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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2021
Applicant:
Tubemaster, Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
Inventors:
Paul D Gossen, Louisville, KY (US);
Dennis Patrick McAndrews, Jeffersonville, IN (US);
Clifford L Johns, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Tubemaster, Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/00 (2006.01); B01J 8/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/002 (2013.01); B01J 8/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An air lance for removing pellets from tubes includes a conduit body having an inlet end and a bottommost discharge opening, and a poker fixed relative to the conduit body and projecting beyond the bottommost discharge opening to serve as a spacer and poker; wherein a rigid member extends along said conduit body, such that that a hammering force applied to said rigid member where it extends outside of the tube will be transmitted through said rigid member to said poker for dislodging and breaking pellets.