The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2007
Applicants:
Clifford L. Johns, Louisville, KY (US);
Daniel D. Sympson, Louisville, KY (US);
Inventors:
Clifford L. Johns, Louisville, KY (US);
Daniel D. Sympson, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
TubeMaster, Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/30 (2006.01); B01J 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tool that can be used to load catalyst into a chemical reactor. In a preferred embodiment, the tool may also be used to measure the outage in the reactor tube. Also in a preferred embodiment, the tool provides a way to prevent dust from accumulating on the upper tube sheet of the reactor while loading catalyst into the reactor tubes.