Apparatus for conversion of residual oils

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED RESIDUUM CONVERSION SYSTEM COMPRISING AN UPRIGHT PEBBLE HEATER CHAMBER HAVING PEBBLE INLET MEANS AND EFFUENT OUTLET MEANS IN ITS UPPER END PORTION; HEATING MATERIAL INLET MEANS IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID PEBBLE HEATER CHAMBER; AN UPRIGHT CONVERSION CHAMBER DISPOSED BELOW SAID PEBBLE HEATER CHAMBER; A PEBBLE CONDUIT EXTENDING BETWEEN THE LOWER END PORTION OF SAID PEBBLE HEATER CHAMBER AND THE UPPER END PORTION OF SAID CONVERSION CHAMBER; A PERFORATE PEBBLE SUPPORT MEMBER EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THE WALL OF SAID CONVERSION CHAMBER AT A LEVEL INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS, SAID PEBBLE SUPPORT MEMBER PROVIDING A PEBBLE PASSAGE CENTRALLY THERETHROUGH; PEBBLE OUTLET MEANS IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID CONVERSION CHAMBER; AN ELEVATOR EXTENDING FROM SAID PEBBLE OUTLET MEANS IN SAID CONVERSION CHAMBER TO SAID PEBBLE INLET MEANS IN SAID PEBBLE HEATER CHAMBER; AT LEAST ONE FOG NOZZLE EXTENDING THROUGH THE WALL OF SAID CONVERSION CHAMBER AND ADJACENT THE LOWER SIDE OF SAID PEBBLE SUPPORT MEMBER; AN OIL RESIDUUM HEATING CHAMBER HAVING RESIDUUM CONDUIT MEANS EXTENDING THERETHROUGH; A FLASH CHAMBER; A CONDUIT EXTENDING FROM SAID RESIDUUM CONDUIT MEANS IN SAID RESIDUUM HEATING CHAMBER TO A POINT INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF SAID FLASH CHAMBER; A GASEOUS MATERIAL CONDUIT EXTENDING BETWEEN THE UPPER END OF SAID FLASH CHAMBER AND THE INLET END OF SAID FOG NOZZLE; A LIQUID MATERIAL CONDUIT EXTENDING FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID FLASH CHAMBER TO SAID FOG NOZZLE; AND A GASEOUS EFFLUENT OUTLET IN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID CONVERSION CHAMBER.