Vibratory separators and screens

US6722504B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VARCO I/P, INC. · US

Inventors

• David Schulte · Willis, US
• Thomas C. Adams · Hialeah, US
• Kenneth W. Seyffert · Houston, US
• David W. Largent · Cleveland, US
• Guy L. McClung, III · Spring, US
• Jeffrey E. Walker · Fort Wayne, US
• Hector M. Murray · Willis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 4, 2001
• Grant date: Apr 20, 2004
• Expiry date: Dec 9, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B07B2230/01
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A vibratory separator with a base, vibrating apparatus, a screen container on the base, the screen container having a plurality of spaced-apart drain holes, a plurality of spaced-apart screens in the screen-container, said screens oriented vertically within the screen container, and the screens positioned so that screened fluid passes through the screens and flows from the container through the plurality of spaced-apart drain holes.