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US 9,957,762 B2Granted
Fluid distribution system
AssigneeM-I L.L.C.
InventorsJames A. Marshall, Brian S. Carr, Michael A. Timmerman
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Abstract
A fluid distribution apparatus including a housing configured to receive a drilling material and direct the drilling material onto a separatory surface; and a damper coupled to the housing and configured to distribute a flow of the drilling material onto the separatory surface is disclosed.
Claims5
A fluid distribution apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a sloped exit, the housing configured to receive a drilling material and direct the drilling material onto a separatory surface;
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- a damper coupled to an exit end of the housing and configured to move in response to a fluid pressure of the drilling material;
- the damper configured to create a back pressure on the drilling material in the housing,
- wherein the sloped exit comprises a first horizontal portion a first vertical distance from the separatory surface, a second horizontal portion a second vertical distance from the separatory surface, and a third portion sloped from the first portion toward the second portion, the second vertical distance less than the first vertical distance, and the damper positioned across at least a portion of the second portion.
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