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US 5,630,866 AGranted
Static electricity exhaust treatment device
OwnerLloyd M. Gregginventor
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Abstract
A device for treating automobile exhaust with a static electrical charge. The inventive device includes a housing having inlet and outlet ports positionable into communication with an exhaust pipe of a vehicle. A folded mesh panel undulates through the housing and receives a static electrical charge from a generator to reduce emissions from exhaust gases passing therethrough.
Claims8
A static electricity exhaust treatment device comprising:
- a hollow housing having inlet and outlet ports extending therefrom to permit the device to be inserted in-line with an exhaust pipe and a muffler of an exhaust system of a vehicle;
- a charge dispensing means mounted within the housing for contacting exhaust gases passing through the housing and receiving a static electrical charge to effect application of the static electrical charge to the exhaust gases passing through the housing, the charge dispensing means comprising an upper insulating panel mounted to an upper interior surface of the housing;
- a lower insulating panel mounted to a lower interior surface of the housing;
- and lateral insulating panels extending along opposed interior sides of the housing and into contiguous communication extending between the upper and lower insulating panels;
- a static charge supply wire extending through an aperture in the housing into the upper insulating panel;
- and a folded mesh panel positioned in electrical communication with the static charge supply wire and extending transversely across an interior of the housing, the folded mesh panel undulating in a zig-zag configuration in contact with and between the upper insulating panel and the lower insulating panel.
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A static electricity exhaust treatment device comprising:
- a vehicle having an exhaust system including an exhaust pipe and a muffler;
- a hollow housing having inlet and outlet ports extending therefrom, the ports being positioned in communication with the exhaust system of the vehicle;
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- a charge dispensing means mounted within the housing for contacting exhaust gases passing through the housing and receiving a static electrical charge to effect application of the static electrical charge to the exhaust gases passing through the housing, the charge dispensing means comprising an upper insulating panel mounted to an upper interior surface of the housing;
- a lower insulating panel mounted to a lower interior surface of the housing;
- and lateral insulating panels extending along opposed interior sides of the housing and into contiguous communication extending between the upper and lower insulating panels;
- a static charge supply wire extending through an aperture in the housing into the upper insulating panel;
- and a folded mesh panel positioned in electrical communication with the static charge supply wire and extending transversely across an interior of the housing, the folded mesh panel undulating in a zig-zag configuration in contact with and between the upper insulating panel and the lower insulating panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.