Patent CA-2156543-A1 (CA)
Title: Antox exhaust emission filter
Inventor: HANSEN PETER JAMES
IPC: B01D53/04
Filed: 1995-08-21
Abstract: THE ANTOX UNIT IS A NEW ADAPTATION OF AN AIR FILTER, AND WHAT DISTINGUISHES IT APART FROM ANY OTHER IS THE BASIC DESCRIPTION, SHAPE AND THE USE OF THE ANTOX AIR FILTER UNIT AND THAT IS, IT IS AN AIR/GASEOUS-EXHAUST EMISSION SYSTEM AIR FILTER COMPRISED OF A FEW BASIC PARTS. THESE PARTS ARE A HEAT RESISTENT ALUMINIUM AND/OR METAL EXTERIOR TUBE OR TUBING/CYLINDER/SHELL WITH AN END-CAP AND INTERIOR  FILTER  COMPONENTS.  THIS  EXTERIOR  TUBE/SHELL/CASING/ CYLINDER WILL/MAY ALSO BE MADE FROM ANY TYPE OF LOW OR HIGH HEAT-RESISTENT PLASTIC BASED MATERIALS. THIS EXTERIOR TUBE/CYLINDER/ SHELL WILL HAVE AN AIR-PERMEABLE END-CAP OR COVER SITUATED ON ONE OR BOTH ENDS OF THE UNIT. THE INTERIOR FILTER COMPONENTS THAT ARE  INSIDE THE ANTOX UNIT WILL/MAY BE MADE OF A LOW HEAT OR HIGH HEAT ANTI-FLAMMABLE CLOTHE-LIKE  AND/OR  PAPER-LIKE  AND/OR  SPONGE-LIKE  AND/OR  GLASS  FIBER MATERIAL OR ANY MATERIAL THAT IS OR MAY BE AIR/EXHAUST PERMEABLE. THE UNIT INTERIOR FILTER WILL/MAY BE COMPRISED SOLELY OF ACTIVATED CHARCOAL FILTERS LIKE THAT FOUND IN WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEMS OR AS IN CIGARETTE FILTERS. DEPENDING ON THE USE OR NEED OF THE CONSUMER IT WILL/MAY CONTAIN CARBON CATCHING OR AIR/GASEOUS-AIR FILTERS ON THE INSIDE OR THE OUTSIDE OF THE TUBING/CYLINDER/SHELL. THE ANTOX UNIT WILL/MAY FIT INSIDE OR ON THE OUTSIDE OF ANY SIZE OR LENGTH OR WIDTH OF ANY EXHAUST PIPE OR EXHAUST SYSTEM OF ANY MOTORIZED VEHICLE OR VESSEL OR CHIMNEY OR SMOKE STACK AND WILL/MAY TRAP SOME OR ALL OF THE HARMFUL EXHAUST GAS OR GASES BEING EMITTED OR THAT ARE ESCAPING FROM THE MOTOR OR ENGINE OR EXHAUST OF ANY VESSEL, VEHICLE CHIMNEY OR SMOKE STACK.     THE ANTOX UNIT WILL/MAY OR SHALL SLIDE INTO, OVER THE TOP, END OR ON THE OUTSIDE OF ANY EXHAUST SYSTEM, SYSTEMS, CHIMNEY OR STACK NEEDING SAID FILTER SO FAR DESCRIBED ABOVE. IT WILL/MAY ALSO IF NEEDED BE FASHIONED INTO A SLEEVE THAT WILL/MAY SLIDE OVER THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE EXHAUST PIPE, SYSTEM OR CHIMNEY OR STACK. THE SIZE OF THE ANTOX EXHAUST AIR FILTER UNIT WILL/MAY HAVE ANY VARYING  SIZE  FROM  (1/2)  ONE-HALF  OF  AN  INCH  IN  DIAMETER  OR CIRCUMFERENCE AND (1/2) ONE-HALF OF AN INCH IN LENGTH TO (6U) SIXTY FEET IN DIAMETER OR CIRCUMFERENCE OR TO (60) SIXTY FEET IN LENGTH. IT WILL/MAY HAVE A VARYING ANGLE OR CURVATURE FROM (.UU1)  POINT ZERO ZERO ONE DEGREES ON THE OVER ALL LENGTH AND WIDTH TO (180) ONE-HUNDRED EIGHTY DEGREE CURVATURE ON THE OVER ALL LENGTH OR WIDTH.  THE  (180)  ONE-HUNDRED EIGHTY DEGREE CURVATURE  WILL/MAY CONSIST OF DOUBLE OR DUAL (90) NINETY DEGREE UNITS OR (4) FOUR (45) FORTY-FIVE DEGREE UNITS ON ITS OVERALL LENGTH OR WIDTH. THE SHAPE OF THE ANTOX UNIT MAY BE CHANGED TO AN ELLIPTICAL,  RECTANGULAR, SQUARE OR ANY OTHER GEOMETRIC FORM SO THAT IT WILL/MAY FIT INTO OR OVER THE OBJECT MAKING THE AIR/EXHAUST EMISSIONS.            THE METAL, METALS,  ALUMINIUMS OR ANY OF THE TYPES OF PLASTICS MATERIALS USED IN THE MANUFACTURING TO MAKE THE ANTOX UNIT WILL/MAY CONSIST OF ANY MATERIAL OR SUBSTANCE THAT CAN OR ALREADY HAS BEEN RECYCLED.  IT WILL/MAY COMPRISE SOLELY OF RECYCLABLE PLASTIC OR ALUMINIUM PRODUCTS THAT ANY CONSUMER MAY ALREADY BE RECYCLING. THIS POSSIBLY COULD BE ANY SUBSTANCE THAT MAY BE SLATED FOR A LANDFILL OR MAY BE POST CONSUMER USED. THE ANTOX UNIT WILL/MAY BE CHANGED AS OFTEN AS A PERSON CHANGES THEIR OIL OR AIR FILTERS ON THEIR VEHICLES, MOTORS OR VESSELS. IN THE CASE OF A CHIMNEY, SMOKE STACK OR STACK-PIPE IT MAY CHANGED EVERY FEW MONTHS OR YEARS DEPENDING ON THE USE OF THE CHIMNEY, SMOKE STACK OR STACK-PIPE. THE USEFULLNESS OF THE ANTOX AIR FILTER UNIT IS IT WILL/MAY HELP IN THE CUTTING DOWN OF OR THE ELIMINATION OF ANY OR ALL OF THE MAJOR POLLUTANTS OR HARMFUL GASES OR EMISSIONS     THAT ANY AIR/EXHAUST SYSTEM, CHIMNEY OR SMOKE STACK WILL/MAY EMIT          INTO THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.