Muffler for exhaust gases of a diesel engine

An improved gas muffler for exhaust gases of a diesel engine comprising:

• a hollow housing;
• a partition plate disposed within said housing and dividing the interior of said housing into an upper chamber and a lower chamber;
• a predetermined amount of cleaning fluid of suitable composition provided within said lower chamber;
• a first and second generally cylindrical filter members rotatably secured in respective said lower and upper chambers of said housing, each said cylindrical filter having a hollow interior and providing a central shaft, a holder frame secured on said shaft, and a gas permeable filter sleeve attached on said holder frame;
• an external rotation means for rotating said first and second filter members through a coupling means, including a first and second pulley wheels rotatingly coupled with said shafts of respective said first and second filter members and a connecting pulley belt disposed therebetween rotatingly engaging said first and second filter members;
• an inlet in communication with said lower chamber of said housing through which exhaust gases from said diesel engine can enter therein;
• an external gas conduit with the opposite ends thereof in communication with the interiors of respective cylindrical said first and second filter members, through respective open ends thereof;
• an outlet in communication with said upper chamber of said housing through which cleaned said exhaust gases can exit therefrom;
• a flowback means provided on said partition plate through which condensed said cleaning fluid in said upper chamber of said housing can drain back into said lower chamber thereof, comprising a drain hole formed on a lowermost portion of said partition plate and a return tube, with an upper end thereof attached to and in communication with said drain hole and a lower end thereof in communication with the interior of said lower chamber of said housing, disposed at a submerged position below the level of said cleaning fluid therein;
• a closeable filling pipe provided on a side portion of said housing and in communication with said lower chamber therein;
• a closeable drain pipe provided on a lowermost portion of said housing and in communication with said lower chamber therein;
• wherein, said exhaust gases from said diesel engine enter said lower chamber of said housing through said inlet and into the interior of the rotating said first filter member through said filter sleeve thereon, permeated with cleaning fluid cycled therethrough by the rotation thereof, which extracts carbon precipitates and noxious compounds from said exhaust gases;
• said exhaust gases then pass through said external conduit to the interior of the rotating said second filter member and passes through the filter sleeve thereon into said upper chamber of said housing, which further cleans said exhaust gases and extracts vapors of said cleaning fluid, condensing in said filter sleeve thereon and being sloughed off by the rotation thereof;
• cleaned said exhaust gases exit said upper chamber of said housing through said outlet thereon, and condensed said cleaning fluid in said upper chamber flows back to said lower chamber of said housing through said flowback means on said partition plate.