Treatment and conveyance of solid particulate material by a fluid current

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF CONTINUOUS CONVEYANCE OF SMALL SOLID PARTICLES ALONG A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY PATH COMPRISING FEEDING SOLID PARTICLES CONTINUOUSLY INTO ONE END OF A STATIONARY, OPEN ENDED SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL GASIMPERVIOUS TROUGH EXTENDING THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF THE PATH OF PROPOSED CONVEYANCE TO FORM A HEAD OF SAID PARTICLES AT THE FEED END OF SAID TROUGH, AND FLUIDIZING THE PARTICLES IN THE TROUGH BY DIRECTING CONTINUOUSLY FLOWING JETS OF GAS SPACED IN ROWS PERPENDICULARLY DOWNWARDLY INTO CONTACT WITH SAID TROUGH AND REVERSELY WITHDRAWING THE GAS AS IT IS DEFLECTED BY SAID TROUGH UPWARDLY AWAY FROM SAID TROUGH BETWEEN SAID JETS TO CAUSE LATER FED PARTICLES TO IMPART HORIZONTAL ADVANCE ALONG SAID TROUGH TO PREVIOUSLY FED PARTICLES ALONG AND THROUGH AN OVERALL ADVANCE OF SAID PARTICLES ALONG AND THROUGH PATHS EXTENDING AROUND AND BETWEEN THE JETS IN EACH ROW AND OUT OF THE END OF THE TROUGH.