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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1976
Filed:
May. 30, 1972
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence Earl Leas, Simi, CA (US);
Robert Lamar Leas, Columbia City, IN (US);
Arnold Marcel Leas, Columbia City, IN (US);
Assignee:
Leas Brothers Development Corporation, Columbia City, IN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21b / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75 36 ; 208-8 ;
Abstract
A process for continuously and simultaneously extracting liquids from coal, gasifying the carbon to carbon monoxide and utilizing the carbon monoxide for the direct reduction of iron ore. The process is carried out by continuously conveying a mixture of iron ore, coal and oil in a moving solids bed through a single reactor tower, divided into a plurality of contiguous, communicating treatment zones.