Apparatus for continuous vacuum refining of sponge metallic titanium

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS VACUUM DISTILLATION WHICH COMPRISES, IN COMBINATION, A DISTILLATION APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH AN OUTER CASING TO ACCOMODATE THEREIN AN INNER RECEPTACLE IN WHICH THE MIXTURE TO BE SUBJECTED TO VACUUM DISTILLATION IS CONTAINED THEREIN ADHERENT TO THE WALL, A PAIR OF LIDS PROVIDED ABOVE SAID INNER RECEPTACLE WHEN SAID INNER RECEPTACLE IS IN ITS OPERATIONAL POSITION WITHIN THE DISTILLATION APPARATUS, SAID PAIR OF LIDS BEING ADAPTED TO KEEP SAID OUTER CASING AIR-TIGHT, AND A SEPARATE CONDENSATION APPARATUS CONNECTED TO SAID DISTILLATION APPARATUS, SAID CONDENSATION APPARATUS COMPRISING AN OUTER CASING TO ACCOMDATE THEREIN AN INNER RECEPTACLE, ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SUBSTANCES WHICH HAVE BEEN GASIFIED BY THE VACUUM DISTILLATION PERFORMED IN SAID VACUUM DISTILLATION APPARATUS, A PAIR OF LIDS PROVIDED ABOVE THE LAST MENTIONED INNER RECEPTACLE WHEN SAID LAST MENTIONED INNER RECEPTACLE IS IN ITS OPERATIONAL POSITION WITHIN THE CONDENSATION APPARATUS, SAID LAST MENTIONED OUTER CASING BEING ADAPTED TO KEEP THE LAST MENTIONED PAIR OF LIDS AIR-TIGHT, AND THERE IS PROVIDED A VACUUM PUMP FOR EVACUATION, WHEREBY SAID DISTILLATION APPARATUS AND SAID CONDENSATION APPARATUS ARE CONNECTED TOGETHER, MEANS ADAPTED FOR MOUNTING THEREON AN INNER RECEPTACLE ENCASED IN AN INNER RECEPTACLE CASING AND MEANS FOR INTRODUCING SAID INNER RECEPTACLE INTO SAID DISTILLATION APPARATUS WHILE MAINTAINING EXCULSION OF AIR FROM SAID DISTILLATION APPARATUS.