Method for separating waxy and oily materials

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF SEPARATING WAX AND OILY CONSITITUENTS PRESENTS IN WAXY HYDROCARBON STOCKS WHICH COMPRISES, CONTINUOUSLY PASSING PARICLES OF A SUITABLE SOLID ABSORBENT OF AT LEAST 0.01 INCH AVERAGE DIAMETER INTO CONTACT WITH SAID WAXY STOCK EXISTING IN THE LIQUID PHASE IN A CONTACTING REGION, WITHDRAWING THE CONTACTED ADSORBENT PARTICLES WITH WAXY STOCK ON THE SURFACE THEREOF FROM SAID CONTACTING REGION BEFORE ANY SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF THE WAX CONSTITUENTS ARE SORBED INTO THE PORES OF THE ABSORBENT PARTICLES AND SUBSTANTIALLY IMMEDIATELY DROPPING THE PARTICLES DOWNWARDLY THROUGH A BODY OF A SUITABLE COOLING LIQUID IN WHICH THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE WAXY STOCK ARE INSOLUBLE TO EFFECT CONGEALING OF THE WAXY CONSTITUENTS ON THE SURFACE OF THE ADSORBENT PARTICLES, WITHDRAWING THE CHILLED ADSORBENT FROM SAID BODY OF LIQUID AND THEN MAINTAINING THE COATED PARTICLES UNDER CONDITIONS IN WHICH SAID WAXY CONSTITUENTS REMAIN IN CONGEALED CONDITION IN A SEPARATE REGION UNTIL SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE NON-CONGEALED LIQUID CONSTITUENTS OF SAID WAXY STOCK ARE SORBED INTO THE PORES OF SAID PARTICLES, LEAVING THE CONGEALED WAXY CONSTITUENTS ON THE SURFACE OF SAID PARTICLES AND THEREAFTER EFFECTING REMOVAL OF THE WAXY CONSTITUENTS FROM THE SURFACE OF SAID ADSORBENT PARTICLES WHILE LEAVING SAID LIQUID CONSTITUENTS WITHIN THE PORES OF THE ABSORBENT.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF SEPARATING WAX AND OILY CONSITITUENTS PRESENTS IN WAXY HYDROCARBON STOCKS WHICH COMPRISES, CONTINUOUSLY PASSING PARICLES OF A SUITABLE SOLID ABSORBENT OF AT LEAST 0.01 INCH AVERAGE DIAMETER INTO CONTACT WITH SAID WAXY STOCK EXISTING IN THE LIQUID PHASE IN A CONTACTING REGION, WITHDRAWING THE CONTACTED ADSORBENT PARTICLES WITH WAXY STOCK ON THE SURFACE THEREOF FROM SAID CONTACTING REGION BEFORE ANY SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF THE WAX CONSTITUENTS ARE SORBED INTO THE PORES OF THE ABSORBENT PARTICLES AND SUBSTANTIALLY IMMEDIATELY DROPPING THE PARTICLES DOWNWARDLY THROUGH A BODY OF A SUITABLE COOLING LIQUID IN WHICH THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE WAXY STOCK ARE INSOLUBLE TO EFFECT CONGEALING OF THE WAXY CONSTITUENTS ON THE SURFACE OF THE ADSORBENT PARTICLES, WITHDRAWING THE CHILLED ADSORBENT FROM SAID BODY OF LIQUID AND THEN MAINTAINING THE COATED PARTICLES UNDER CONDITIONS IN WHICH SAID WAXY CONSTITUENTS REMAIN IN CONGEALED CONDITION IN A SEPARATE REGION UNTIL SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE NON-CONGEALED LIQUID CONSTITUENTS OF SAID WAXY STOCK ARE SORBED INTO THE PORES OF SAID PARTICLES, LEAVING THE CONGEALED WAXY CONSTITUENTS ON THE SURFACE OF SAID PARTICLES AND THEREAFTER EFFECTING REMOVAL OF THE WAXY CONSTITUENTS FROM THE SURFACE OF SAID ADSORBENT PARTICLES WHILE LEAVING SAID LIQUID CONSTITUENTS WITHIN THE PORES OF THE ABSORBENT.