Carbon black collecting and separating process and apparatus

Claim 1

A CARBON BLACK SEPARATING AND CONVEYING SYSTEM COMPRISING A SOURCE OF HOT GASEOUS EFFLUENT CONTAINING GAS, WATER VAPOR, AND SUSPENDED CARBON BLACK AT A TEMPERATURE ABOVE 210* F., A DISCHARGE CONDUIT CONNECTING SAID SOURCE WITH AN OUTLET DOWNSTREAM THEREFORM, A FIRST CARBON BLACK SEPARATOR ADAPTED TO SEPARATE SOME OF THE CARBON BLACK FROM SOME OF THE GAS AND WATER VAPOR OF SAID EFFLUENT AND CONNECTED DOWNSTREAM OF SAID SOURCE IN SAID DISCHARGE CONDUIT, SAID SEPARATOR HAVING AN OUTLET CONDUIT FOR CARBON BLACK, A COLLECTION CONDUIT CONNECTED TO SAID OUTLET CONDUIT, A GAS INLET CONDUIT CONNECTING SAID COLLECTION CONDUIT TO SAID DISCHARGE CONDUIT AT A POINT IN SAID DISCHARGE CONDUIT WHERE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE HOT GASEOUS EFFLUENT THEREIN IS ABOVE 210* F. TO SUPPLY SOME OF SAID GASEOUS EFFLUENT FROM SAID DISCHARGE CONDUIT TO SAID COLLECTION CONDUIT, A GAS BLOWER CONNECTED IN SAID COLLECTION CONDUIT DISPOSED TO EFFECT PASSAGE OF THE EFFLUENT THEREIN AND CARBON BLACK FROM SAID OUTLET CONDUIT DOWNSTREAM THROUGH SAID COLLECTION CONDUIT, A SECOND CARBON BLACK SEPARATOR IN SAID COLLECTION CONDUIT DOWNSTREAM OF SAID OUTLET CONDUIT FOR SEPARATING SOME OF THE CARBON BLACK FROM SOME OF THE GAS IN SAID COLLECTION CONDUIT, AND A BLEED CONDUIT CONNECTED IN SAID COLLECTION CONDUIT DOWNSTREAM OF SAID SECOND SEPARATOR.