Carbon black furnace fluid injector

Claim 1

A FLUID INJECTOR FOR A CARON BLACK FURNANCE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FIRST CERAMIC TUBE CONSTRUCTED AND DISPOSED TO FIT A FLUID INLET OF SAID FURNACE, A SECOND ELONGATED CERAMIC TUBE HAVING A CYLINDRICALLY-SHAPED BORE TERMINATING IN A VENTURI-SHAPED BORE ADJACENT THE OPEN DISCHARGE END OF SAID SECOND ELONGATED CERAMIC TUBE ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED WITHIN SAID FIRST CERAMIC TUBE, AND A REMOVABLE THIRD CERAMIC TUBE OF LESSER LENGTH THAN THE CONVERGING PORTION OF SAID VENTURI HAVING A TAPERED EXTERNAL SURFACE ADAPTED AND DISPOSED TO FIT INTO SAID CONVERGING PORTION ADJACENT THE THROAT OF SAID VENTURI, SAID THIRD CERAMIC TUBE HAVING A VENTURI-SPACED HERE THERETHROUGH FOR THE EJECTION OF AT LEAST PARTIALLY VAPORIZED HYRODCARBON REACTANT FREE FROM CONTACT WITH THE DIVERGING SURFACES OF SAID VENTURI-SHAPED BORE IN SAID SECOND AND THIRD CERAMIC TUBES.

Claim 3

THE METHOD OF AXIALLY INTRODUCING SUBSTANTIALLY VAPORIZED NORMALLY LIQUID HYDROCARBON REACTANT INTO A CARBON BLACK FURNACE, SAID METHOD COMPRISING, FORMING A STREAM OF SAID REACTANT WITHIN A FLUID INLET MEANS, PASSING SAID STREAM OF REACTANT THROUGH A VENTURI-SHAPED BORE WITHIN SAID FLUID INLET MEANS ADJACENT THE OPEN DISCHARGE END THEREOF THEREBY FIRST COMPRESSING SAID STREAM OF REACTANT WITHIN SAID FLUID INLET MEANS, THEN EXPANDING SAID COMPRESSED STREAM OF REACTANT WITHIN SAID FLUID INLET MEANS, AND FINALLY DISCHARGING SAID EXPANDED STREAM OF REACTANT FROM SAID FLUID INLET MEANS THROUGH SAID OPEN DISCHARGE END INTO THE REACTION ZONE OF SAID CARBON BLACK FURNACE FREE FROM FURTHER CONTACT WITH SAID INLET MEANS.

Claim 4

THE METHOD OF AXIALLY INTRODUCING SUBSTANTIALLY VAPORIZED NORMALLY LIQUID HYDROCARBON REACTANT INTO A CARBON BLACK FURNACE, SAID METHOD COMPRISING, FORMING A STREAM OF SAID REACTANT WITHIN A FLUID INLET MEANS, PASSING SAID STREAM OF REACTANT THROUGH A VENTURI-SHAPED BORE WITHIN SAID FLUID INLET MEANS ADJACENT THE OPEN DISCHARGE END THEREOF THEREBY FIRST COMPRESSING SAID STREAM OF REACTANT WITHIN SAID FLUID INLET MEANS, THEN EXPANDING SAID COMPRESSED STREAM OF REACTANT WITHIN SAID FLUID INLET MEANS, AND FINALLY DISCHARGING SAID EXPANDED STREAM OF REACTANT FROM SAID FLUID INLET MEANS THROUGH SAID OPEN DISCHARGE END INTO THE REACTION ZONE OF SAID CARBON BLACK FURNACE FREE FROM FURTHER CONTACT WITH SAID INLET MEANS.