{
  "patent_number": "US 12735276",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "Vacuum System for Lifting Materials in Tall Industrial Towers",
  "original_title": "Receiver, assemblies, and methods for loading and extracting product in elevated tower",
  "summary": "This patent describes a system that uses a vacuum to efficiently lift and move materials within tall structures like refinery towers, while also reducing the noise made by the vacuum equipment.",
  "what_it_does": "This system extracts or moves materials from a source, especially useful for moving materials to an elevated location, such as the top of a refinery tower. It includes a vacuum generation assembly that creates a vacuum flow to pull the material. A key part is a sound attenuation chamber, which is built into the vacuum system to quiet the noise produced by the vacuum source, as described in the abstract. The system also features a material receiver at the elevated spot, designed to hold and precisely control the flow of the material as it's being moved, ensuring smooth operation.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover material conveyance systems that do not use a vacuum to move the material.",
    "Does not cover material handling systems that operate solely at ground level, without moving material to an elevated location.",
    "Does not cover vacuum conveyance systems that lack a dedicated sound attenuation chamber to reduce noise from the vacuum source.",
    "Does not cover systems that move materials in elevated towers but do not include a receiver capable of staging and metering the material flow.",
    "Does not cover methods of moving materials through a tower using mechanical lifts or conveyor belts."
  ],
  "filed": "2025-01-07",
  "granted": "2026-09-15",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": null,
  "holder_url": null,
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "industrial_automation",
    "oil_gas",
    "chemical_processing",
    "mechanical",
    "materials"
  ],
  "abstract": "Assemblies, apparatuses, and methods to extract or convey a material from a source of the material may include a vacuum generation and sound attenuation assembly and a material receiver to enhance conveyance the material from the source of the material. The vacuum generation and sound attenuation assembly may include a vacuum source positioned to cause a vacuum flow between the source of the material, the material receiver, and the vacuum generation and sound attenuation assembly. The vacuum generation and sound attenuation assembly may further include a sound attenuation chamber positioned to receive at least a portion of the vacuum flow from, and attenuate sound generated by, the vacuum source. The material receiver may be positioned an elevated location relative to a source of the material and be capable of staging and metering the conveyance of material when moving material at the top of a structure, such as a refinery tower.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12735276/receiver-assemblies-and-methods-for-loading-and-extracting-product-in",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12735276/receiver-assemblies-and-methods-for-loading-and-extracting-product-in/md",
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