Reaction apparatus for continuous operation

Claim 1

A REACTION APPARATUS FOR ENSURING CONTACT BETWEEN SEVERAL REAGENTS FED THERETO; SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING AN UPSTANDING OUTER COMPARTMENT, AN UPSTANDING INNER COMPARTMENT CONCENTRICALLY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID OUTER COMPARTMENT AND SPACED FROM THE LATTER TO DEFINE A SPACE OF UNIFORM CROSS-SECTION THEREBETWEEN, SAID SPACE BETWEEN THE INNER AND OUTER COMPARTMENTS OPENING INTO THE INTERIOR OF SAID INNER COMPARTMENT ADJACENT THE TOP OF THE LATTER, A PLURALITY OF PIPES EACH CARRYING A RELATED ONE OF THE REAGENTS TO BE FED TO THE APPARATUS AND OPENING DOWNWARDLY INTO SAID INNER COMPARTMENT ADJACENT THE BOTTOM OF THE LATTER, PUMPING AND AGITATING MEANS AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID INNER COMPARTMENT TO RECEIVE THE REAGENTS FED SEPARATELY TO THE APPARATUS IMMEDIATELY UPON THE DISCHARGE OF THE REAGENTS FROM THE RESPECTIVE PIPES AND OPERATIVE TO INTIMATELY MIX AND TO CIRCULATE THE REAGENTS FROM THE INNER COMPARTMENT UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID SPACE BETWEEN THE COMPARTMENTS, AND MEANS DEFINING AN OVERFLOW DISCHARGE FROM SAID SPACE AT A LEVEL ABOVE THAT AT WHICH SAID SPACE OPENS INTO THE INTERIOR OF SAID INNER COMPARTMENT.