Method of desulphurization of gases

Claim 1

IN THE RECOVERY OF SULPHUR FROM GASES CONTAINING SULPHUR COMPOUNDS INVOLVING THE CONTACT OF A CATALYST WITH THE SULPHUR-CONTAINING GAS WITH RESULTANT LIBERATION OF ELEMENTAL SULPHUR AND ITS DEPOSITION ON THE CATALYST, AND SUBSEQUENT TREATMENT OF THE CATALYST WITH A SULPHUR RECOVERY MEDIUM TO REMOVE THE SULPHUR AND THEN WITH A REGENERATING MEDIUM TO REGENERATE THE CATALYST FOR FURTHER CONTACT WITH THE SULPHURCANTAINING GASES, THE IMPROVEMENT WHIC CCOMPRISES ROTATING A SERIES OF SEPARATED THIN BEDS OF CATALYST DIRECTLY IN SUCCESSION AND SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUSLY RELATIVE TO AND THROUGH A REACTION ZONE, A SULPHUR RECOVERY ZONE AND A REGENERATED ZONE; CONTINUOUSLY DIRECTING THE FLOW OF THE SULPHUR-CONTAINING GAS MIXED WITH AN OXIDANT GAS THROUGH SAID SEACTION ZONE; HEATING THE GASEOUS ADMIXTURE TO AN OPTIMUM REACTION TEMPERATURE PRIOR TO ITS PASSAGE THROUGH THE REACTION ZONE; CONTINUOUSLY WITHDRAWING THE DESULPHURIZED GAS