Apparatus for the production of boron

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED COMPRISING AN ENCLOSURE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE REDUCIBLE GASEOUS PRODUCTS AND A REDUCING AGENT SUCH AS HYDROGEN AND HAVING THEREIN A PLURALITY OF REFRACTORY RESISTOR RODS AND MEANS ENGAGING THEM ONLY AT THEIR LOWER ENDS FOR SUPPORTING THEM IN UPSTANDING AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATION SPACED INTERIORLY FROM THE WALLS OF SAID ENCLOSURE, MEANS AT THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID REFRACTORY RESISTOR RODS FOR MAKING ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS TO AN EXTERNAL SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY, SAID ENCLOSURE COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO SEPARABLE PARTS, ONE BEING A BOTTOM PART CARRYING SAID MEANS SUPPORTING SAID RESISTOR RODS THEREFROM AND THE OTHER COMPRISING A SHELL ENVELOPING SAID RODS IN SPACED RELATION AND HAVING SEPARABLE SEALED CONNECTION WITH SAID BOTTOM PART, WHEREBY UPON SEPARATION OF THE TWO PARTS, ACCESS TO SAID RODS IS GAINED, SAID SEPARABLE SEALED CONNECTION COMPRISING A LIQUID WELL EXTENDING PERIPHERALLY ABOUT SAID BOTTOM PART AND RECEIVING THEREIN THE LOWER PERIPHERAL PORTION OF SAID SHELL, MEANS FOR WITH DRAWING HEAT FROM SAID SHELL COMPRISING MEANS FOR SUPPLYING WATER TO ITS EXTERNAL SURFACES, SAID SHELL HAVING ADACENT ITS LOWER END AN EXTERNAL SKIRT OVERLYING SAID WELL TO PREVENT INGRESS OF WATER INTO SAID WELL.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED COMPRISING AN ENCLOSURE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE REDUCIBLE GASEOUS PRODUCTS AND A REDUCING AGENT SUCH AS HYDROGEN AND HAVING THEREIN A PLURALITY OF REFRACTORY RESISTOR RODS AND MEANS ENGAGING THEM ONLY AT THEIR LOWER ENDS FOR SUPPORTING THEM IN UPSTANDING AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATION SPACED INTERIORLY FROM THE WALLS OF SAID ENCLOSURE, MEANS AT THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID REFRACTORY RESISTOR RODS FOR MAKING ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS TO AN EXTERNAL SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY, SAID ENCLOSURE COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO SEPARABLE PARTS, ONE BEING A BOTTOM PART CARRYING SAID MEANS SUPPORTING SAID RESISTOR RODS THEREFROM AND THE OTHER COMPRISING A SHELL ENVELOPING SAID RODS IN SPACED RELATION AND HAVING SEPARABLE SEALED CONNECTION WITH SAID BOTTOM PART, WHEREBY UPON SEPARATION OF THE TWO PARTS, ACCESS TO SAID RODS IS GAINED, SAID SEPARABLE SEALED CONNECTION COMPRISING A LIQUID WELL EXTENDING PERIPHERALLY ABOUT SAID BOTTOM PART AND RECEIVING THEREIN THE LOWER PERIPHERAL PORTION OF SAID SHELL, MEANS FOR WITH DRAWING HEAT FROM SAID SHELL COMPRISING MEANS FOR SUPPLYING WATER TO ITS EXTERNAL SURFACES, SAID SHELL HAVING ADACENT ITS LOWER END AN EXTERNAL SKIRT OVERLYING SAID WELL TO PREVENT INGRESS OF WATER INTO SAID WELL.