Apparatus for producing a solid particulate material
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1. AN APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY CONVERTING A MOLTEN LIQUID INTO PARTICULATED SOLID PARTICLES, WHICH COMPRISES:
- A RESERVOIR ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A BODY OF LIQUID;
A VERTICAL CHIMNEY HAVING AN OPEN UPPER TERMINUS WITHIN SAID RESERVOIR BELOW THE SURFACE OF SAID BODY OF LIQUID;
A CONDUIT CONNECTED TO SAID CHIMNEY ADJACENT ITS LOWER TERMINUS AND ADAPTED TO CONVEY NONSOLVENT LIQUID TO SAID CHIMNEY AT RELATIVELY HIGH VELOCITY, SAID CONDUIT HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA THAN SAID CHIMNEY;
AND MEANS FOR INJECTING AN IMMISCIBLE MOLTEN LIQUID INTO SAID CONDUIT WHEREBY THE MOLTEN LIQUID IS DISPERSED IN DROPLETS INTO THE NONSOLVENT LIQUID FLOWING THROUGH SAID CONDUIT AND INTO SAID CHIMNEY.
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1. AN APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY CONVERTING A MOLTEN LIQUID INTO PARTICULATED SOLID PARTICLES, WHICH COMPRISES:
- A RESERVOIR ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A BODY OF LIQUID;
A VERTICAL CHIMNEY HAVING AN OPEN UPPER TERMINUS WITHIN SAID RESERVOIR BELOW THE SURFACE OF SAID BODY OF LIQUID;
A CONDUIT CONNECTED TO SAID CHIMNEY ADJACENT ITS LOWER TERMINUS AND ADAPTED TO CONVEY NONSOLVENT LIQUID TO SAID CHIMNEY AT RELATIVELY HIGH VELOCITY, SAID CONDUIT HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA THAN SAID CHIMNEY;
AND MEANS FOR INJECTING AN IMMISCIBLE MOLTEN LIQUID INTO SAID CONDUIT WHEREBY THE MOLTEN LIQUID IS DISPERSED IN DROPLETS INTO THE NONSOLVENT LIQUID FLOWING THROUGH SAID CONDUIT AND INTO SAID CHIMNEY.
- A RESERVOIR ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A BODY OF LIQUID;
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