Method of producing titanium

Claim 1

IN THE PROCESS OF FORMING TITANIUM CRYSTALS BY THE REDUCTION OF A LOWER TITANIUM CHLORIDE DISSOLVED IN AN INERT FUSED SALT, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES FEEDING REDUCING AGENT TO A PORTION OF THE SALT WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF LOWER TITANIUM CHLORIDE AND ISOLATING SAID PORTION FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE BATH BY MEANS OF A GENERALLY VERTICALLY EXTENDING FORAMINOUS SHIELD WHICH PREVENTS RAPED FLOW OF FUSED SALT BETWEEN SAID PORTION AND THE REMAINDER OF THE BATH CONTAINING LOWER TITANIUM CHLORIDE, THE REDUCING AGENT BEING FED TO A PORTION OF THE SALT WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THE SURFACE THEREOF SO AS TO SUBSTANTIALLY SATURATE THE PORTION OF THE FUSED SALT TO WHICH THE REDUCING AGENT ISE FED, THE FORAMINOUS SHIELD SERVING AS A BARRIER FOR SEGREGATING ON ONE SIDE THEREOF THE HIGH CONCENTRATION OF REDUCING AGENT IN THE FUSED SALT WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF TITANIUM CHLORIDE, THIS HIGH CONCENTRATION OF REDUCING AGENT GRADING INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE FUSED SALT IN WHICH THE RELATIVE CONCENTTATIONS OF REDUCING AGENT AND TITANIUM CHLORIDE ARE REVERSED.