Means for burning the exhaust gases of internal combustion engines

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH THE EXHAUST CHAMBER OF A CYLINDER IN THE MOTOR BLOCK OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WHICH CHAMBER EXTENDS OUTWARD THROUGH THE BLOCK FROM THE EXHAUST VALVE OF THE CLYINDER, AND THE INVERTED-LSHAPED UNION WHICH CONNECTS THE COMMON EXHAUST MANIFOLD CONDUIT OF THE ENGINE TO THE OUTER END OF SAID CHAMBER WHEREIN SAID UNION HAS A REAR WALL SPACED OUTWARD FROM THE MOTOR BLOCK AND SAID UNION PROVIDES AT THE UPPER END THEREOF A PASSAGE ALIGNED WITH SAID EXHAUST CHAMBER THEREBY FORMING TOGETHER WITH SAID EXHAUST CHAMBER A COMBINED CHAMBER, THE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA THROUGH SAID COMBINED CHAMBER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR, SAID REAR WALL HAVING A HOLE THEREIN ALIGNED WITH THE CENTER LINE OF SAID COMBINED CHAMBER, A HIGH HEAT CONDUCTING INSERT HAVING A STEM EXTENDING FROM THE REAR END THEREOF IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CENTER LINE OF THE INSERT BEING MOUNTED IN SAID COMBINED CHAMBER WITH SAID STEM REGISTERING IN SAID HOLE, AND MEANS FOR SECURING SAID STEM IN SAID HOLE.