL; TREATED GAS OUTLET MEANS FROM SAID CHAMBER IN FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH SAID OUTLET PERFORATE WALL; AND SEAL MEANS REMOVABLY DISPOSED AT THE EXTREMITIES OF SAID CARTRIDGE WITH SAID SOCK POSITIONED THEREBETWEEN FOR PREVENTING CHANNELING OF THE EXHAUST GASES AT THE EXTREMITIES OF SAID CARTRIDGE.