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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2022
Applicant:
Tubemaster, Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
Inventors:
Clifford L. Johns, Louisville, KY (US);
Dennis Patrick McAndrews, Jeffersonville, IN (US);
Paul D. Gossen, Louisville, KY (US);
Christopher G. Johns, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Tubemaster, Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/52 (2013.01); B01J 19/32 (2013.01); B01J 2219/3086 (2013.01); B01L 2200/02 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0832 (2013.01);
Abstract
A loading device for loading pellets into reactor tubes has a modular design, which can be taken apart, moved through a manway, and then reassembled simply by stacking one part on top of another. A reciprocating slide plate and a vibrator work together to meter pellets through the loading device and into the reactor tubes.