ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,836, issued on May 12.
"Dispensing port adapter device and method" was invented by Joseph Springer (Vevay, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispensing port adapter device for preventing a loss of pellets from a feed tube to a suction tube includes a sleeve extending from a first end to a second end. A chamber space is defined within the sleeve and the second end receives the feed tube of the railway car hopper into the chamber space of the sleeve. An end wall is attached to the sleeve and covers the first end. The end wall has an aperture extending therethrough to receive the suction tube. A securing member is mounted on the slee...