US PATENT SUBCLASS 201 / 40
ARRANGING THE CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL IN THE CARBONIZING ZONE


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201 /   HD   DISTILLATION: PROCESSES, THERMOLYTIC

40ARRANGING THE CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL IN THE CARBONIZING ZONE


DEFINITION

Classification: 201/40

(under the class definition) Processes including arranging or positioning the carbonaceous material in the retort to facilitate carbonizing it or to facilitate removing products.

(1) Note. The broad recitation that gas is removed during charging does not take the process out of this subclass.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids,

518, for a process of arranging the solid material to promote contact with gas or vapor passing therethrough.

202, Distillation: Apparatus,

263, for thermolytic distillation apparatus provided with means for disposing of smoke and fumes produced while charging.

414, Material or Article Handling,

133, for apparatus for forming piles of coal or like material; also, subclasses 147+ or 586+ for the combination, or subcombination, respectively, of a chamber of a type utilized for a heating function and means for moving material to, into, within, out of, or from the chamber.