US 11,873,177 B2
Device for filling a container with particulate material
Aldo Cota, Manching (DE)
Assigned to T.I.M.E. Service Catalyst Handling GmbH, Manching (DE)
Filed by T.I.M.E. Global Solution GmbH, Manching (DE)
Filed on May 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/328,682.
Application 17/328,682 is a continuation of application No. 16/084,153, granted, now 11,059,685, previously published as PCT/EP2017/057675, filed on Mar. 31, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 16163229 (EP), filed on Mar. 31, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0153543 A1, May 19, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B01J 8/00 (2006.01); B65G 69/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 69/0441 (2013.01) [B01J 8/002 (2013.01); B01J 8/003 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00654 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00752 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00769 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A filling device (1) for filling a chemical reactor with particulate catalyst material (28), comprising
a supply container (2) that can be filled with the particulate catalyst material (28), wherein the supply container (2) has a lower opening (2.2), and
a radial distribution unit (3), which can be supplied with the particulate catalyst material (28) via the lower opening (2.2) of the supply container (2) and which is connected to the supply container (2) in such a way that it can rotate about a rotational axis (A), in order to distribute in the chemical reactor the particulate catalyst material (28) supplied from the supply container (2) to the distribution unit (3), wherein the distribution unit (3) can be driven by means of a drive unit (4) that is arranged outside the supply container (2), which drive unit comprises a motor (4.1), a first (4.2a) and a second drive means (4.3a), wherein the second drive means is a driving belt pulley (4.3a), which drives the first drive means, which is designed as a driven belt pulley (4.2a), via a drive belt (46), thus allowing a torque of the driving belt pulley (4.3a) to be transmitted to the driven belt pulley (4.2a),
characterized in that:
the motor (4.1) of the drive unit (4) is secured on an outer wall of the supply container (2) and is arranged laterally offset with respect to the rotational axis (A) of the distribution unit (3); and
the filling device (1) comprises at least one means (5), arranged between the supply container (2) and the distribution unit (3), for controlling a flow of the particulate catalyst material (28) to the distribution unit (3).