Patent ID: 8753044

Claim:
A valve for the transport of solids with a fluid, comprising: a first inlet conduit for carrying solids having a first diameter and having a first inlet conduit end, wherein the first inlet conduit includes a first pipe; an outlet conduit having a second diameter that is between 50% and 75% of the first diameter, and oriented at an angle between 45 degrees and 135 degrees relative to the first inlet conduit, where the outlet conduit has an outlet conduit end and the first inlet conduit has a side that is proximate to the outlet conduit end and a side distal to the outlet conduit end, and where the outlet conduit end is aligned with the first inlet conduit side that is proximate to the outlet conduit end, wherein the outlet conduit includes a second pipe; and a second inlet conduit for carrying fluid and wherein the outer diameter of the outlet conduit is less than an inner diameter of the second inlet conduit.