Unitary vessel catalytic reactor, regenerator and vacuum stripper

Claim 1

A UNITARY APPARATUS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, AN UPPER CHAMBER AND A LOWER CHAMBER, EACH OF SAID CHAMBERS ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A DENSE FLUIDIZED BED OF FINELY DIVIDED CONTACT MATERIAL, A FIRST OPEN END CONDUIT EXTENDING FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID LOWER CHAMBER INTO THE BOTTOM OF SAID UPPER CHAMBER FOR TRANSFER OF FINELY DIVIDED CONTACT MATERIAL UPWARDLY THERETHROUGH, A HOLLOW STEM PLUG VALVE ALIGNED WITH THE BOTTOM OF SAID FIRST OPEN END CONDUIT, AN ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER OPEN AT THE BOTTOM EXTENDING FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID UPPER CHAMBER UPWARDLY THERETHROUGH, CONDUIT MEANS ATTACHED TO THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF A GASEOUS MATERIAL THERETO, SAID ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER ADAPTED FOR THE FLOW OF CONTACT MATERIAL UPWARDLY THERETHROUGH TO THE UPPER PORTION THEREOF, SEPARATOR MEANS IN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID ELONGATEDCYLINDRICAL CHAMBER FOR THE SEPARATION OF FINELY DIVIDED CONTACT MATERIAL FROM GASEOUS MATERIAL, AN EJECTOR MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SEPARATOR MEANS FOR MAINTAINING A LOWER PRESSURE IN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER THAN IN THE LOWER PORTION THEREOF, A SECOND OPEN END CONDUIT COAXIALLY POSITIONED WITHIN AND EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER DOWNWARDLY THERETHROUGH TO THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID LOWER CHAMBER, A PLUG VALVE ALIGNED WITH THE BOTTOM OF SAID SECOND OPEN END CONDUIT, CONDUIT MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING VAPOROUS MATERIAL FROM THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID UPPER CHAMBER, CONDUIT MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING GASEOUS MATERIAL FROM THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID LOWER CHAMBER AND CONDUIT MEANS FOR INTRODUCING A GASEOUS MATERIAL TO THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID LOWER CHAMBER.