Shale shakers and screens with identification apparatuses
OwnerEric Scott, Leon Ellison +4inventors
InventorsEric Scott, Leon Ellison, Rheinhold Kammann, Manfred Worms, Clive Lam, Guy L. McClung, III
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Abstract
A screen apparatus, which in certain aspects is a screen apparatus having a support, screening material on the support, a mass member connected to the screen apparatus, and energizable identification apparatus connected to (exteriorly, interiorly, and/or within) the mass member for identifying the screen apparatus; a vibratory separator with such a screen apparatus; and a vibratory separator or shaker with energizable identification apparatus.
Claims20
A screen apparatus for use on a vibratory separator, the screen apparatus comprising
- a support,
- screening material on the support, and
- energizable identification apparatus in a mass member connected to the support for identifying the screen apparatus.
A method for sensing an energizable identification apparatus of a screen assembly, the screen assembly comprising a support, screening material on the support, a mass member connected to the screen apparatus, energizable identification apparatus connected to the mass member, the method including
- energizing the energizable identification apparatus by directing energizing energy thereto,
- the energizable identification apparatus upon being energized producing a signal,
- positioning the screen assembly adjacent sensing apparatus, and
- sensing with the sensing apparatus the signal produced by the energizable identification apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.