Patent ID: 6893484

Claim:
A device useful for scrubbing contaminants from gaseous streams comprising: a) an enclosure comprising a bottom portion, a rear wall portion, a front wall portion, a left side wall portion and a right side wall portion, wherein said left side wall portion and said right side wall portion each include a hole disposed therethrough, one of said holes being a gas inlet and the remaining hole being a gas outlet; and b) a gas manifold portion comprising: i) a substantially vertically disposed plate portion, said plate portion having an upper end portion, a lower end portion, two side edge portions, and a plurality of holes disposed through it along its lower end portion, ii) a plurality of gas conduction tubes coinciding with the number of plurality of holes disposed through said plate portion along its lower end portion, each of said gas conduction tubes having a top surface portion, a first open end portion and a second closed end portion, wherein said open end portion of each of said gas conduction tubes are affixed over said holes disposed through said plate portion, said gas conduction tubes each comprising a plurality of holes disposed along their lengths, iii) a substantially horizontally disposed plate top portion having two end portions and two edge portions located at the upper end portion of the plate portion such that the angle of intersection the plate top portion makes with the plate portion is any angle between about 45 degrees and 135 degrees, wherein said lower end portion of said plate portion is sealed along its length to said bottom portion of said enclosure, and wherein each of said side edge portions of said plate portion are sealed along each of their lengths to said front wall portion and said rear wall portion of said enclosure, respectively, and wherein each of said end portions of said plate top portion are sealed along their lengths to said front wall portion and said rear wall portion of said enclosure and wherein the edge portion of said plate top portion which does not intersect with said plate portion is sealed along its length to said left side wall portion of said enclosure, thus defining a sealed chamber defined by said plate portion, said plate top portion, a portion of said front wall portion of said enclosure, a portion of said rear wall portion of said enclosure, and a portion of said left side wall portion.