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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:
Nov. 02, 1982
Filed:
May. 26, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
John H Estes, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Ernest P Buinicky, Newburgh, NY (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208 / ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for thermally treating shale rock which holds an amount of hydrocarbon. The shale, preferably in a reduced size and form, is contacted by a hot molten metal bath at a sufficiently high temperature to release the hydrocarbon segment. The latter rises to the bath surface in liquid form to be skimmed, drained, or otherwise separated from residual rock material which is further conveyed from the lead bath.