Method and apparatus for producing mixtures of coke and mineral materials

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING CALCINED MATERIAL INTIMATELY MIXED WITH CARBONACEOUS FUEL WHICH COMPRISES CONTINUOUSLY ADVANCING THE MATERIAL TO BE CALCINED THROUGH A HEATING AND CALCINING ZONE EXTENDING FROM ONE END OF A CHAMER TO AND THROUGH A COKING AND AGGLOMERATING ZONE AT THE OTHER END OF SAID CHAMBER, CALCINING THE MATERIAL AS IT PASSES THROUGH THE HEATING AND CALCINING ZONE, ADDING A CARBONACEOUS SUBSTANCE CONTAINING VOLATILE COMBUSTILE CONSTITUENTS TO THE ADVANCING MATERIAL AFTER THE CALCIATION THEREOF IS SUSTANTIALLY COMPLETE AND AS IT ENTERS THE COKING AND AGGLOMERATING ZONE, SUPPLYING HEAT TO THE CARBONACEOUS SUBSTANCE WHILE IT ENTERS THE COKING AND THROUGH THE COKING AND AGGLOMERATING ZONE WITH THE CALCINED MATERIAL IN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO VOLATILIZE VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS OF THE CARBONACEOUS SUBSTANCE, ADMIXING AIR WITH SID VOLATILIZED CONSTITUENTS IN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO COMBUSTION THEREOF BT INSUFICIENT TO EFFECT COMPLETE BURNING OF THE RESIDUE RESULTING FROM THE RELEASE OF THE VOLTILE CONSTITUENTS, THE ADMIXING OF THE AIR WITH THE VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS BEING UPSTREAM OF THE TRAVEL OF THE MATERIAL FROM WHERE THE CARBONACEOUS SUBSTANCE IS ADDED TO THE CALCINED MATERIAL, BURNIG THE RESULTING MIXTURE OF AIR AND VOLATILIZED CONSTITUENTS AND PROJECTING THE FLAME FROM SUCH BURNING INTO THE CALCINING ZONE TO SUPPLY HEAT FOR SAID CALCINATION OF THE MATERIAL, AND FINALLY DISCHARGING THE MIXTURE OF CALCINED MATERIAL AND RESIDUE OF THE CARBONACEOUS SUBSTANCE FROM THE COKING AND AGGLOMERATING ZONE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING CALCINED MATERIAL INTIMATELY MIXED WITH CARBONACEOUS FUEL WHICH COMPRISES CONTINUOUSLY ADVANCING THE MATERIAL TO BE CALCINED THROUGH A HEATING AND CALCINING ZONE EXTENDING FROM ONE END OF A CHAMER TO AND THROUGH A COKING AND AGGLOMERATING ZONE AT THE OTHER END OF SAID CHAMBER, CALCINING THE MATERIAL AS IT PASSES THROUGH THE HEATING AND CALCINING ZONE, ADDING A CARBONACEOUS SUBSTANCE CONTAINING VOLATILE COMBUSTILE CONSTITUENTS TO THE ADVANCING MATERIAL AFTER THE CALCIATION THEREOF IS SUSTANTIALLY COMPLETE AND AS IT ENTERS THE COKING AND AGGLOMERATING ZONE, SUPPLYING HEAT TO THE CARBONACEOUS SUBSTANCE WHILE IT ENTERS THE COKING AND THROUGH THE COKING AND AGGLOMERATING ZONE WITH THE CALCINED MATERIAL IN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO VOLATILIZE VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS OF THE CARBONACEOUS SUBSTANCE, ADMIXING AIR WITH SID VOLATILIZED CONSTITUENTS IN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO COMBUSTION THEREOF BT INSUFICIENT TO EFFECT COMPLETE BURNING OF THE RESIDUE RESULTING FROM THE RELEASE OF THE VOLTILE CONSTITUENTS, THE ADMIXING OF THE AIR WITH THE VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS BEING UPSTREAM OF THE TRAVEL OF THE MATERIAL FROM WHERE THE CARBONACEOUS SUBSTANCE IS ADDED TO THE CALCINED MATERIAL, BURNIG THE RESULTING MIXTURE OF AIR AND VOLATILIZED CONSTITUENTS AND PROJECTING THE FLAME FROM SUCH BURNING INTO THE CALCINING ZONE TO SUPPLY HEAT FOR SAID CALCINATION OF THE MATERIAL, AND FINALLY DISCHARGING THE MIXTURE OF CALCINED MATERIAL AND RESIDUE OF THE CARBONACEOUS SUBSTANCE FROM THE COKING AND AGGLOMERATING ZONE.