Carbon black collecting and conveying systems

Claim 1

A CARBON BLACK COLLECTING AND CONVEYING SYSTEM, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A SOURCE OF A GASEOUS EFFLUENT CONTAINING SUSPENDED CARBON BLACK, A DISCHARGE CONDUIT CONNECTING SAID SOURCE WITH AN OUTLET DOWNSTREAM THEREFROM, AN ELECTRICAL PECIPITATOR CONNECTED DOWNSTREAM OF SAID SOURCE IN SAID DISCHARGE CONDUIT, A PLURALITY OF CARBON BLACK SEPARATOR CONNECTED IN SERIES IN SAID DISCHARGE CONDUIT DOWNSTREAM OF SAID PRECIPITATOR, THE LAST OF SAID SEPARATOR IN A DOWNSTREAM DIRECTION BEING A BAG FILTER, EACH SEPARATOR AND SAID PRECIPITATOR COMPRISING A GRAVITY COLLECTION CHAMBER AND AN OUTLET CONDUIT FOR CARBON BLACK AND ADAPTED TO SEPARATE SOME OF THE CARBON BLACK FROM SAID EFFLUENT, A CARBON BLACK FEEDER IN EACH OF SAID OUTLET CONDUITS TO CONTROL FLOW OF CARBON BLACK THROUGH SAID OUTLET CONDUITS AND THEREBY THE LEVEL OF CARBON BLACK CHAMBERS, A FIRST COLLECTION CONDUIT CONNECTED TO ALL OF SAID OUTLET CONDUITS EXCEPT THAT OF SAID BAG FILTER, A SECOND COLLECTION CONDUIT CONNECTED TO SAID OUTLET CONDUIT OF SAID BAG FILTER AND DISCHARGING INTO SAID DISCHARGING CONDUIT