Patents by Inventor Douglas Walker Lee
Douglas Walker Lee 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).
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Patent number: 10377641Abstract: A gas flotation tank is provided that includes a series of adjacent chambers which impart a rotational current therein. Each chamber is separated from a skim oil trough by a skimming weir. Each chamber comprises an alternating fluid communication device between adjacent chambers allowing fluid communication between adjacent chambers in the form of a communication port in the dividing wall between adjacent chambers and a chamber outlet in conjunction with a perforated plate and the outlet is positioned in fluid communication with the final chamber. An optional coalescing media may be positioned in or proximate the communication port to absorb or coalesce contaminants as they pass therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Exterran Water Solutions ULCInventors: Todd William Kirk, Daniel Clifford Whitney, Douglas Walker Lee
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Patent number: 10376818Abstract: A nozzle is disclosed for use within a filter for inputting a jetting stream into the filter media to clean the filter media. The nozzle comprises an inlet for communication with a jetting stream source, and a plurality of plates stacked parallel and abutting one another. The plurality of plates comprises at least a top plate and a bottom plate, one of the plates having an aperture through the center thereof for receiving the jetting stream, wherein between adjacent plates at least one space is provided extending from the outside edge of the plates to the interior of plates and in fluid communication with the aperture for channeling the jetting stream radially outward from and substantially parallel with the longitudinal plane of the plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: EXTERRAN WATER SOLUTIONS ULCInventors: Todd William Kirk, Daniel Clifford Whitney, Douglas Walker Lee
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Publication number: 20180126301Abstract: A nozzle is disclosed for use within a filter for inputting a jetting stream into the filter media to clean the filter media. The nozzle comprises an inlet for communication with a jetting stream source, and a plurality of plates stacked parallel and abutting one another. The plurality of plates comprises at least a top plate and a bottom plate, one of the plates having an aperture through the center thereof for receiving the jetting stream, wherein between adjacent plates at least one space is provided extending from the outside edge of the plates to the interior of plates and in fluid communication with the aperture for channeling the jetting stream radially outward from and substantially parallel with the longitudinal plane of the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2018Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Todd William KIRK, Daniel Clifford WHITNEY, Douglas Walker LEE
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Publication number: 20180127288Abstract: A gas flotation tank is provided that includes a series of adjacent chambers which impart a rotational current therein. Each chamber is separated from a skim oil trough by a skimming weir. Each chamber comprises an alternating fluid communication device between adjacent chambers allowing fluid communication between adjacent chambers in the form of a communication port in the dividing wall between adjacent chambers and a chamber outlet in conjunction with a perforated plate and the outlet is positioned in fluid communication with the final chamber. An optional coalescing media may be positioned in or proximate the communication port to absorb or coalesce contaminants as they pass therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2018Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Todd William KIRK, Daniel Clifford WHITNEY, Douglas Walker LEE
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Patent number: 9943784Abstract: A nozzle is disclosed for use within a filter for inputting a jetting stream into the filter media to clean the filter media. The nozzle comprises an inlet for communication with a jetting stream source, and a plurality of plates stacked parallel and abutting one another. The plurality of plates comprises at least a top plate and a bottom plate, one of the plates having an aperture through the center thereof for receiving the jetting stream, wherein between adjacent plates at least one space is provided extending from the outside edge of the plates to the interior of plates and in fluid communication with the aperture for channelling the jetting stream radially outward from and substantially parallel with the longitudinal plane of the plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Exterran Water Solutions ULCInventors: Todd William Kirk, Daniel Clifford Whitney, Douglas Walker Lee
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Patent number: 9890059Abstract: A gas flotation tank is provided that includes a series of adjacent chambers which impart a rotational current therein. Each chamber is separated from a skim oil trough by a skimming weir. Each chamber comprises an alternating fluid communication device between adjacent chambers allowing fluid communication between adjacent chambers in the form of a communication port in the dividing wall between adjacent chambers and a chamber outlet in conjunction with a perforated plate and the outlet is positioned in fluid communication with the final chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Exterran Water Solutions ULCInventors: Todd William Kirk, Daniel Clifford Whitney, Douglas Walker Lee
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Patent number: 9878268Abstract: A separation tank for separating a contaminant from a contaminated fluid. A series of juxtaposed interconnected chambers having a series of baffles therein provide a revolving flow of fluid in each chamber to maximize distance for which contaminants travel to separate from the fluid. The interconnected chambers may be juxtaposed in end-to-end relation or in side-by-each configuration.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: EXTERRAN WATER SOLUTIONS ULCInventors: Todd William Kirk, Daniel Clifford Whitney, Douglas Walker Lee
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Publication number: 20160339362Abstract: A nozzle is disclosed for use within a filter for inputting a jetting stream into the filter media to clean the filter media. The nozzle comprises an inlet for communication with a jetting stream source, and a plurality of plates stacked parallel and abutting one another. The plurality of plates comprises at least a top plate and a bottom plate, one of the plates having an aperture through the center thereof for receiving the jetting stream, wherein between adjacent plates at least one space is provided extending from the outside edge of the plates to the interior of plates and in fluid communication with the aperture for channelling the jetting stream radially outward from and substantially parallel with the longitudinal plane of the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2015Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: Exterran Water Solutions ULCInventors: Todd William KIRK, Daniel Clifford WHITNEY, Douglas Walker LEE
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Patent number: 9409796Abstract: A gas flotation tank is provided that includes a series of adjacent chambers which impart a rotational current therein. Each chamber is separated from a skim oil trough by a skimming weir. Each chamber comprises an alternating fluid communication device between adjacent chambers allowing fluid communication between adjacent chambers in the form of a communication port in the dividing wall between adjacent chambers and a chamber outlet in conjunction with a perforated plate and the outlet is positioned in fluid communication with the final chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2013Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Exterran Water Solutions ULCInventors: Todd William Kirk, Daniel Clifford Whitney, Douglas Walker Lee
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Publication number: 20160214033Abstract: A gas flotation tank is provided that includes a series of adjacent chambers which impart a rotational current therein. Each chamber is separated from a skim oil trough by a skimming weir. Each chamber comprises an alternating fluid communication device between adjacent chambers allowing fluid communication between adjacent chambers in the form of a communication port in the dividing wall between adjacent chambers and a chamber outlet in conjunction with a perforated plate and the outlet is positioned in fluid communication with the final chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2014Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: Exterran Water Solutions ULCInventors: Todd William Kirk, Daniel Clifford Whitney, Douglas Walker Lee
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Publication number: 20160038855Abstract: A separation tank for separating a contaminant from a contaminated fluid. A series of juxtaposed interconnected chambers having a series of baffles therein provide a revolving flow of fluid in each chamber to maximize distance for which contaminants travel to separate from the fluid. The interconnected chambers may be juxtaposed in end-to-end relation or in side-by-each configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2014Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Todd William KIRK, Daniel Clifford WHITNEY, Douglas Walker LEE
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Publication number: 20150053600Abstract: A gas flotation tank is provided that includes a series of adjacent chambers which impart a rotational current therein. Each chamber is separated from a skim oil trough by a skimming weir. Each chamber comprises an alternating fluid communication device between adjacent chambers allowing fluid communication between adjacent chambers in the form of a communication port in the dividing wall between adjacent chambers and a chamber outlet in conjunction with a perforated plate and the outlet is positioned in fluid communication with the final chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: EXTERRAN WATER SOLUTIONS ULCInventors: Todd William Kirk, Daniel Clifford Whitney, Douglas Walker Lee