Patent ID: 8551409

Claim:
A chemical impregnated body comprising: a honeycomb body having a plurality of honeycomb cores open to a pair of opposed side faces thereof in a thickness direction and providing airflow passages parallel to the thickness direction; a sheet body disposed adjacent to one of said side faces over an entire area thereof, said sheet body being air permeable and liquid absorptive; and a retainer receptacle for retaining therein said honeycomb body and said sheet body and holding them in intimate contact with each other; wherein said honeycomb body and said sheet body are impregnated with a chemical, wherein said receptacle comprises a receptacle base member having a support section for supporting the sheet body, and a hold member for fitting engagement with the receptacle base member to hold said honeycomb body and said sheet body in intimate contact with each other, wherein said receptacle comprises an air flow section for diffusing the chemical, the air flow section comprises inner spaces of the receptacle base member and the hold member, and the air flow section is configured such that air flows through both the receptacle base member and the hold member, and wherein said support section comprises a liquid chemical pool section and a chemical inlet port for supplying liquid chemical into the liquid chemical pool section, the liquid chemical pool section and the chemical inlet port being formed in said support section.