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The present invention generally relates to a fluidizer including at least one wall forming a conduit for a gas. The at least one wall may include a material having microscopic holes therein with a sufficient porosity to permit the escape of the gas through the microscopic holes to gas a substance. T

The present invention generally relates to a fluidizer including at least one wall forming a conduit for a gas. The at least one wall may include a material having microscopic holes therein with a sufficient porosity to permit the escape of the gas through the microscopic holes to gas a substance. The present invention may also relate to a fluidizer including a non-cylindrical shape for fluidizing a particulate substance. The fluidizer can include a body at least partially positioned within a flow of the particulate substance wherein at least some of the particulate substance flows around the body.

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1. In a conveyor which conveys a particulate substance comprising a fill shoe outlet, a porous fluidizer in said fill shoe comprising non-cylindrical shape wherein the fluidizer comprises a body at least partially positioned within a flow of the particulate substance wherein at least some of the par

1. In a conveyor which conveys a particulate substance comprising a fill shoe outlet, a porous fluidizer in said fill shoe comprising non-cylindrical shape wherein the fluidizer comprises a body at least partially positioned within a flow of the particulate substance wherein at least some of the particulate substance flows around the body.2. A fluidizer according to claim 1, wherein the fluidizer has a symmetrical shape about an inlet connection.3. A fluidizer according to claim 1, wherein the non-cylindrical shape of the fluidizer is a cross, a helix, a curvature, a circle, an offset zig-zag, or a spiral-funnel.4. A fluidizer according to claim 1, wherein the fluidizer as a whole has a non-cylindrical shape.5. A fluidizer according to claim 4, wherein the non-cylindrical shape of the fluidizer is a cross, a helix, a curvature, a circle, an offset zig-zag, or a spiral-funnel.6. A fluidizer according to claim 1, wherein the non-cylindrical shape of the fluidizer is a cross.7. A fluidizer according to claim 1, wherein the non-cylindrical shape of the fluidizer is a helix.8. A fluidizer according to claim 1, wherein the non-cylindrical shape of the fluidizer is a curvature.9. A fluidizer according to claim 1, wherein the non-cylindrical shape of the fluidizer is a circle.10. A fluidizer according to claim 1, wherein the non-cylindrical shape of the fluidizer is an offset zig-zag.11. A fluidizer according to claim 1, wherein the non-cylindrical shape of the fluidizer is a spiral-funnel.12. A fluidizer according to claim 4, wherein the non-cylindrical shape of the fluidizer is a cross.13. A fluidizer according to claim 4, wherein the non-cylindrical shape of the fluidizer is a helix.14. A fluidizer according to claim 4, wherein the non-cylindrical shape of the fluidizer is a curvature.15. A fluidizer according to claim 4, wherein the non-cylindrical shape of the fluidizer is a circle.16. A fluidizer according to claim 4, wherein the non-cylindrical shape of the fluidizer is an offset zig-zag.17. A fluidizer according to claim 4, wherein the non-cylindrical shape of the fluidizer is a spiral-funnel.