Patent ID: 7588061
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: B01J,B65G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for loading vessels such as reactors and silos with solid particles, the apparatus comprising: a supplying device that includes a plurality of bell-shaped tubes having an enlarged bottom portion wherein the plurality of bell-shaped tubes are co-axially within one another, a propulsion device including apertures or nozzles for producing gas jets that are located below an edge of each of the plurality of bell-shaped tubes for projecting the solid particles in a radially outward direction from a first vertical axis of the apparatus; and a distribution device that includes a plurality of rotating plates, wherein each plate of the plurality of rotating plates rotates around a second axis of the apparatus, and wherein each of the plurality of rotating plates is disposed under a corresponding one of the plurality of the bell-shaped opening tubes to receive the solid particles projected out by the gas jets.