Recovery of rubbery polymer from solution

Claim 1

A METHOD OF RECOVERING A RUBBERY POLYMER FROM A SOLUTION OF SUCH POLYMER IN AN ORGANIC SOLVENT COMPRISING HEATING THE SOLUTION TO A TEMPERATURE IN EXCESS OF THE BOILING POINT OF THE ORGANIC SOLVENT WHILE CONFINING THE SOLUTION UNDER PRESSURE TO MAINTAIN IT IN A LIQUID CONDITION, FORCING THE SOLUTION WHILE IN SUCH HEATED CONDITION AS A SINGLE PHASE STREAM THROUGH A SPRAY NOZZLE DIRECTLY INTO A CHAMBER MAINTAINED ESSENTIALLY AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESFROM WHICH THE BULK OF THE SOLVENT EVAPORATED THIS FORMING FINE PARTICLES OF SOLID, TACKY RUBBER POLYMER, THE SAID SPRAYING BEING CONDUCTED ABOUT THE SURFACE OF A BODY INTENSELY AGITATED HOW WATER INTO WHICH THE SAID FINE PARTICLES OF SOLID TACKY RUBBERY POLYMER FALL, THE TEMPERATURE OF THE BODY OF WATER BEING SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO DRIVE OFF THE REMAINDER OF THE SOLVENT, THE FINE TACKY PARTICLES AGGLOMERATING IN THE SAID BODY OF WATER INTO POROUS CRUMBS, SEPARATING THE POROUS CRUMBS FROM THE WATER, AND DRYING THE CRUMBS.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF RECOVERING A RUBBERY POLYMER FROM A SOLUTION OF SUCH POLYMER IN AN ORGANIC SOLVENT COMPRISING HEATING THE SOLUTION TO A TEMPERATURE IN EXCESS OF THE BOILING POINT OF THE ORGANIC SOLVENT WHILE CONFINING THE SOLUTION UNDER PRESSURE TO MAINTAIN IT IN A LIQUID CONDITION, FORCING THE SOLUTION WHILE IN SUCH HEATED CONDITION AS A SINGLE PHASE STREAM THROUGH A SPRAY NOZZLE DIRECTLY INTO A CHAMBER MAINTAINED ESSENTIALLY AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESFROM WHICH THE BULK OF THE SOLVENT EVAPORATED THIS FORMING FINE PARTICLES OF SOLID, TACKY RUBBER POLYMER, THE SAID SPRAYING BEING CONDUCTED ABOUT THE SURFACE OF A BODY INTENSELY AGITATED HOW WATER INTO WHICH THE SAID FINE PARTICLES OF SOLID TACKY RUBBERY POLYMER FALL, THE TEMPERATURE OF THE BODY OF WATER BEING SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO DRIVE OFF THE REMAINDER OF THE SOLVENT, THE FINE TACKY PARTICLES AGGLOMERATING IN THE SAID BODY OF WATER INTO POROUS CRUMBS, SEPARATING THE POROUS CRUMBS FROM THE WATER, AND DRYING THE CRUMBS.