Abstract: A system has been invented for monitoring at least one tire of a towed vehicle, the system in one aspect using mechanical indicators in conjunction with appropriate electrical wiring circuits and lights or other warning apparatus at a driver's position in a towing vehicle to signal the lowering of a tire due to loss of air pressure in the tire. Certain embodiments of such a system do not require the use of a monitoring camera and related video apparatus. In other systems according to the present invention, one or more cameras are used to provide a real-time view of either the tire(s) of a towing vehicle, tire pressure indicator(s), or both.

Abstract: A method for separating fluid from a mixture of fluid and fibrous lost circulation material, the method including introducing the mixture onto a screen assembly that is vibrating for passage of the fluid through the screen assembly and for separation of fibrous lost circulation material from the fluid, the screen assembly comprising a plurality of screens one on top of the other and including at least a first screen and a second screen, one of the screens with comprising a screen mesh woven with non-square openings as viewed from above.

Abstract: A screen assembly which, in at least certain aspects, has at least one wire mesh screen formed with undulating mesh material having a series of ridges spaced apart by a series of valleys, a corrugated perforated plate with an undulating shape corresponding to the undulating mesh material of the at least one wire mesh screen, the at least one wire mesh screen on the corrugated perforated plate, a series of spaced apart rods all of which are in one plane, the corrugated perforated plate mounted on the rods of the series of spaced apart rods, and each rod having a length and independent of and not connected to the other rods along its length by any member in the same plane as the rods, each rod having two spaced apart ends.

Abstract: A screen mounting basket for a vibratory separator for separating components of material introduced into the basket, the vibratory separator including a collection receptacle beneath the basket, the basket including two opposed spaced-apart side walls having first ends and second ends, the first ends spaced-apart by an end wall connected to each of the side walls, at least one opening through the end wall or one of the side walls, at least one secondary screen within or outside the basket over said at least one opening, at least one basket screen within the basket, and the at least one secondary screen and the at the at least one basket screen for separating a first component from the material, the first component flowing through the at least one secondary screen into the collection receptacle without flowing through the basket screen. The basket screen may be deleted and all fluid flow may be out from the secondary screen or screens.

Abstract: A plumbing system, a slab therewith and a bowl for a plumbing system have been invented, the bowl, in one aspect having an outer side wall, the outer side wall being generally cylindrical in shape with a hollow interior and having a height and a top opening, an inner wall, the inner wall being generally cylindrical and having a hollow interior, the inner wall having a top opening and a bottom opening and a height equal to or less than the height of the outer side wall, a bottom wall comprising a generally circular ring, the bottom wall having an outer edge contacting a lower edge of the outer side wall and an inner edge contacting a lower edge of the inner wall, the bottom wall spacing apart the outer side wall from the inner wall around a circumference of the bowl, wherein the bottom opening of the inner wall is sized for receiving a pipe member, a coupling member positioned with a portion thereof within the bottom opening of the inner wall of the bowl, and a cap over the bowl.

Abstract: A prefabricated building has been invented having a plurality of exterior walls joined together, a roof structure overlaying an interior space defined by the plurality of walls, an attic under the roof structure, the attic having an attic floor, at least one rail system on the attic floor, an opening in the prefabricated building located for accessing the at least one rail system, and at least one module insertable through the opening, disposable on the rail system, and movable thereon to a desired location in the attic.

Abstract: A system for heating or cooling a wellhead, the system including a header in fluid communication via a pipe with a wellhead so that header heat transfer fluid is flowable from the header to the wellhead and back to the header, an earth heat exchange system with earth heat exchange fluid flowable therethrough to provide heat exchange between the earth heat exchange fluid and the earth, and the earth heat exchange fluid flowable in heat exchange relation to heat or cool the wellhead.

Abstract: A beam structure, the beam having a body with two spaced-apart ends, two blocks in the body, each optionally with at least one lifting eye, each of the two blocks spaced-apart from each other and spaced-apart from the two spaced-apart ends of the body; and a structure with a first beam and a second beam, each beam comprising a body with two spaced-apart ends, two blocks in the body, in one aspect of the size of standard ISO corner fittings, each of the two blocks spaced-apart from each other and spaced-apart from the two spaced-apart ends of the body, each beam having a tubular support on and projecting from each block, the tubular supports aligned as two pairs of tubular supports, two tubular members one each extending between each pair of the tubular supports, each tubular member having two ends with one end projecting into one of the tubular supports of a pair of tubular supports and one end projecting into the other tubular support of the pair of tubular supports.

