Abstract: A particle filter that can be burned free for cleaning the exhaust gas of internal combustion engines. Filter cartridges (11) are provided arranged in a housing (1) with an external heat supply (10). The filter cartridges are lined with filter material (13) differently, corresponding to the flow profile of the exhaust gas in the housing.

Abstract: In space heaters with pressure atomization burners, which have a small combustion chamber volume, good mixing of air with fuel is achieved practically only in the case of relatively high air flow velocities, which leads, however, to difficulties in terms of ignition, especially at high operating voltages and low temperatures. The blower motor is therefore started first when putting the heater into operation, after which it is disconnected from the power source, so that the speed will again decrease, after which the high-voltage ignition and the fuel supply are turned on, so that the ignition can take place at reduced blower speed, and the high-voltage ignition is turned off and the blower motor is restarted after the flame has been recognized in the burner.

Abstract: An arrangement for space heaters for motor vehicles, which are fired with liquid fuel including, (depending on the type of burner used), a glow plug for either igniting a fuel/air mixture and/or vaporizing fuel. Only one type of glow plug, i.e., a glow plug designed for a 12-V electrical system, is normally employed. If the motor vehicle has a 24-V battery, a compensating resistor, which has the same electrical resistance as the glow plug, is connected in series with the glow plug. The amount of electrical energy converted into heat in the compensating resistor is practically equal to that transformed in the glow plug. The compensating resistor is integrated within the burner housing, in which case it is located in the flow path of the combustion air and is properly cooled by the air flowing past it, to provide a safe trouble free and space-saving arrangement.