Endothermic generator retort

Claim 1

IN A GAS RETORT A CASING, A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CYLINDRICAL INTERNAL HOUSING WITHIN SAID CASING, A RETORT HAVING A FLANGE ON ONE END THEREOF, SAID RETORT BEING SLIDABLE THROUGH SAID LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING INTERNAL HOUSING WITH SAID FLANGE ABUTTING AGAINST THE END OF SAID CASING, AN END PLATE SECURED OVER SAID FLANGE, MEANS SECURING SAID END PLATE AND SAID FLANGE TO SAID CASING, AN INTAKE PIPE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID END PLATE, SAID RETORT CARRYING A CYLINDRICAL SLEEVE AT THE OTHER END THEREOF HAVING A DIAMETER LESS THAN THE INTERNAL DIAMETER OF SAID RETORT, SAID SLEEVE PROJECTING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID RETORT AND TERMINATING IN AN ANNULAR FLANGE AT THE TERMINATING END THEREOF, A REMOVABLE END PLATE CARRIED BY SAID LAST-MENTIONED FLANGE, AND OUTLET PIPE MOUNTED CENTRALLY OF SAID LAST-MEMTIONED REMOVABLY PLATE, SAID OUTLET PIPE EXTENDING INTERIORLY WITHIN THE LAST-MENTIONED END OF SAID RETORT IN SPATIAL RELATION TO BOTH SAID SLEEVE AND SAID RETORT AND A PROTECTIVE BAFFLE SUPPORT MOUNTED WITHIN SAID SLEEVE AND EXTENDING ADJACENT THE INTERNAL END OF SAID OUTLET PIPE IN SPATIAL RELATION THERETO, A FLAT PROTECTIVE PLATE CARRIED BY SAID PROTECTIVE BAFFLE SUPPORT FOR RESTRICTING THE PASSAGE OF CARBON THROUGH SAID OUTLET PIPE, SAID BAFFLE SUPPORT PROVIDING MEANS FOR MOUNTING A CATALYST INTERMEDIATE SAID INLET AND OUTLET PIPES.