Apparatus for production of refractory metals

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A REFRACTORY METAL BY REACTING A TETRACHLORIDE OF A REFRACTORY METAL WITH A REACTANT METAL IN AN OXYGEN FREE ATMOSPHERE: A SECTIONAL AIR-TIGHT REACTION UNIT COMPRISING AN INVERTED CAN-SHAPED REACTOR SHELL; A CAN-SHAPED CONDENSING SHELL ARRANGED WITH ITS OPEN END OPPOSITE THE OPEN END OF SAID REACTOR SHELL; FASTENING MEANS CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO DETACHABLY FASTEN TOGETHER THE OPPOSED OPEN ENDS OF SAID REACTOR SHELL AND SAID CONDENSING SHELL; REINFORCING MEANS FOR SAID REACTOR SHELL COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF STIFF METAL RIBS SECURED TO THE INNER WALL THEREOF; A REACTION POT IN SAID REINFORCED REACTOR SHELL; AND POT SUPPORTING MEANS CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO BE MOUNTED IN THE OPEN END OF SAID CONDENSING SHELL AND SUPPORTED BY THE LOWER SHELL, AND TO SUPPORT SAID POT WITHIN SAID REACTOR SHELL.