Furnace for pyrolyzing ketenizable organic compounds

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR THE PYROLYSIS OF A KETENIZABLE ORGANIC COMPOUND TO PRODUCE KETENE WHICH COMPRISES A FURNACE HOUSING, MADE UP TO TOP, BOTTOM AND SIDE WALLS AND CONTAINING THREE INTERCONNECTED CHAMBERS WHICH ARE SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY PARTITION WALLS EXTENDING PARTIALLY ACROSS THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSING, A VERTICALLY EXTENDING COIL IN EACH OF SAID CHAMBERS, EACH OF SAID COILS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE VERTICAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE HOUSING, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID COILS IN SERIES, VERTICALLY EXTENDING REFRACTORY CORE MEMBERS POSITIONED WITHIN A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE SPACE ENCIRCLED BY SAID COILS, SAID REFRACTORY MEMBERS BEING MADE UP OF A PLURALITY OF SECTIONS HELD TOGETHER BY MEANS SECURELY ATTACHED TO THE FURNACE HOUSING, AND MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING HOT COMBUSTION GAS TO ONE OF SAID CHAMBERS, AND MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING HOT GAS FROM ANOTHER OF SAID CHAMBERS AFTER IT HAS PASSED THROUGH ALL THREE CHAMBERS AND IN CONTACT WITH SAID REFRACTORY CORE MEMBERS.