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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1989
Ben G Streetman, Austin, TX (US);
Terry J Mattord, Red Rock, TX (US);
Dean P Neikirk, Austin, TX (US);
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A furnace having a sublimating section, a cracking section oriented off axis to the sublimating section, and a valve for controlling flux between the sections. The valve includes an annular plug having at least one longitudinal slot. The plug is retractable from a fully closed position where the slot is completely covered, to a fully open position where the slot is completely exposed. The slot becomes increasingly exposed as the plug is moved from the fully closed position to the fully opened position, thereby increasing flux from the sublimating section to the cracking section.