Apparatus for separating paraffin wax from mixtures of wax and hydrocarbon oils

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING WAX FROM A MIXTURE OF WAX AND OIL, WHICH COMPRISES A TOWER OPEN AT THE BOTTLE AND HAVING A GAS OUTLET IN ITS UPPER PART, NOZZLE MEANS LOCATED WITHIN THE UPPER PART OF THE TOWER FOR SPRAYING THE WAX-OIL MIXTURE DOWNWARDLY INTO A GASEOUS MEDIUM WITHIN THE TOWER, A DOWNWARDLY NARROWING FUNNEL-SHAPED MEMBER WHICH IS LOCATED BENEATH THE LOWER OPENING OF THE TOWERTO COLLECT MATERIAL DEPOSITED THEREIN AND HAS AN OUTLET, IN ITS BASE FOR DISCHARGE OF DEPOSITED MATERIAL, THE SAID FUNNEL-SHAPED MEMBER BEING FREE TO MOVE RELATIVELY TO THE TOWER AND SPACED AT ITS UPPER PART FROM THE LOWER EXTREMITY OF THE WALL OF THE TOWER TO FORM AN ANNULAR INLET FOR INTRODUCING A GASEOUS MEDIUM INTO THE LOWER THROUGH THE LOWER OPENING THEREOF IN COUNTERCURRENT TO THE FINELY DIVIDED PARTICLES OF THE SPRAYED WAX-OIL MIXTURE, AND MEANS FOR IMPARTING A SHAKING MOVEMENT TO THE FUNNEL-SHAPED MEMBER.