Apparatus for making combustible gas

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MAKING COMBUSTIBLE GAS, IN COMBINATION, A REACTOR HAVING A SINGLE INNER REACTOR TUBE OF HEAT RESISTANT AND HEAT CONDUCTING MATERIAL SPACED FROM THE INNER WALLS OF SAID REACTOR TO DEFINE AN ANNULAR HEATING FLUE SURROUNDING SAID TUBE, THE AXIS OF SAID TUBE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COINCIDENT WITH THAT OF SAID REACOTR, MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY SUPPLYING HOT GASES TO SAID ANNULAR HEATING FLUE AND FLOWING SUCH GASES THROUGH SAID FLUE TO HEAT SAID TUBE, MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY SUPPYING A GAS MAKING MEDIUM TO SAID TUBE, MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY SUPPLYING A CARRIER GAS TO SAID TUBE, A RIXING CHAMBER HAVING A SINGLE INNER FIXING TUBE OF HEAT RESISTANT AND HEAT CONDUCTING MATERIAL THEREIN SPACED FROM THE INNER WALLS DEFINING AN ANNULAR HEATING FLUE SURROUNDING THE INNER FIXIG TUBE, THE AXIS OF SAID FIXING TUBE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COINCIDENT WITH THAT OF SAID FIXING CHAMBER, THE INLET END OF SAID FIXING TUBE COMMUNICATING WITH THE EXIT END OF SAID REACTOR TUBE, SAID ANNULAR HEATING FLUE SURROUNDING SAID FIXING TUBE COMMUNICATING WITH THE ANNULAR HEATING FLUE SURROUNDING THE REACTOR TUBE FOR SERIES FLOW OF HEATING GASES THROUGH BOTH ANNULAR HEATING FLUES, A HEAT TRANSFER MEMBER COMPRISING OCNTINUOUS WALLS OF GOOD THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MATERIAL EXTENDING THROUGHOUT SUBSTANTIALLY THE FULL CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF THE FIXING TUBE FOR SUBSTANTIALLY THE FULL LENGTH THEREOF, AND MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING THE FIXED GAS FROM THE EXIT END OF SAID FIXER TUBE.