US 9,809,381 B2Granted

Apparatus for the transport and storage of proppant

AssigneeOren Technologies, LLC

InventorsJohn Oren, Joshua Oren

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Abstract

An apparatus for the transport and storage of proppant has a container with a top wall, a pair of end walls and a pair of side walls. The pair of side walls extend between the pair of end walls. The container has a bottom discharge opening. The container includes a funnel extending from the pair of side walls and from the pair of and walls toward the bottom discharge opening. The funnel has sides extending in an angle of greater than 25° with respect to horizontal. The funnel includes a pair of side plates extending respectively from the pair of side walls toward the bottom discharge opening and a pair of end plates extending respectively from the pair of end walls toward the bottom discharge opening. Each of the side plates and the end plates is formed of a stainless steel material.

Claims13

Dependent claims

An apparatus for the transport and storage of proppant, the apparatus comprising:

a container structurally strengthened to receive and support proppant having:
a top wall;
a pair of end walls;
a pair of side walls, the pair of side walls extending between the pair of end walls to form a substantially rectangular upper container portion;
a bottom discharge opening;
an interior volume;
and
a funnel extending from the pair of side walls and from the pair of end walls toward the bottom discharge opening to thereby form a lower container portion, the funnel having sides extending at an angle of greater than 25° with respect to horizontal and being positioned proximate a bottom frame section;
and
a frame affixed to an outer surface of the pair of side walls and affixed to an outer surface of the pair of end walls, and
one or more gussets extending from a portion of the frame underlying the funnel, supporting the funnel, and being positioned on a gusset mounting surface arranged proximate the discharge opening and connected to the bottom frame section,
the top wall, pair of end walls, pair of side walls, and frame positioned to allow the container to be substantially filled with proppant.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/738,485Filed 12 Jun 2015 · continuation in part
Priority: 23 Jul 2012
Published: US 2015/0183578 A98 Oct 2015
Granted: 7 Nov 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

B65D 90/12
Component parts, details or accessories for large containers: supports
B65D 88/30
Hoppers, i.e. containers having funnel-shaped discharge sections: specially adapted to facilitate transportation from one utilisation site to another
B65D 90/587
Having closure members sliding in the plane of the opening: having a linear motion
B65D 2590/0091
Component parts, details or accessories for large containers: ladders

Family

Application13/555,635Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 23 Jul 2012
Application13/628,702Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 27 Sep 2012
Application13/768,962Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 15 Feb 2013
Application62/012,153Us provisional application · filed 13 Jun 2014
Application62/012,165Us provisional application · filed 13 Jun 2014
Application62/139,323Us provisional application · filed 27 Mar 2015
US 2015/0284194 A1Pre-grant publication · published 8 Oct 2015
US 9,771,224 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
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