Patent 7878225 was granted and assigned to Tubemaster, Inc. on February, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A device and method for vacuuming solid particles out of a chemical reactor tube. One embodiment comprises the step of substantially reducing the vacuum level applied to the vacuum conduit when the conduit reaches a desired depth within the reactor tube by using means responsive to the depth to which the vacuum conduit is inserted into the reactor tube.