Regenerator apparatus for fluidizable solid materials

Claim 1

IN A SYSTEM OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, THE COMBINATION OF A REACTION VESSEL AND A MASS FOR HEATING THE VESSEL AND FOR SUPPLYING GASEOUS REACTANT MATERIALS THERETO COMPRISING A REACTION VESSEL HAVING A BOTTOM END WALL, A HOLLOW CASING MEMBER MOUNTED SUBSTANTIALLY INTEGRALLY WITH SAID END WALL, DEPENDANT THEREFROM BELOW THE VESSEL AND WITH AN UPPER END PORTION EXTENDING VERTICALLY THROUGH SAID END WALL, SAID PORTION TERMINATING WITHIN THE VESSEL BEYOND SAID WALL, A FUEL BURNER WITHIN THE SAID CASING INCLUDING A COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND MEANS FOR SUPPLYING FUEL AND COMBUSTION AIR THERETO, SEPARATE CONDUIT MEANS FOR PASSING A STREAM OF AN OXYGENCONTAINING GAS THROUGH SAID CASING, AN OUTLET FROM SAID CASING THROUGH THE UPPER END THEREOF OPENING UPWARDLY WITHIN SAID VESSEL, AND A CAP MEMBER FOR SAID CASING OUTLET SUSPENDED IN SAID VESSEL CONCENTRICALLY WITH THE CASING, IN VERTICALLY SPACED RELATION TO SAID OUTLET, A PERIPHERAL EDGE PORTION ON SAID CAP SUBSTANTIALLY ENCLOSING THE UPPER END OF SAID CASING IN RADIALLY SPACED RELATION THERETO, AND FORMING THEREWITH A DOWNWARDLY OPENING ANNULAR PASSAGEWAY BETWEEN SAID CAP AND CASING.