Apparatus for the continuous manufacture of acetylene

Claim 1

A TWO-STAGE APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY CONVERTING UNSORTED BROKEN CALCIUM CARBIDE INTO ACETYLENE AND DRY CALCIUM HYDROXIDE BY MEANS OF WATER, WHEREIN THE AMOUNT OF THE ACETYLENE PRODUCED IN EACH STAGE CAN BE MEASURED SEPARATELY AND USED TO CONTROL ACCURATELY THE DOSAGE OF WATER TO EACH STAGE, WHICH APPARATUS COMPRISES IN COMBINATION A FEEDING DEVICE ADAPTED TO FEED THE UNSORTED BROKEN CALCIUM CARBIDE INTO A ROTATABLE HORIZONTALLY INCLINED DRUM PROVIDED WITH PERFORMATIONS ALLOWING THE FINE-GRAINED CALCIUM CARBIDE TO PASS THROUGH THE PERFOATIONS AND RETAINING THE COARSE-GRAINED CALCIUM CARBIDE, SAID DRUM BEING ARRANGED INSIDE A STATIONARY GASTIGHT CASING, WATER ATOMIZING NOZZLES ARRANGED INSIDE THE DRUM, AN OUTLET IN THE CASING FOR THE ACETYLENE PRODUCED, ANOTHER OUTLET FOR THE CALCIUM HYDROXIDE AND CALCIUM CARBIDE IN THE LOWER PART OF THE CASING, A CONVEYOR FOR TRANSPORTING THE CALCIUM HYDXROXIDE AND CALCIUM CARBIDE INTO THE CONTAINER, SAID CONTAINER BEING ADAPTED TO STORE SUCH A QUALITY OF THE CALCIUM HYDROXIDE AND CALCIUM CARBIDE PASSING THERETHROUGH AS TO SEAL GAS-TIGHTLY THE CASING, THE LOWER PART OF THE CONTAINER BEING PROVIDED WITH THE CONVEYOR FOR TRANSPORTING THE CALCIUM HYDROXIDE AND CALCIUM CARBIDE INTO A SECOND GENERATOR EQUIPPED WITH NOZZLES FOR ATOMIZING WATER THEREIN, SAID SECOND GENERATOR BEING PROVIDED WITH AN OUTLET FOR THE ACETYLENE PRODUCED AND ANOTHER OUTLET IN ITS LOWER PART OF THE DRY CALCIUM HYDROXIDE PRODUCED, BOTH OUTLETS FOR THE ACETYLENE PRODUCED IN THE SEPARATE STAGES BEING PROVIDED WITH MEASURING DEVICES.