Continuous cooker

Claim 1

A VERTICAL TYPE, CONTINUOUS COOKER, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SUCCESSIVELY SUPERPOSED, HEATED COOKING CHAMBERS, EACH CHAMBER ABOVE THE LOWEST HAVING A DISCHARGE OPENING SOLELY IN ITS BOTTOM LEADING TO THE NEXT LOWER CHAMBER, AND THE LOWEST CHAMBER HAVING A FINAL DISCHARGE OPENING, THE TOP CHAMBER HAVING AN UNCONTROLLED INLET LEADING THERETO, A TUBE EXTENDING INTO EACH CHAMBER BELOW THE TOP CHAMBER, AND ROCKABLY MOUNTED, A CLOSURE FIXED ON SAID TUBE WITHIN THE CHAMBER AND MOVABLE, WHEN THE TUBE ROCKS INTO AND OUT OF A POSITION IN WHICH IT CLOSES THE DISCHARGE OPENING FROM THE CHAMBER ABOVE IT, A SHAFT PASSING THROUGH SAID TUBE, ROCKABLE IN IT, AND HAVING A FLOAT MEMBER FIXED TO ITS INNER END AND AN ARM ON ITS OUTER END, AN ARM ON THE OUTER END OF SAID TUBE, A LINK CONTINUOUSLY AND DRIVINGLY CONNECTING EACH ARM ON A SHAFT WITH THE ARM ON A TUBE IN THE NEXT LOWER CHAMBER FOR MOVEMENT IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, A SHAFT EXTENDING INTO THE TOP CHAMBER AND AT ITS INNER END HAVING A FLOAT MEMBER FIXED THEREON AND AT ITS OUTER END HAVING AN ARM FIXED THEREON, A LINK CONTINUOUSLY AND DRIVINGLY CONNECTING SAID LAST MENTIONED ARM TO THE ARM FIXED ON THE TUBE IN THE NEXT LOWER CHAMBER FOR MOVEMENT IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, THE FLOAT MEMBER IN EACH CHAMBER WHEN RISING CAUSING AN OPENING OF THE CLOSURE FOR THE DISCHARGE OPENING FROM THAT CHAMBER, AND VICE VERSA, A CLOSURE FOR THE FINAL DISCHARGE OPENING OF THE LOWEST CHAMBER, AND AN OPERATING LINK CONNECTING SAID LAST MENTIONED CLOSURE TO THE ARM ON THE SHAFT IN THE LOWEST CHAMBER FOR MOVEMENT IN BOTH DIRECTIONS TO OPEN THE LOWEST CLOSURE WHEN THE LEVEL OF MATERIALS IN THE LOWEST CHAMBER IS ABOVE A SELECTED LEVEL AND CLOSE IT WHEN THAT LEVEL IS BELOW SAID SELECTED LEVEL.