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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Tubemaster, Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
Inventors:
Douglas Keith Cornett, LaGrange, KY (US);
Clifford L Johns, Plano, TX (US);
Dennis Patrick McAndrews, Jeffersonville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Tubemaster, Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/003 (2013.01); B01J 8/004 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00752 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00778 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for loading pellets into receptacles having an open top end and a bottom end uses a pressurized fluid injected through injector tubing to form virtual blankets at a plurality of elevations inside the receptacle to reduce the acceleration of the falling pellets in order to provide gentle loading of the pellets.