Manufacture of calorific gas

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CALORIFIC GAS FROM GRANULAR COAL WHICH COMPRISES PROVIDING A SOURCE OF GAS UNDER A PRESSURE OF AT LEAST FIVE POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH; CONTINUOUSLY AND UNINTERRUPTEDLY DISCHARGING COMPRESSED GAS FROM SAID SOURCE WHILE CONFINING THE DISCHARGED GAS TO ESTABLISH A STREAM OF COMPRESSED GAS FLOWING UNINTERRUPTEDLY AND CONTINUOUSLY FROM SAID SOURCE TO AND PAST A DISCHARGE POINT SPACED FROM SAID SOURCE; CONCURRENTLY, CONTINUOUSLY AND UNINTERRUPTEDLY INTRODUCING SAID GRANULAR COAL INTO SAID STREAM AHEAD OF SAID DISCHARGE POINT FOR ACCELERATION AND SUSPENSION OF SAID GRANULES BY SAID GAS AHEAD OF SAID DISCHARGE POINT; AT SAID DISCHARGE POINT ESTABLISHING AND CONTINUOUSLY AND UNINTERRUPTEDLY MAINTAINING A SHARP GAS PRESSURE GRADIENT, THE PRESSURE OF SAID GRANULE-SUSPENDING GAS BEING INSTANTANEOUSLY REDUCED AS SAID GRANULE SUSPENDING GAS CONTINUOUSLY AND UNINTERRUPTEDLY FLOWS PAST SAID DISCHARGE POINT; SAID STREAM OF COMPRESSED GAS HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM CROSS SECTIONAL AREA UPSTREAM OF SAID DISCHARGE POINT AND BEING SHARPLY CONSTRICTED ONLY AT SAID DISCHARGE POINT WHEREBY THE TOTAL PRESSURE DROP IN SAID STREAM IS CONCENTRATED AT SAID DISCHARGE POINT; THE DROP IN GAS PRESSURE AT SAID DISCHARGE POINT BEING CONTINUOUSLY AND UNINTERRUPTEDLY MAINTAINED AT A VALUE OF AT LEAST FIVE POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH AND THE GAS PRESSURE IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM OF SAID DISCHARGE POINT BEING REDUCED AT LEAST TO A POINT WHERE FURTHER DOWNSTREAM PRESSURE REDUCTION WILL NOT BRING ABOUT A SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED WEIGHT RATE OF FLOW PAST SAID DISCHARGE POINT; SAID COAL BEING INTRODUCED INTO SAID STREAM IN THE FORM OF GRANULES SMALLER THAN THE CROSS SECTION OF SAID STREAM AT SAID DISCHARGE POINT; EACH OF SAID SUSPENDED GRANULES BEING CARRIED IN SUSPENSION BY SAID STREAMING COMPRESSED GAS ALONG A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT PATH TO AND PAST SAID DISCHARGE POINT AND THERE FURTHER ACCELERATED AND SUBJECTED TO SAID INSTNTANEOUS DROP IN GAS PRESSURE WHEREBY SAID GRANULES ARE DISINTEGRATED AND THERE IS FORMED A FLOWING SUSPENSION OF SHATTERED COAL PARTICLES IN EXPANDE GAS; IMMEDIATELY FORMING SAID SUSPENSION INTO A VORTEX; INCORPORATING WITH SAID VORTEX, IN A STEAM SEPARATE FROM SAID FLOWING SUSPENSION OF SHATTERED COAL PARTICLES IN EXPANDED GAS, A GAS CAPABLE OF REACTING AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE WITH SAID COAL PARTICLES TO FORM A CALORIFIC GAS AND MAINTAINING SAID VORTEX AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE TO BRING ABOUT GENERATION OF A CALORIFIC GAS.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CALORIFIC GAS FROM GRANULAR COAL WHICH COMPRISES PROVIDING A SOURCE OF GAS UNDER A PRESSURE OF AT LEAST FIVE POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH; CONTINUOUSLY AND UNINTERRUPTEDLY DISCHARGING COMPRESSED GAS FROM SAID SOURCE WHILE CONFINING THE DISCHARGED GAS TO ESTABLISH A STREAM OF COMPRESSED GAS FLOWING UNINTERRUPTEDLY AND CONTINUOUSLY FROM SAID SOURCE TO AND PAST A DISCHARGE POINT SPACED FROM SAID SOURCE; CONCURRENTLY, CONTINUOUSLY AND UNINTERRUPTEDLY INTRODUCING SAID GRANULAR COAL INTO SAID STREAM AHEAD OF SAID DISCHARGE POINT FOR ACCELERATION AND SUSPENSION OF SAID GRANULES BY SAID GAS AHEAD OF SAID DISCHARGE POINT; AT SAID DISCHARGE POINT ESTABLISHING AND CONTINUOUSLY AND UNINTERRUPTEDLY MAINTAINING A SHARP GAS PRESSURE GRADIENT, THE PRESSURE OF SAID GRANULE-SUSPENDING GAS BEING INSTANTANEOUSLY REDUCED AS SAID GRANULE SUSPENDING GAS CONTINUOUSLY AND UNINTERRUPTEDLY FLOWS PAST SAID DISCHARGE POINT; SAID STREAM OF COMPRESSED GAS HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM CROSS SECTIONAL AREA UPSTREAM OF SAID DISCHARGE POINT AND BEING SHARPLY CONSTRICTED ONLY AT SAID DISCHARGE POINT WHEREBY THE TOTAL PRESSURE DROP IN SAID STREAM IS CONCENTRATED AT SAID DISCHARGE POINT; THE DROP IN GAS PRESSURE AT SAID DISCHARGE POINT BEING CONTINUOUSLY AND UNINTERRUPTEDLY MAINTAINED AT A VALUE OF AT LEAST FIVE POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH AND THE GAS PRESSURE IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM OF SAID DISCHARGE POINT BEING REDUCED AT LEAST TO A POINT WHERE FURTHER DOWNSTREAM PRESSURE REDUCTION WILL NOT BRING ABOUT A SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED WEIGHT RATE OF FLOW PAST SAID DISCHARGE POINT; SAID COAL BEING INTRODUCED INTO SAID STREAM IN THE FORM OF GRANULES SMALLER THAN THE CROSS SECTION OF SAID STREAM AT SAID DISCHARGE POINT; EACH OF SAID SUSPENDED GRANULES BEING CARRIED IN SUSPENSION BY SAID STREAMING COMPRESSED GAS ALONG A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT PATH TO AND PAST SAID DISCHARGE POINT AND THERE FURTHER ACCELERATED AND SUBJECTED TO SAID INSTNTANEOUS DROP IN GAS PRESSURE WHEREBY SAID GRANULES ARE DISINTEGRATED AND THERE IS FORMED A FLOWING SUSPENSION OF SHATTERED COAL PARTICLES IN EXPANDE GAS; IMMEDIATELY FORMING SAID SUSPENSION INTO A VORTEX; INCORPORATING WITH SAID VORTEX, IN A STEAM SEPARATE FROM SAID FLOWING SUSPENSION OF SHATTERED COAL PARTICLES IN EXPANDED GAS, A GAS CAPABLE OF REACTING AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE WITH SAID COAL PARTICLES TO FORM A CALORIFIC GAS AND MAINTAINING SAID VORTEX AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE TO BRING ABOUT GENERATION OF A CALORIFIC GAS.