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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Degussa AG, Duesseldorf, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/08 ; B01J 3/00 ; C10B 3/500 ; B66C 1/708 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/08 ; B01J 3/00 ; C10B 3/500 ; B66C 1/708 ;
Abstract
An apparatus safely fills and empties a pressurized vessel charged with flammable and/or reactive gas. The apparatus features an upper flap combination, an intermediate lock vessel having a flushing apparatus, and a lower flap combination. The present invention also relates to a pressurized reactor which is charged with flammable and/or reactive gas and is equipped with a filling lock apparatus and an emptying lock apparatus for the simultaneous preparation of tetrachlorosilane, trichlorosilane and hydrogen. In addition, the present invention relates to a special process for filling and emptying such a reactor.