Patent ID: 8550127

Claim:
A system for loading particles of particulate material into a tube comprising: a hopper for containing a supply of said particulate material for introduction into the tube, a dispenser driven by a motor for directing particles of particulate material from said hopper into said tube, said dispenser including a conveyor for receiving particulate material from said hopper and discharging said particulate material in a controlled fashion into said tube, a loading rope disposed within said tube for controlling the flow and said particulate material introduced into said tube, a rope lifting device for raising said loading rope from said tube as said particulate material is introduced therein by said motor driven dispenser, said loading rope lifting device including a take-up spool about which said rope is wound in response to rotary movement of the spool, a drive motor for the rope lifting device for rotating the take-up spool at a predetermined speed, and a control for automatically controlling the operating speed of said rope lifting device drive motor in relation to the operating speed of said conveyor dispenser drive motor, said controller being operable to coordinate that the operating speed of the rope lifting device drive motor with the operating speed of the conveyor dispenser motor in order to automatically synchronize the raising of the loading rope in relation to the rate particulate material is deposited in said tube so that the particulate matter is loaded into the tube with uniform density.