Apparatus for producing carbon black

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CARBON BLACK BY PARTIAL COMBUSTION OF HYDROCARBON GAS, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A GAS FURNACE HAVING A CYLINDRICAL OPENING IN ONE OF THE WALLS THEREOF; A CYLINDRICAL METALLIC HOUSING DISPOSED IN SAID CYLINDRICAL OPENING AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OUTWARD FROM THE WALL OF SAID FURNACE; A ROTATABLE TUBE CONCENTRICALLY DISPOSED IN SAID CYLINDRICAL METALLIC HOUSING; SAID ROTATABLE TUBE HAVING AN AXIAL EXTENSION WHICH TERMINATES ADJACENT THE INTERIR SURFACE OF THE WALL OF SAID FURNACE; A SERIES OF SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR VANES EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM THE EXTENSION ON SAID ROTATABLE TUBE; A CYLINDRICAL METALLIC CAGE SURROUNDING THE OUTER EDGES OF SAID RADIAL VANES AND SECURED THERETO; THE OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF SAID CYLINDRICAL METALLIC CAGE BEING SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE INSIDE DIAMETER OF SAID CYLINDRICAL METALLIC HOUSING; OF APERTURES; A SERIES OF DIVIDER PLATES EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM SAID ROTATABLE TUBE; THE INNER EDGE OF EACH OF SAID DIVIDER PLATES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH THE EXTERIOR OF SAID ROTATABLE TUBE; THE OUTER EDGE OF EACH OF SAID DIVIDER PLATES DEFINING AN ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 45* WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF SAID ROTATABLE TUBE; SAID DIVIDER PLATES BEING THE SAME IN NUMBER AS SAID AFOREMENTIONED RADIAL VANES AND IN ALIGNED RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT THERETO; SAID ROTATABLE TUBE HAVING AN APERTURE DISPOSED BETWEEN EVERY OTHER DIVIDER PLATE; MEANS FOR SUPPLYING HYDROCARBON GAS TO THE INTERIOR OF SAID ROTATABLE TUBE; MEANS FOR SUPPLYING COMBUSION AIR TO THE INTERIOR OF SAID CYLINDRICAL METALLIC HOUSING, BUT EXTERIORLY OF SAID ROTATABLE TUBE; AND MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID ROTATABLE TUBE,