Patent 11103842 was granted and assigned to Tubemaster, Inc. on August, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A device and method for loading pellets. A funnel includes a means for loading pellets into a reactor tube, and a means for quickly and easily measuring the elevation of pellets in the reactor tube while the reactor tube is being loaded. A vacuum-assist device may be used to pick up and transfer a desired volume of porous pellets while removing dust from the porous pellets.