Apparatus for forming pellets

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APPARATUS FOR WET PELLETIZING PARTICULATE CARBON BLACK COMPRISING: A STATIONARY CYLINDRICAL HOUSING DISPOSED IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION HAVING CENTRALLY APERTURED END PLATES AFFIXED TO EACH END THEREOF; AND INLET OPENING IN THE UPPER SIDE OF SAID HOUSING NEAR ONE END THEREOF; AN OUTLET OPENING IN THE LOWER SIDE OF SAID HOUSING NEAR THE OTHER END THEREOF; AT LEAST ONE LIQUID SPRAY PORT EXTENDING THROUGH THE UPPER SIDE OF SAID HOUSING SUBSTANTIALLY FLUSH WITH THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID HOUSING; A ROTATABLE SHAFT EXTENDING AXIALLY THROUGH SAID HOUSING AND SAID CENTRALLY APERTURED END PLATES; A CYLINDRICAL DRUM AFFIXED TO SAID SHAFT AND DISPOSED TO ROTATE WITHIN SAID HOUSING, SAID DRUM HAVING AN OUTSIDE DIAMETER NOT LESS THAN 25 PERCENT NOR MORE THAN 75 PERCENT OF THE INSIDE DIAMETER OF SAID HOUSING; AND, PIN MEANS AFFIXED TO AND EXTENDING RADICALLY FROM SAID DRUM IN A PATTERN SUITABLE TO MOVE SAID BLACK THROUGH SAID HOUSING, SAID MEANS TERMINATING ADJACENT THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID HOUSING.