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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2021
Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies Limited, London, GB;
Robert Miles Baker, London, GB;
Henry Arthur Claxton, London, GB;
Simon Graham, London, GB;
Dean Graham Shaw, London, GB;
Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies Limited, London, GB;
Abstract
A reactor tube for a tubular reactor and a retaining device associated with the reactor tube; the reactor tube comprising an elongate tube defining a bore for receiving in use a catalyst and having an outlet at one end of the bore for discharging the catalyst out of the bore; the retaining device being configured to be rotatable between a first position and a second position; wherein in the first position the retaining device at least partially obstructs the outlet for retaining the catalyst within the bore; and in the second position the outlet is unobstructed sufficiently for permitting discharge of the catalyst out of the outlet.