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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pierre Crespin, Le Havre, FR;
Daniel Barthod, Honfleur, FR;
Emmanuelle Petitjean, Saint Avold, FR;
Marc Lebouteiller, Le Havre, FR;
Assignee:
Total Fina Elf France, Puteaux, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/20 ;
Abstract
A method wherein the particles are homogeneously distributed like rain to constitute a horizontal bed of particles on the entire section of the chamber ( ). The invention is characterised in that it consists in temporarily modifying at least once the loading conditions, so that the profile of the surface ( ) of the bed of particles forms, at least at the periphery thereof, an angle &agr; with the horizontal ranging between 6° and 25°, preferably, between 10° and 20°, and in subsequently restoring the loading conditions to obtain a horizontal bed.