US Patent Issued to T.I.M.E. Service Catalyst Handling on June 16 for "Filling device for dense loading of a chemical reactor" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,145, issued on June 16, was assigned to T.I.M.E. Service Catalyst Handling GmbH (Manching, Germany).

"Filling device for dense loading of a chemical reactor" was invented by Anna Cota (Manching, Germany) and Robert Frickel (Manching, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a filling device for dense loading of a chemical reactor with particulate catalyst material. In particular, it relates to a device for even distribution of the catalyst material by centrifugal force. Furthermore, the invention relates to novel distribution devices, and a method for dense loading of a chemical reactor using a filling device d...