Mounting device for particulate matter loader
AssigneeChevron Research Company
InventorThomas R. Farrell
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Abstract
A mounting collar for mounting a catalyst oriented packing loader levelly, centrally, and at a fixed axial height in the central axial accessway of a reactor vessel is disclosed. The collar is a rectangular box that sits fixedly, either by fitting tightly into the accessway or by being attached to the part of the vessel surrounding the accessway, and symmetrically about the reactor centerline over the accessway. It has a flat bottom surface that provides a level mating surface with that part of the vessel on which it sits. Its top surface bears slots into which the carriage of the loader fits in a cross lap joint, interlocking manner. The slots are located such that the loader distributor is centered on the axial centerline of the reactor.
Claims9
A device for mounting a catalyst oriented packing loader for loading a particulate medium into a vessel through a central axial accessway in the vessel, the loader comprising a carriage on which is fixedly supported a particulate medium distributor and a funnel that is connected to the source of the medium for feeding the medium onto the distributor, said device comprising a rigid collar that:
- (a) includes means for fixedly securing the collar in a predetermined location above the accessway;
- (b) has a substantially planar bottom surface that provides a level mating surface with a planar portion of the vessel that surrounds and defines the accessway;
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- (c) has a top surface that provides a seat for the loader carriage and has loader positioning means that cooperates with the loader carriage to positively fix the position of the carriage relative to the collar and to center the distributor in the accessway at a predetermined axial position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.