Patent ID: 9682340
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B01D

Claim:
1. A system for removing particulate matter from an exhaust gas stream comprising: a housing having an inlet, an outlet, and a drum region located between said inlet and said outlet; a drum rotatably mounted in said drum region of said housing and being aligned with said inlet and said outlet for intercepting an exhaust gas stream passing through said housing; said drum having a cylindrical shaped screen that allows said exhaust gas stream to pass through said drum while collecting particulate matter present in said exhaust gas stream on an outer surface of said screen; a motor for rotating said drum as said exhaust gas stream passes through said housing; a scraper adjacent said screen for removing said particulate matter collected on said screen; a spray fixture located inside said drum and having spray nozzles that face an inner surface of said screen for spraying fluid at the inner surface of said screen for removing said particulate matter remaining on the outer surface of said screen after the outer surface of said screen has been scraped.