Catalytic reactor for hydrocyanic acid production

Claim 1

A CATALYTIC REACTOR ADAPTED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROCYANIC ACID HAVING IN COMBINATION: A VERTICALLY-POSITIONED, ELONGATED, METAL CASING; A HORIZONTAL FLAT CATALYST GUAZE DIVIDING MEANS WHEREBY THE SPACE BETWEEN THE CASING IS VERTICALLY POSITIONED INTO AN UPPER GAS CHAMBER AND A LOWER COMBUSTION CHAMBER, SAID CHAMBER CONSISTING OF REFRACTORY CERAMIC SEGMENTS OF SUITABLE ARC POSITIONED SYMMETRICALLY ABOUT THE VERTICAL AXIS OF SAID CASING; SAID CATALYST GAUZE BEING MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID REFRACTORY CERAMIC SEGMENTS AT THE CIRCUMFERENCE THEREOF; A SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR SAID CATALYST GAUZE, SAID STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL NICKEL-CHROMIUM-IRON ALLOY STRIPS AND CARBORUNDUM BARS OF UNIFORM CROSS-SECTION WHEREIN THE CATALYST, NICKEL-CHROMIUM-IRON ALLOY STRIPS, AND CARBORUNDUM BARS REPOSE ON EACH OTHER RESPECTIVELY, AND WHEREIN THE CARBORUNDUM BARS ARE FURTHER SUPPORTED BY A HOLLOW, SILICA COVERED BEAM; MEANS FOR COOLING SAID BEAM; A SINGLE GAS INLET PORT IN SAID GAS CHAMBER, SAID PORT HAVING A SYMMETRICALLY ENLARGED OPENING AT ITS UPPERMOST GAS CHAMBER AND MEANS FOR COOLING THE GAS CHAMBER; A BAFFLE POSITIONED BETWEEN THE INLET GAS PORT AND THE HORIZONTAL DIVIDING MEANS; A DISTRIBUTOR PLATE POSITIONED BETWEEN THE DIVIDING MEANS AND SAID BAFFLE, ADAPTED TO PROVIDE FOR PARALLEL FLOW OF GASES; A REFRACTORY CERAMIC LINING IN SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER CONSISTING OF A PLURALITY OF SUPERIMPOSED REFRACTORY CERAMIC ANNULI; AND A GAS OUTLET IN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER MOST REMOTE FROM SAID GAS INLET PORT.