Means for distributing solids in gases in catalytic apparatus

Claim 1

IN A CATALYST CRACKING APPARATUS INCLUDING A REACTION CHAMBER AND A REGENERATION CHAMBER AND A CONDUIT CONNECTION SAID REACTION CHAMBER TO SAID REGENERATION CHAMBER, A VERTICAL CONDUIT FROM SAID REACTION CHAMBER, A SECOND CONDUIT ATTACHED TO THE LOWER END OF SAID VERTICAL CONDUIT TRANSVERSE THE VERTICAL CONDUIT AND DEFINING A PASSAGE FROM SAID REACTION CHAMBER TO SAID REGENERATION CHAMBER, A PARTITION MEMBER IN SAID SECOND CONDUIT LOCATED AT A POINT BELOW THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT OF SAID VERTICAL CONDUIT TO SAID SECOND CONDIT, AND PARALLEL BAFFLE PLATES DEPENDING FROM SAID ATTACHED RIGIDLY TO SAID PARTITION MEMBER AND TO THE INNER WALLS OF SAID SECOND CONDUIT, SAID BAFFLE MEMBERS BEING ARRANGED IN STEP-LIKE FASHION WITH THE DOWNSTREAM END OF EACH BAFFLE MEMBER PROJECTING INTO SAID SECOND CONDUIT FURTHER THAN THE CORRESPONDING END OF THE BAFFLE MEMBER ABOVE IT AND EACH BAFFLE MEMBER FORMING AN ANGLE LESS THAN 180* BUT GREATER THAN 90* WITH SAID PARTITION MEMBER.