Moving-bed reactor with withdrawal of catalyst and effluent through the same conduit

Claim 1

A MOVING-BED REACTOR APPARATUS THROUGH WHICH SOLID CATALYST PARTICLES FORING A CATALYST DESCEND BY THE ACTION OF GRAVITY WHICH APPARATUS COMPRISES: A. A VERTICALLY DISPOSED CYLINDERICAL VESSEL; B. A REACTANT INLET CONDUIT INTERCONNECTED WITH AN UPPER PORTION OF SAID VESSEL; C. A CATALYST INLET CONDUIT INTERCONNECTED WITH AN UPPER PORTION OF SAID VESSEL; D. A COMBINED CATALYST AND REACTOR EFFLUENT OUTLET CONDUIT LOCATED ON A BOTTOM PORTION OF SAID VESSEL, SAID COMBIMED CATALYST AND REACTOR EFFLUENT OUTLET CONDUIT EXTENDING DOWNWARD AND CONTAINING A VERTICALLY DISPOSED PERFORATED SECTION HAVING OPENINDS NO LARGER IN SIZE THAN SAID CATALYST PARTICLES, AN ANNULAR CASING SURROUNDING SAID PERFORATED SECTION AN ANNULAR CHAMBER THEREBETWEEN AN EFFLUENT DISCHARGE PORT DISPOSED IN SAID ANNULAR CASING AND LATERALLY OPPOSITE SAID PERFORATED SECTION WHEREBY THE REACTOR EFFLUENT WILL PASS FROM THE CATALYST WITHDRAWAL CONDUIT THROUGH SAID PEROFRATED SECTION AND SAID DISCHARGE PORT AND THE CATALYST WILL BE SEPARATED FROM THE REACTOR EFFLUENT;