Vacuum expansion exfoliator

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR TREATING MATERIALS CAPABLE OF BEING EXFOLIATED, SAID MACHINE COMPRISING: HOLLOW STRUCTURE INCLUDING A BODY HAVING A CHAMBER PROVIDED WITH A MATERIAL INLET MEANS AND A MATERIAL OUTLET MEANS SPACED ABOVE SAID INLET MEANS, AND HEATCONDUCTING PIPE BENEATH THE BODY IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID INLET MEANS AND TERMINATING IN AN OPEN LOWER END; BLOWER MEANS HAVING AN AIR INLET MEANS AND AN AIR OUTLET MEANS, SAID AIR OUTLET MEANS BEING COUPLED WITH THE PIPE TO DIRECT CURRENTS OF AIR INTO SAID CHAMBER VIA SAID PIPE AND SAID MATERIAL INLET MEANS FOR FLOW UPWARDLY OUT OF SAID CHAMBER THROUGH SAID MATERIAL OUTLET MEANS; HEATER MEANS ADJACENT SAID OPEN END OF THE PIPE FOR RAISING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE AIR IN THE PIPE; A MATERIAL SUPPLY HOPPER; MEANS COUPLED WITH SAID HOPPER AND SAID STRUCTURE FOR FEEDING SAID MATERIAL THEREFROM AND INTO THE AIR CURRENTS; AN AIR INTAKE TUBE COUPLED WITH SAID AIR INLET MEANS AND SURROUNDING THE PIPE IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP THERETO, PRESENTING AN AIR PASSAGE IN THERMAL INTERCHANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PIPE FOR HEATING THE AIR PRIOR TO ENTERING SAID AIR INLET MEANS; A MATERIAL DISCHARGE CONDUIT IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID MATERIAL OUTLET MEANS; AND A COLLECTOR COUPLED WITH SAID CONDUIT FOR RECEIVING THE MATERIAL.