Chemical muffler for filtering exhaust

Claim 1

A MUFFLER FOR RENDERING INNOCUOUS THE EXHAUST GASES FROM INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES COMPRISING AN ELONGATED HOUSING HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM INTERNAL CROSSSECTIONAL AREA CONSTITUTING A STRAIGHT LINE FLOW PASSAGE THERETHROUGH, INLET AND OUTLET MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID HOUSING, A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUALLY REMOVABLE PARTITIONS OF HIGH GAS POROSITY FIXEDLY SECURED TO SAID HOUSING AND TRANSVERSE SAID PASSAGE AND DIVIDING THE HOUSING INTERIOR INTO LONGITUDINALLY SPACED COMPARTMENTS, EACH OF SAID PARTITIONS COMPRISING A CONTAINER HAVING AN EXHAUST GAS TREATING AGENT THEREIN FOR REMOVING IMPURITIES FROM THE EXHAUST GAS, EACH OF SAID PARTITIONS COVERING THE ENTIRE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF SAID PASSAGE AFFORDING A LOW FLOW-RESISTANCE TO THE FLOW STREAM OF GASES PASSING THROUGH SAID HOUSING, THE COMPARTMENT ADJACENT SAID INLET MEANS COMPRISING AS AFTER-BURNER CHAMBER, COMBUSTION INITATING MEANS DISPOSED ENTIRELY WITHIN SAID AFTER-BURNER CHAMBER AND DISPOSED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE CENTER OF THE INLET MEANS TO INSURE IMMEDIATE IGNITION OF COMBUSTION, A CONBUSTION SUPPORTING AGENT SUPPLY MEANS FOR SAID CHAMBER, ELECTRICAL MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH EACH OF SAID COMPARTMENTS FOR SUBJECTING THE GASES THEREIN TO A SUFFICIENTLY HIGH POTENTIAL VOLTAGE TO CAUSE ND ACCELERATE THE PRECIPITATION OF VARIOUS SOLID PARTICLES IN THE EXHAUST GASES AND CAUSE THEM TO MORE READILY COLLECT UPON THE TREATING AGENT WITHIN SAID PARTITIONS.