Art of handling fluent particles

Claim 1

THE PROCESS FOR THE INTRODUCTION INTO A FLUID CONTACTING ZONE OR FLUENT SOLID PARTICLES VARYING IN SIZE OVER A RANGE SUCH THAT FLOWING A MASS OF SAID PARTICLES DOWN AN INCLINED PATH RESULTS IN A NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICLES OF THE SAME SIZE OVER THE CROSS SECTION OF SAID MASS NORMAL TO THE DIRECTION OF FLOW WHICH COMPRISES SUPPLYING SAID PARTICLES TO A RELATIVELY SMALL LATERALLY-FIXED ZONE OF DEPOSIT AT THE TOP OF A BODY OF SAID PARTICLES LOCATED A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE ABOVE SAID CONTACTING ZONE AND HAVING A FREE UPPER SURFACE INCLINED DOWNWARDLY FORM SAID ZONE OF DEPOSIT AT THE FREE ANGLE OF REPOSE OF SAID PARTICLES, DISCHARGING SAID PARTICLES FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID BODY SIMULATANEOUSLY AS A MULTIPLICITY OF SOLID STREAMS OF SAID PARTICLES WHOSE INLETS ARE LOCATED ON A CIRCULAR LOCUS ABOUT THE VERTICAL CENTRAL AXIS OF SAID BODY, DIRECTING AT LEAST THE MAJOR PORTION OF SAID SOLID STREAMS OF DISCHARGED SOLID PARTICLES DOWNWARDLY AND LATERARLLY TO A MULTIPLICITY OF POINTS UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED OVER THE UPWARDLY PROJECTED HORIZONTAL CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF THE CONTACTING ZONE, DISCHARGING EACH OF SAID SOLID STREAMS AT THE TOP OF A RELATIVELY SMALL BODY OF SAID PARTICLES IN A ZONE SMALL IN RELATION TO SAID CONTACTING ZONE, EACH OF SAID RELATIVELY SMALL BODIES BEING SUPPORTED IN LATERAL CONFINEMENT ABOVE THE CONTACTING ZONE AND HAVING A FREE UPPER SURFACE, AND DISCHARGING PARTICLES FROM EACH OF SAID RELATIVELY SMALL BODIES SOLELY AS A PLURALITY OF VERTICAL SOLID STREAMS OF SAID PARTICLES AT POINTS UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED ALONG A CIRCUMFERENCE WHOSE CENTER IS ON A VERTICAL AXIS THROUGH THE CENTER OF SAID RELATIVELY SMALL BODY WHEREBY APPROXIMATELY CONSTANT SIMULATANEOUSLY DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICLES OF THE SAME SIZE IS EFFECTED OVER SAID HORIZONTAL CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF SAID CONTACTING ZONE.