Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
316 words
An integral forced circulation cooling crystallizer apparatus consisting of, in vertical disposition: a. an upper liquid holding chamber having liquid inlet and liquid outlet and having a partition means vertically disposed therein providing an inlet section and an outlet section, said partition means being positioned so as to permit liquid flow over the top of said partition means between said sections at the upper region and prevent liquid flow between said sections at the lower region; b. a heat exchange chamber comprising a multiplicity of separate vertically disposed tubular elements, a liquid inlet and outlet to permit the flow of a heat exchange liquid only through the extra-tubular portion of said heat exchange chamber, and a multiplicity of horizontally disposed baffles adapted to direct the flow of said heat exchange liquid upward in a horizontally alternating path through the extra-tubular portion of said heat exchange chamber; c. a lower pump chamber, having partition means vertically disposed to provide an intake section and a discharge section and having a pump means disposed therein to provide forced circulation of the liquid to be processed between said intake section and said discharge section; the tubular elements of said heat exchange chamber being disposed such that a first portion of said tubular elements provide direct liquid communication between said inlet section of the holding chamber and said intake section of the pump chamber; and a second portion of said tubular elements provide direct liquid communication between said discharge section of the pump chamber and said outlet section of the holding chamber; whereby in response to said pump means, the liquid to be processed circulates, in sequence, from the inlet section of the holding chamber, downwardly through the first portion of said tubular elements, through the intake and discharge sections of the pump chamber, upwardly through the second portion of the tubular elements, to the outlet section of the holding chamber.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
316 words
An integral forced circulation cooling crystallizer apparatus consisting of, in vertical disposition: a. an upper liquid holding chamber having liquid inlet and liquid outlet and having a partition means vertically disposed therein providing an inlet section and an outlet section, said partition means being positioned so as to permit liquid flow over the top of said partition means between said sections at the upper region and prevent liquid flow between said sections at the lower region; b. a heat exchange chamber comprising a multiplicity of separate vertically disposed tubular elements, a liquid inlet and outlet to permit the flow of a heat exchange liquid only through the extra-tubular portion of said heat exchange chamber, and a multiplicity of horizontally disposed baffles adapted to direct the flow of said heat exchange liquid upward in a horizontally alternating path through the extra-tubular portion of said heat exchange chamber; c. a lower pump chamber, having partition means vertically disposed to provide an intake section and a discharge section and having a pump means disposed therein to provide forced circulation of the liquid to be processed between said intake section and said discharge section; the tubular elements of said heat exchange chamber being disposed such that a first portion of said tubular elements provide direct liquid communication between said inlet section of the holding chamber and said intake section of the pump chamber; and a second portion of said tubular elements provide direct liquid communication between said discharge section of the pump chamber and said outlet section of the holding chamber; whereby in response to said pump means, the liquid to be processed circulates, in sequence, from the inlet section of the holding chamber, downwardly through the first portion of said tubular elements, through the intake and discharge sections of the pump chamber, upwardly through the second portion of the tubular elements, to the outlet section of the holding chamber.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
101 words
A cooling crystallizer apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the partition means in said holding chamber is in the form of a substantially vertically disposed plate which divides at least the lower portion of said holding chamber into two side by side sections, and the partition means in said pump chamber is in the form of a substantially vertically disposed plate which divides said pump chamber into two side by side sections and in which said pump means is horizontally mounted with its discharge side in one of said sections and its intake side in the other of said sections.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
101 words
A cooling crystallizer apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the partition means in said holding chamber is in the form of a substantially vertically disposed cylinder which divides at least the lower portion of said holding chamber into two substantially concentric cylindrical sections and the partition means in said pump chamber is in the form of a substantially vertically disposed cylinder which divides said pump chamber into two substantially concentric cylindrical sections and in which said pump means is horizontally mounted with its discharge side in one of said sections and its intake side in the other of said sections.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
A cooling crystallizer apparatus as claimed in claim 3 wherein the partition means in said pump chamber includes a bottom portion substantially parallel to, but spaced apart from, the bottom portion of said pump chamber.