Patent ID: 8910676

Claim:
A device for loading solid particles into an enclosure, comprising: a means for feeding solid particles to be distributed, adapted to be positioned on an upper part of the enclosure to be loaded; a feed conduit which includes a lateral wall, a horizontal wall, and at least one aperture located on the lateral wall or the horizontal wall for the discharge of the solid particles, the means discharging the solid particles in a vertical direction into a feed conduit, a moving device, positioned wholly or partially inside the enclosure under the feed conduit, comprising a drive means; a vertical central shaft rotated by the drive means about a vertical axis, the central shaft being surrounded by the feed conduit; a plurality of deflector elements of identical shape, fixed to the central shaft with respect to rotation, and arranged on a plurality of levels around the central shaft such that the plurality of deflector elements are positioned directly above or below each other, and pivotably connected to the central shaft in such a way that the plurality of deflector elements can be raised by the action of centrifugal force, at least one modified deflector element positioned on the central shaft in which a surface area and a width of a region of the at least one modified deflector element located at a position between 10% and 50% of a total length of the at least one modified deflector element measured from a tip of the deflector connected to the central shaft is smaller than a surface area and a width of a corresponding region of each of the plurality of deflector elements other than the at least one modified deflector element.