Electric furnace for the manufacture of carbon disulphide

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBON DISULPHIDE FROM SULPHUR AND CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL WHICH COMPRISES AN OUTER CASING AND VERTICAL REFRACTORY PARTITION IN SAID CASING DEFINING TWO CONCENTRIC VERTICAL CHAMBERS, THE INNER CHAMBER THEREBY DEFINED BEING ADAPTED TO BE SUPPLIED WITH CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL, MEANS FOR ELECTRICALLY HEATING THE CONTENTS OF THE INNER CHAMBER COMPRISING VERTICALLY SPACED SUPERPOSED ELECTRODES POSITIONED AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF SAID REFRACTORY PARTITION AND SAID PARTITION BEING PROVIDED WITH RADIAL HOLES DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID ELECRODES, NON-CARBONACEOUS SUBDIVIDED FILLING MATERIAL DISPOSED IN THE OUTER CHAMBER, MEANS FOR INTRODUCING SULPHUR INTO SAID OUTER CHAMBER, SAID SULPHUR BECOMING HEAT AND VAPORIZED BY RADIATION OF HEAT FROM THE CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL IN THE INNER CHAMBER AND PASSING THROUGH THE HOLES IN SAID PARTITION WHEN THE FURNACE IS IN OPERATION, AND MEANS FOR REMOVING REACTION PRODUCTS FROM SAID INNER CHAMBER, SAID LAST-NAMED MEANS INCLUDING A SULPHYR SEPARATOR ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A MOLTEN SULPHUR BATH, MEANS FOR MAINTAINING SAID BATH IN A MOLTEN CONDITION, AND CONDIUIT MEANS FOR RETURNING TO SAID OUTER CHAMBER THE SULPHUR SEPARATED IN THE SEPARATOR.