Patent ID: 8377177

Claim:
Method for supplying fresh auxiliary material to at least one filter device comprising at least one receptacle for auxiliary material, comprising: adding a particulate auxiliary material to a stream of crude gas laden with wet paint overspray; passing the stream of crude gas through the at least one filter element for separating the wet paint overspray from the stream of crude gas; passing a mixture of auxiliary material and wet paint overspray from the at least one filter element into the at least one receptacle for auxiliary material; wherein said receptacle is in an operating position while the stream of crude gas is passing through the filter element, wherein the fresh auxiliary material is supplied through a supply line for auxiliary material connected to the receptacle for auxiliary material directly into the receptacle for auxiliary material while the receptacle for auxiliary material is in the operating position and wherein auxiliary material mixed with overspray is removed from the at least one receptacle for auxiliary material through a discharge line for auxiliary material connected to the receptacle for auxiliary material and conveyed into a collecting receptacle from the at least one receptacle for auxiliary material.