Patent ID: 7404934

Claim:
A device for treating exhaust gases ( 1 ) which is arranged in the exhaust-gas stream from an internal combustion engine or in the exhaust-gas line from stationary combustion installations and which has a feed-line connection stub ( 3 ) and a discharge-line connection stub ( 4 ), which are held on a housing ( 6 ) which contains a filter material ( 19 ) which has at least one fabric layer made from metal wires or metal fibers, characterized in that for diversion, particulate retention and muffling purposes there are shaped bodies ( 8 ) in the housing ( 6 ), which consist of metallic fiber composite ( 19 . 1 , 19 . 2 ) as composite material, the empty spaces ( 11 , 16 , 17 ) in the housing ( 6 ) being filled with metallic fiber material, wherein in a region of an inlet end face ( 7 ) of the housing ( 6 ) the proportion of stainless steel material ( 19 . 2 ) in the composite material ( 19 ) is higher than at the outlet-side boundary ( 14 ) of the housing ( 6 ), in order to conduct heat out of the incoming exhaust-gas stream ( 1 ).