Soil conditioning device

Claim 1

A SOIL CONDITIONING DEVICE COMPRISING AN ENCLOSED HOUSING, UPRIGHT INTERIOR WALLS SUBDIVIDING THE HOUSING INTO A CENTRAL COMPARTMENT AND OUTER COMPARTMENTS, AN INLET OPENING AND AN OUTLET OPENING DEFINED RESPECTIVELY IN THE FORWARD AND REARWARD END WALLS OF THE HOUSING FOR PASSAGE OF A FLUID CARRYING CONDUIT THERETHROUGH INTO COMMUNICATION WITH THE CENTRAL COMPARTMENT, PASSES IN THE INTERIOR WALLS SUBDIVIDING THE CENTRAL COMPARTMENT FROM THE OUTER COMPARTMENTS FOR COMMUNICATING THE INTERIOR OF THE CENTRAL COMPARTMENT WITH SAID OUTER COMPARTMENTS, OTHER PASSAGES THROUGH THE OUTER WALLS DEFINING EXTERIOR SIDE WALLS OF THE HOUSING AND TO EACH OF THE OUTER COMPARTMENTS FOR COMMUNICATING THE INTERIOR OF THE OUTER COMPARTMENTS WITH THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSING, AN ABSORBENT MATERIAL SUBSTANTIALLY FILLING THE OUTER COMPARTMENTS FOR CONTACT WITH THE FLUID PASSING THROUGH THE OUTER COMPARTMENTS FROM THE CENTRAL COMPARTMENT TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSING FOR CONTROL OF THE DISTRIBUTION AND FLOW OF THE FLUID THROUGH THE COMPARTMENTS, AN OUTER HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING EXTERIOR SIDE WALL OF THE CENTRAL COMPARTMENT BEING FORMED WITH A SLOT EXTENDING LENGTHWISE FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER AND TERMINATING IN THE OUTLET OPENINGS AND HAVING OUTWARDLY EXTENDING LATERALLY SPACED APART WALLS, AND MEANS ENGAGING AND CLAMPING SAID WALLS TO DISPLACE THE WALLS IN THE DIRECTION TOWARDS EACH OTHER, WHEN IN THE ASSEMBLED RELATIONSHIP, WHEREBY THE SIZES OF THE INLET AND OUTLET OPENINGS ARE REDUCED TO EFFECT SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH A CONDUIT PASSING THERETHROUGH.