PATENTS

2879.----- [RUHRCHEMIE A. G.]  Catalytic Apparatus  British patent 460,718, Dec. 1, 1938; appl. filed June 1 1937.  Chem. Abs., vol. 33, 1939, p. 3213.

            Reaction chamber for the catalytic synthesis of benzine from CO and H2 is traversed by tubes connected in parallel by headers in a circuit comprising a boiler, so that cooling H2O is circulated by thermosyphonic action.  A number of reaction vessels may be connected to the same boiler.