Recovery of sulphur from ores

Claim 1

THE PROCESS FOR RECOVERING SULPHUR FROM A CLOSED VESSEL CONTAINING SUBLIMED VAPOR AND AN INERT GAS COMPRISING, CONTACTING A HIGH VELOCITY JET OF AN INERT GAS WITH A PORTION OF SAID SULPHUR VAPOR, (I) SAID JET OF INERT GAS BEING AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW ABOUT 106*C., (II) SAID SULPHUR VAPOR BEING AT A TEMPERATURE SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID JET OF INERT GAS, (III) SAID JET OF INERT GAS BEING DIRECTED INTO A VENTURI ZONE SPACED FROM SAID JET, AND (IV) SAID JET OF INERT GAS AND SAID VENTURI ZONE BEING POSITIONED IN A PATH COMMUNICATING WITH THE SOURCE OF SUBLIMED SULPHUR VAPOR, SAID PATH OPENING INTO THE SPACE BETWEENT THE SAID JET AND SAID VENTURI ZONE, WHEREBY THE SULPHUR VAPOR IS COOLED TO A TEMPERATURE WHICH IS BETWEEN 90* AND 106.8*C. AND ABOVE THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID JET OF INERT GAS, AND SOLIDIFIED AS FINALLY DIVIDED PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN THE STREAM OF INERT GAS BY WHICH IT WAS COOLED, AND WHEREBY SAID SOLIDIFIED PARTICLES AND SAID STREAM OF INERT GAS USED TO COOL SAID PARTICLES ENTER SAID VENTURI ZONE, AND CONDUCTING SAID STREAM TO A SEPARATING ZONE AND SEPARATING SAID SULPHUR PARTICLES FROM SAID INERT GAS.