Sequential Latch Release Patents (Class 177/75)
  • Patent number: 11435221
    Abstract: An automated sand management system includes a frame, a power source, a control panel, an input pipe supported at the frame and configured to receive fluid removed from the existing wellbore, a gas buster tank configured to stabilize the fluid by relieving gas pressure from the fluid removed from the existing wellbore, an adjustable chain suspended chute configured to receive the fluid from the gas buster tank, a power-actuated sandbox configured to receive the fluid from the adjustable chain suspended chute, and a scale operably coupled to the power-actuated sandbox and the control panel. The scale is configured to weigh and report actual sand production in the fluid removed from the existing wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventors: Michael D. Metcalf, Charles Worthy, Jr.