Separator lifting apparatus and method
AssigneeM-I L.L.C.
InventorsRobert A. Lunnemann, Bradley N. Jones, Marc D. Mayer
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a vibratory separator having a frame and a screen, a lift housing disposed proximate the vibratory separator, and a lift system disposed in the lift housing and configured to selectively engage a portion of the vibratory separator to lift the portion of the vibratory separator. A method includes actuating an actuator and vertically extending a lifting member, contacting an alignment device coupled to the lifting member with a corresponding alignment device coupled to a portion of a vibratory separator, and raising the portion of the vibratory separator to provide access to a screen of the vibratory separator.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a vibratory separator having a frame and a screen;
- a lift housing disposed proximate the vibratory separator;
- and
- a lift system disposed in the lift housing and configured to selectively engage a portion of the vibratory separator to lift the portion of the vibratory separator.
A method comprising:
- actuating an actuator and vertically extending a lifting member;
- contacting an alignment device coupled to the lifting member with a corresponding alignment device coupled to a portion of a vibratory separator;
- and
- raising the portion of the frame of a vibratory separator to provide access to a screen of the vibratory separator.
The method of claim 19, wherein the contacting an alignment device with a corresponding alignment device comprises engaging a conical surface of the alignment device with a corresponding frustoconical surface of the corresponding alignment device.
An apparatus comprising:
- a lift housing;
- an actuator disposed in the lift housing, the actuator including a lifting member;
- and
- an alignment device coupled to the lifting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.