Hydrocarbon conversion

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR INTRODUCING SOLID MATERIAL OF PALPABLE PARTICULATE FORM INTO A HIGH PRESSURE VESSEL, THE COMBINATION WHICH COMPRISES: A SUPPLY HOPPER LOCATED ABOVE THE HIGH PRESSURE VESSEL, A PRESSURING HOPPER LOCATED BETWEEN THE SUPPLY HOPPER AND THE HIGH PRESSURE VESSEL, A FIRST CONNECTING CONDUIT OF RESTRICTED CROSS-SECTION CONNECTED BETWEEN THE SUPPLY HOPPER AND THE PRESSURING HOPPER, A SECOND CONNECTING CONDUIT OF RESTRICTED CROSSSECTION CONNECTED BETWEEN THE PRESSURING HOPPER AND THE HIGH PRESSURE VESSEL, A FIRST TAMPING MEANS LOCATED WITHIN THE SUPPLY HOPPER AND THE FIRST CONNECTING CONDUIT ADAPTED FOR DOWNWARD MOVEMENT SUBSTANTIALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE INCREASE OF PRESSURE IN THE PRESSURING HOPPER, WHEREBY THE SOLID MATERIAL IN SAID FIRST CONNECTING CONDUIT IS MADE MORE COMPACT, AND A SECOND TAMPING MEANS LOCATED WITH THE PRESSURING HOPPER AND THE SECOND CONNECTING CONDUIT ADAPTED FOR DOWNWARD MOVEMENT SUBSTANTIALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE REDUCTION OF PRESSURE IN THE PRESSURING HOPPER, WHEREBY THE SOLID MATERIAL IN SAID SECOND CONNECTING CONDUIT IS MADE MORE COMPACT.