Apparatus for pyrolyzing reactants

Claim 1

IN A PYROLYSIS FURNACE, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES A PRIMARY HEAT ZONE, A PYROLYSIS ZONE SPACED FROM THE PRIMARY HEAT ZONE AND IN DIRECT COMMUNICATION THEREWITH, A PYROLYSIS COIL DISPOSED IN THE PYROLYSIS ZONE, PRIMARY FUEL BURNING MEANS AND COOLING JETS DISPOSED IN THE PRIMARY HEAT ZONE, A SECONDARY HEAT ZONE SPACED APART FROM THE PRIMARY HEAT ZONE AND IN JUXTAPOSITION TO THE PYROLYSIS ZONE, SAID SECONDARY HEAT ZONE BEING CONCENTRICALLY DISPOSED AROUND A PORTION OF THE PYROLYSIS COIL INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, SECONDARY FUEL BURNING MEANS DISPOSED IN THE SECONDARY HEAT ZONE, SAID SECONDARY FUEL BURNING MEANS BEING AN ANNULAR GAS-FIRED RING FOR GENERATION OF FLAME GASES WITHOUT IMPINGEMENT OF SAID FLAME GASES ON THE PYROLYSIS COIL AND FOR PASSAGE OF COMBUSTION GASES FROM SAID ANNULAR GAS-FIRED RING INTO DIRECT CONTACT WITH SAID PYROLYSIS COIL, A SUPERHEAT ZONE IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO THE PYROLYSIS ZONE, A SUPERHEAT COIL DISPOSED IN THE SUPERHEAT ZONE, A CHAMBER CONNECTING THE SUPERHEAT ZONE WITH THE PYROLYSIS ZONE, TERTIARY FUEL BURNING MEANS DISPOSED, IN THE CHAMBER, A PREHEAT ZONE IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO THE SUPERHEAT ZONE, A PREHEAT COIL DISPOSED IN THE PREHEAT ZONE, A CHAMBER CONNECTING THE PREHEAT ZONE WITH THE SUPERHEAT ZONE, A SPACE REDUCER DISPOSED WITHIN THE PREHEAT COIL, SAID SPACE REDUCER DISPOSED WITHIN THE PREHEAT COIL, SAID LATTER SPACED REDUCER ADAPTED TO PERMIT PASSAGE OF THE COMBUSTION GASES THERETHROUGH AND FROM THE FURNACE.