Chemical reactor

Claim 1

A CHEMICAL REACTOR ADAPTED FOR CONTINUOUSLY INITIATING A REACTION WHICH GENERATES A FOAM-PRODUCING GAS PHASE DISPERSED IN A RESIN PHASE, SAID REACTOR COMPRISING AN ENCLOSED REACTION VESSEL AND A DRIVEN ROTOR POSITIONED THEREWITHIN, THE ROTOR COMPRISING A ROTATABLE SHAFT POSITIONED AXIALLY WITHIN THE REACTION VESSEL, A PARTITION PLATE MOUNTED PERPENDICULARLY ON THE BASE OF THE ROTATABLE SHAFT AND ADAPTED TO SUBDIVIDE THE REACTION VESSEL INTO A MIXING CHAMBER AND A COLLECTING CHAMBER, AND AGITATOR VANES MOUNTED RADIALLY ON AND ABOUT THE ROTATOR SHAFT AND EXTENDING INTO THE MIXING CHAMBER, THE AGITATOR VANES BEING PROVIDED WITH TROUGHS ADAPTED TO CHANNEL THE FLOW OF REACTANTS THROUGH THE MIXING CHAMBER IN A HELICAL PATH, THE PARTITION PLATE BEING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF COLLECTING PASSAGES FORMED THEREIN THROUGH WHICH THE MIXING CHAMBER AND COLLECTING CHAMBER COMMUNICATE, THE REACTION VESSEL BEING PROVIDED WITH TWO FLUID REACTANT INJECTION INLETS OPENING INTO THE MIXING CHAMBER AND WITH A DISCHARGE ORIFICE POSITIONED WITHIN THE COLLECTING CHAMBER.