Abstract: The invention relates to a loading device having N loading heads offset by N/360°, wherein N is the number 3 or an integer multiple thereof, wherein each of the N loading heads has a connecting device for a hose arranged at the upper end, through which hose the catalyst material can be delivered from above, wherein each of the N loading heads has a deflecting cone with the tip pointing upwards beneath the connecting device and joined to the connecting device, a vertical holder is mounted on the underside of said deflecting cone, at least two circular deflector funnel elements are mounted on the vertical holder by means of horizontal braces, the deflector funnel elements open more narrowly at the top than at the bottom, gaps are provided between the deflector funnel elements and the lower deflector funnel elements have a larger diameter than the deflector funnel elements above them.