Patent ID: 11951684
Assignee: SIDUS SPACE, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 13:
14. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the hopper further comprises:
an upper hopper plate an air filter aperture formed through a thickness of the upper hopper plate adapted to carry an air filter and a sealable aperture formed through the thickness of the upper hopper plate and adapted to be in a sealed or an unsealed configuration;
a conical body having an upper aperture with a diameter greater than a diameter of the lower aperture, wherein the conical body tapers from the upper aperture to the lower aperture; and
a lower flange secured to the conical body of the hopper proximate the lower aperture of the conical body;
wherein the upper hopper plate occludes the upper aperture of the conical body.