Apparatus for the continuous production of artificial fertilizers

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR THE CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF ARTICIAL FERTILIZER FROM VEGETABLE MATERIAL, COMPRISING A PRESSURE VESSEL, A SEALED INLET FOR RAW VEGETABLE MATERIAL, MEANS FOR FEEDING RAW VEGETABLE MATERIAL TO SAID INLET, A SEALED OUTLET FOR TREATED VEGETABLE MATERIAL, MEANS FOR REMOVING TREATED VEGETABLE MATERIAL FROM SAID OUTLET, MEANS FOR MOVING VEGETABLE MATERIAL THROUGH THE PRESSURE VESSEL FROM SAID INLET TO SAID OUTLET, MEANS FOR FEEDING A NITROGENOUS AQUEOUS SOLUTION TO SAID PRESSURE VESSEL ADJACENT SAID INLET AND FOR MAINTAINING THE INTERIOR OF SAID PRESSURE VESSEL UNDER SUPERATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, MEANS FOR REMOVING SPENT SOLUTION FROM SAID PRESSURE VESSEL ADJACENT SAID OUTLET, SAID NITROGENOUS SOLUTION MOVING GENERALLY COCURRENTLY WITH THE VEGETABLE MATERIAL THROUGH THE PRESSURE VESSEL TO IMPREGNATE THE VEGETABLE MATERIAL WITH NITROGENOUS COMPOUNDS, A STORAGE VESSEL, MEANS FOR CONDUCTING SAID SPENT SOLUTION TO SAID STORAGE VESSEL, A MAKE-UP VESSEL FOR FRESH SOLUTION, MEANS FOR INTRODUCING WATER-SOLUBLE NITROGENOUS COMPOUNDS AND WATER INTO SAID MAKE-UP VESSEL, AGITATOR MEANS IN SAID MAKE-UP VESSEL FOR PROMOTING THE DISSOLUTION OF SAID NITROGENOUS COMPOUNDS, MEANS FOR CONDUCTING FRESH SOLUTION FROM SAID MAKE-UP VESSEL TO SAID STORAGE VESSEL, AND MEANS FOR CONDUCTING NITROGENOUS SOLUTION FROM SAID STORAGE VESSEL TO SAID MEANS FOR FEEDING NITROGENOUS SOLUTION TO SAID PRESSURE VESSEL.