Process for separating components of a fusible material

Claim 1

THE PROCESS COMPRISING INSERTING IN AT LEAST ONE OF A SERIES OF RECEPTACLE CONTAINING A SOLUTION COMPRISING A MAJOR AND A MINOR INGREDIENT, A HOLLOW CARRIER TOGETHER WITH A SOLID BODY COMPRISING THE SAME INGREDIENTS, CAUSING SAID SOLID BODY TO MELT WITHIN THE RECEPTACLE, PASSING COOLANT THROUGH SAID CARRIER AND THEREBY CAUSING A PORTION OF THE MOLTEN MATERIAL WITHIN THE RECEPTACLE TO FREEZE ON SAID CARRIER AND AT LEAST ONCE ADVANCING SAID CARRIER TOGETHER WITH THE SOLID BODY TO ANOTHER RECEPTACLE AND REPEATING THE AFORESAID SERIES OF STEPS, WITHDRAWING AS PRODUCT A PORTION OF THE MATERIAL FROM WITHIN A RECEPTACLE, CAUSING A FLOW OF A MOLTEN MATERIAL FROM RECEPTACLE TO RECEPTACLE IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THAT OF SOLID TRANSFER, WITHDRAWING AS WASTE A PORTION OF MOLTEN MATERIAL FROM THE FINAL RECEPTACLE OF SAID MOLTEN FLOW AND ADDING, AS FEED, MATERIAL COMPRISING SAID SOLUTION IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THAT OF PRODUCT PLUS WASTE.