Apparatus for producing ammonium phosphate solutions

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE SOLUTIONS COMPRISING A VESSEL FOR SELECTIVELY RETAINING LIQUIDS, A REACTION MIXTURE TANK POSITIONED IN SAID VESSEL IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP THERETO, SAID TANKK HAVING ITS BOTTOM IN THE LOWER HALF OF AND SPACED ADJACENT TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID VESSEL AND SAID BOTTOM OF SAID TANK BEING IMMERSED IN SAID LIQUIDS, SAID BOTTOM OF SAID TANK INCLUDPARALLEL TO THE PORTION OF THE BOTTOM OF SAID TANK DEFINING SAID DISCHARGE OPENING, SAID BAFFLE PLATE OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID DISCHARGE OPENING, SAID BAFFLE PLATE BEING SPACED FROM SAID PORTION OF THE BOTTOM OF SAID TANK AND DEFINING THEREBETWEEN A THIN, FILM-FORMING DISCHARGE CHAMBER COMMUNICATING WITH SAID DISCHARGE OPENING, SAID DISCHARGE CHAMBER SERVING AS A NOZZLE TO RESTRICT THE FLOW OF FLUID FROM SAID TANK, FLUID INLET MEANS OPERATIVELY COMMUNICATING WITH SAID TANK FOR INTRODUCING WATER, PHOSPHORIC ACID AND AMMONIACAL REACTANT INTO SAID TANK AND CONDUIT MEANS OPERATIVELY COMMUNICATING WITH SAID VESSEL FOR MOVING LIQUID AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE REACTION PRODUCT THEREFROM.