Screen assembly for vibratory separator
AssigneeVarco I/P, Inc.
InventorsDavid L. Schulte, Jr., Thomas C. Adams, Kerry Ward, Kenneth Wayne Seyffert, Charles N. Grichar, Vincent D. Leone, Jeffrey E. Walker, David W. Largent, Guy L. McClung, III
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Abstract
A mount for a screen assembly, a screen assembly with such a mount, and a vibratory separator (e.g., a shale shaker) with such a screen assembly; the mount in certain aspects including a body with an inwardly projecting handle apparatus accessible when the screen assembly with such a mount is located in operation position on a mount structure of a vibratory separator.
Claims20
A mount for a screen assembly for a vibratory separator, the mount for holding screening material of the screen assembly, the mount comprising
- a body with a bottom part and a side part,
- the side part extending up from the bottom part, the side part having an upper portion,
- the bottom part having a series of holes for receiving projections of a screen mounting structure of a vibratory separator,
- the body and the side part made of rigid material,
- a seal member secured to the side part, the seal member having an elongated portion adjacent the side part and a seal upper portion, the seal member located for trapping between the body part and a side wall of a basket of a vibratory separator, and
- handle apparatus connected to and projecting from the seal member and located for manual access when the screen assembly is in an operational position on a vibratory separator.
A vibratory separator comprising
- container apparatus;
- screen assembly apparatus removably secured in the container apparatus;
- vibratory apparatus connected to the container apparatus for vibrating the container apparatus and the screen assembly apparatus;
- mounting structure associated with the container apparatus, the mounting structure including a plurality of upward projections for holding a screen assembly by receipt within corresponding holes in the bottoms of side mounts of a screen assembly;
- the screen assembly apparatus comprising
- screening material with opposed spaced-apart sides including a first screen side and a second screen side,
- two side mounts, one each of the two side mounts on each of the opposed spaced-apart screen sides;
- each side mount comprising
- a body with a bottom part and a side part,
- the side part extending up from the bottom part, the side part having an upper portion,
- the bottom part having a series of holes for receiving the upward projections of the mounting structure,
- the body and the side part made of rigid material,
- a seal member secured to the side part, the seal member having an elongated portion adjacent the side part and a seal upper portion, the seal member located for trapping between the body part and a side wall of a basket of a vibratory separator, and
- handle apparatus connected to and projecting from the seal member and located for manual access when the screen assembly is in an operational position on a vibratory separator.
A screen assembly for a vibratory separator, the screen assembly comprising
- screening material with opposed spaced-apart sides including a first side and a second side,
- two side mounts, one each of the two side mounts on each of the opposed spaced-apart sides,
- each side mount comprising
- a body with a bottom part and a side part, the side part having an upper portion,
- the side part extending up from the bottom part,
- the bottom part having a series of holes for receiving the upward projections of the mounting structure,
- the body and the side part made of rigid material,
- a seal member secured to the side part, the seal member having an elongated portion adjacent the side part and a seal upper portion, the seal member located for trapping between the body part and a side wall of a basket of a vibratory separator, and
- handle apparatus connected to and projecting from the seal member and located for manual access when the screen assembly is in an operational position on a vibratory separator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.