Patents by Inventor Clinton A. Plant

Clinton A. Plant has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Container to deliver bulk granular material
    Patent number: 9790022
    Abstract: A container is constructed to carry granular material from a quarry or source to the frac site. An open frame the size of a standard cargo container is constructed. An enclosed hopper is formed using flat sheet metal with bolted together perpendicular edges. The hopper is set within, and attached to, the frame. Top hatches provide for loading the hopper, and a lower sliding gate in a bottom opening provides for unloading the hopper. The bottom of the hopper is at an angle slightly above the angle of repose of the granular material carried therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Inventors: John M. Sheesley, Clinton A. Plant
  • CONTAINER TO DELIVER BULK GRANULAR MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20140166647
    Abstract: A container is constructed to carry granular material from a quarry or source to the frac site. An open frame the size of a standard cargo container is constructed. An enclosed hopper is formed using flat sheet metal with bolted together perpendicular edges. The hopper is set within, and attached to, the frame. Top hatches provide for loading the hopper, and a lower sliding gate in a bottom opening provides for unloading the hopper. The bottom of the hopper is at an angle slightly above the angle of repose of the granular material carried therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SANCAN, INC.
    Inventors: John M. Sheesley, Clinton A. Plant