Vertical retorts with a side discharge device

Claim 1

IN A CONTINUOUSLY-OPERATED, VERTICAL RETORT HAVING A RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTION AND HEATED INDIRECTLY BY EXTERNAL FLUES CAPABLE OF HEAT TRATING SOLID MATERIAL INCLUDING THE CARBONIZATION OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL AND THE PRODUCTION OF RED HOT COKE AND OTHERE HOT PRODUCTS, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES A REFRACTORY DEFLECTOR FLOOR LOCATED DIRECTRLY UNDER THE RETORT TO SUPPORT THE VERTICAL, RECTANGULAR COLUMN OF HOT MATERIAL UNDERGOING HEAT TREATMENT AND EXTENDING FROM A BROAD SIDE OF THE RECTANGULAR RETORT TO BEYOND THE AXIS OF THE RETORT AND THE OTHER BROAD SIDE THEREOF, SAID DEFLECTOR FLOOR HAVING A SLOPE GREATER THAN THE ANGLE OF REPOSE OF THE HEAT-TREATED MATERIAL AFTER HEAT TREATMENT AHD BEING CONSTITUTED OF A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT SLIDING SURFACE, A PLURALITY OF FRONT PIERS AND ASSOCIATED ARCHER SUPPORTING SAID OTHER BROAD SIDE OF SAID RETORT TO PROVISE SIDE DISCHARGE PORTS FOR THE HEAT-TREATED MATERIAL, BACK PIERS HAVING NEGATIVE SKEW ANGLES AND EXTENDING FROM SAID FRONT PIERS TO BE WALL SURFACE OF SAID FIRST NAMED BROAD SIDE OF SAID RETORT, SAID BACK PIERS BEING WIDER THAN SAID FRONT PIERS TO THE PLANE OF JUNCTION TO PREVENT THE DEPOSITION OF HEATTREATED MATERIAL AND THE IMPEDING OG FLOW OF SAID MATERIAL, A COVERING ROOF LOCATED OVER SAID DEFLECTOR FLOOR AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME ANGLE THEREOF AND DEFINING AND ENCOMPASSING A CLOSED DISCHARGE CHAMBER WITH SAID FLOOR AND SIDE WALLS, SAID DISCHARGE CHAMBER COMMUNICATING WITH SAID SIDE DISCHARGE PORTS, SUPPORTING MEANS POSITIONED UNDERNEATH SAID DEFLECTOR FLOOR, COVERING ROOF AND SIDE WALLS TO SUPPORT THE SAME TOGETHER WITH THE VERTICAL, RECTANGULAR COLUMN OF MATERIAL UNDERGOING HEAT TREATMENT IN THE RETORT AND THE HOT HEAT-TREATED MATERIAL BEING DISCHARGE THEREFROM, SAID SUPPORTING MEANS BEING PROTECTED FROM THE HEAT COMMING FROM THE INTERIOR OF SAID RETORT, AND DISCHARGING MEANS MOUNTED UNDER SAID DISCHARGE CHAMBER TO REMOVE FREE-FLOWING HOT HEATTREATED MATERIAL.