Rotary converter sealing devices

Claim 1

IN A CONVERTER IN WHICH DIFFERENT FLUIDS ARE FED SUCCESSIVELY INTO CATALYST CONTAINERS AND FROM WHICH THE DIFFERENT PRODUCTS ARE SUCCESSIVELY REMOVED, THE SAME COMPRISING A FIXED OUTER CYLINDRICAL CASING, A FIXED INNER CYLINDRICAL CASING, AN ANNULAR REVOLUBLE REACTION VESSEL CONTAINING A MULTIPLICITY OF CATALYST CHAMBERS ARRANGED AROUND THE VESSEL''S CIRCUMFERENCE AND EACH EXTENDING GENERALLY RADIALLY WITHIN THE VESSEL, SAID VESSEL BEING LOCATED BETWEEN THE INNER AND OUTER CASINGS AND SPACES FROM BOTH TO FORM INNER AND OUTER CIRCUMFERENTIAL SPACES PARTITIONED BY VERTICALLY AND CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING SEALING DEVICES TO FORM SETS OF INNER AND OUTER ARCUATE SPACES, THE ARCUATE SPACES OF ONE SET ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE RESPECTIVE FLUIDS, AND THE ARCUATE SPACES OF THE OTHER SET ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE EFFLUENT FLUIDS; THE IMPROVEMENT IN ANY OF SAID SEALING DEVICES WHICH COMPRISES A HOLD BETWEEN THE CASING AND THE REACTION VESSEL, THE HOLDER HAVING SIDE ARMS EXTENDING TOWARD THE REACTION VESSEL AND IMPARTING TO THE HOLDER A CHANNEL-BAR SHAPE, A PAIR OF SPACED-APART SEALING BLOCKS WITHIN THE HOLDER, THE SEALING BLOCKS BEING SHAPED AT THEIR OUTER ENDS TO ENGAGE SAID SIDE ARMS AND AT THEIR OUTER FACES TO ENGAGE THE WALL OF THE REACTION VESSEL, SPRINGS BETWEEN THE HOLDER AND THE SEALING BLOCKS PRESSING THE LATTER AGAINST THE WALL OF THE REACTION VESSEL, AND A SPRING BETWEEN THE SEALING BLOCKS PRESSING THE LATTER AGAINST THE SIDE ARMS OF THE HOLDER.