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 SPACED 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 SPACED-APART BARS SECURED TO ONE OF THE CASINGS, SPACED APART HOLDERS SECURED TO THE RESPECTIVE BARS, A DIAPHRAGM EACH OF ITS OPPOSITE ENDS BEING SECURED BETWEEN A BAR AND THE HOLDER, A SEALING BLOCK BETWEEN AND CLOSELY FITTING THE HOLDERS BUT SLIDABLE TOWARD EITHER CASING, THE CENTRAL PART OF THE DIAPHRAGM BEING SECURED TO AND CARRYING THE SEALING BLOCK, THE LATTER CONTACTING WITH THE ROTATABLE REACTION VESSEL.