US Patent Issued to X-Energy on April 1 for "System for pneumatic transport of particles of a hazardous substance" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,020, issued on April 1, was assigned to X-Energy LLC (Rockville, Md.).

"System for pneumatic transport of particles of a hazardous substance" was invented by Alex Tilton (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for transporting hazardous particles includes a pneumatic conveyer for conveying the hazardous particles to an exit using a carrier gas; and an input mechanism for conveying the hazardous particles to the pneumatic conveyer. The input mechanism includes a tubular chamber for receiving the hazardous particles; an input pipe extending from the tubular chamber for conveying the hazardous particles into the tubula...