Apparatus for producing carbon by direct heating with recycled volatile by-products

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APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CARBON WHICH COMPRISES: A HOUSING HAVING AN OPENING IN THE TOP AND IN THE BOTTOM OF SAID HOUSING; AN OPEN-ENDED STACK DISPOSED IN THE TOP OPENING IN SAID HOUSING AND CENTRALLY IN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID HOUSING; A FIRST HOPPER FOR RECEIVING ORGANIC MATERIAL, SAID FORST HOPPER BEING CONNECTED TO THE UPPER END OF SAID STACK, DISPOSED EXTERNALLY OF SAID HOUSING, AND PROVIDING ACCESS FOR SAID ORGANIC MATERIAL TO SAID STACK; A SECOND HOPPER DISPOSED IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID HOUSING BELOW SAID STACK FOR RECEIVING ORGANIC MATERIAL FROM SAID STACK, SAID SECOND HOPPER BEING SPACED APART FROM THE SIDES OF SAID HOUSING AND HAVING AN OPEN UPPER END OF GREATER DIAMETER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID STACK, AND THE LOWER END OF SAID STACK BEING DISPOSED IN THE OPEN UPPER END OF SAID SECOND HOPPER; A CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER MOUNTED ON SAID HOPPER AND DISPOSED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOUSING FOR RECEIVING ORGANIC MATERIAL FROM SAID SECOND HOPPER, SAID CHAMBER PROJECTING DOWNWARDLY THROUGH THE BOTTOM OPENING IN SAID HOUSING; MEANS FOR GENERATING AND CONTROLLING AN EXOTHERMIC HEAT REACTION IN THE ORGANIC MATERIAL IN SAID CHAMBER; MEANS FOR DISCHARGING INERT GASES AND VOLATILE DISTILLATES FROM SAID STACK AND SAID SECOND HOPPER INTO SAID HOUSING; MEANS FOR DISCHARGING SAID GASES AND DISTILLATES FROM SAID HOUS-