Abstract: A screen assembly for a vibratory separator, the screen assembly including at least one lower coarse screen member, at least one upper fine screen member above the at least one lower coarse screen member and fused with plastic to the at least one lower coarse screen member, and a strip member beneath and adhered to the at least one lower coarse screen member. In one aspect the strip member includes two side strips, two end pieces, and a plurality of spaced-apart strips parallel to the two side strips each with an end terminating at, in, or on each of the end pieces.

Abstract: The present invention, in certain embodiments, discloses an apparatus for determining characteristics of coiled tubing that is run in and out of a bore, e.g. a wellbore, for calculating fatigue life of the coiled tubing, the apparatus having a reel structure for said coiled tubing including a reel on which said coiled tubing is wound and a frame supporting the reel for rotation, an injector structure for running the coiled tubing from the reel structure into said bore and for withdrawing said coiled tubing from the bore, sensor apparatus for continuously monitoring sensing and recording rotation of said coiled tubing and for measuring amount of said rotation, said sensor apparatus including apparatus for receiving and transmitting data relating to said characteristics of the coiled tubing, and a computer apparatus for receiving data from said sensor apparatus and processing said data to determine fatigue life of said coiled tubing.

Abstract: A support strip has been invented for supporting part of a screen used in a vibratory shaker, the support strip having a support body having spaced-apart ends spaced-apart sides, and a top surface, and at least one hump, raised portion or upturned finger projecting above the top surface of the support body and a support beneath said at least one hump, etc. The support may be entirely beneath the hump, etc. or part thereof may project beyond the hump, etc. The present invention also discloses a variety of screens and screen assemblies with such structure.

Abstract: The present invention, in certain aspects, includes a portable building structure with a bottom section, a top section on the bottom section, the bottom section having at least one bottom support for supporting the top section, the at least one bottom support having a top opening, and the top section having at least one top support with a lower member projecting down into the top opening of the at least one bottom support. The present invention also provides a new bottom section for a building structure, the bottom section having a plurality of support pillars interconnected by interconnection members, each support pillar of the plurality of support pillars having an enlarged top opening for receiving a lower member of an upper section to be emplaced on the bottom section.

Abstract: A screen assembly for a vibratory separator has been invented, which, in certain aspects, has at least two ridge-valley series of screening material with a plurality of alternating ridges and valleys of screening material, and at least one ridge-valley series of screening material offset from at least one other ridge-valley series of screening material. A screen assembly for a vibratory separator has been invented, which, in certain aspects, has at least one ridge-valley series of screening material, said ridge-valley series including a plurality of ridges each ridge between valleys of a plurality of valleys, and each ridge having a first end spaced apart from a second end, said first end having a top wider than a top of second end.

Abstract: A unibody structure for a screen assembly for a vibratory separator, and screens with such a structure, the unibody structure having, in certain aspects, an integral body member with a plurality of spaced-apart openings therethrough for sealingly abutting the shoulder support portion of an end of an adjacent screen defining fluid flow paths for screening and/or defining a plurality of spaced-apart supports for screening material, and the integral body member including side portions foldable to form one or two pairs of spaced-apart integral side members and/or the integral body member including two end portions foldable to form a pair of spaced-apart integral end members and/or a pair of spaced-apart ends. In certain aspects one of a pair of spaced-apart end portions is configured with a shoulder support portion and another end with a ledge portion.

Abstract: An earth energy transfer system with a moving energy transfer fluid, the system for transferring energy for an entity, the system, in certain aspects, having apparatus and related items for measuring an amount of energy transferred for the entity to or from the moving energy transfer fluid, and apparatus and related items for invoicing the entity for the amount of energy transferred. The system, in certain aspects, including apparatus and related items for calculating a price for the amount of energy transferred, said invoicing based on said price. The system, in certain aspects, including apparatus and related items for transmitting a signal indicative of a measured amount of energy transferred from the apparatus and related items for measuring to the apparatus and related items for invoicing. Methods are disclosed for using such systems to measure and calculate an amount of energy transferred and/or to invoice an entity for the transferred energy.

Abstract: An air conditioning coil system having a first and a second outside tubing slab, a first and a second inside tubing slab, the inside tubing slabs positioned between the outside tubing slabs, a top of the first outside tubing slab contacting a top of the first inside tubing slab, a top of the second outside tubing slab contacting a top of the second inside tubing slab, and a bottom of the first inside tubing slab contacting a bottom of the second inside tubing slab, each tubing slab having a plurality of spaced-apart heat exchange fins, each outside tubing slab having a plurality of spaced-apart tubing rows extending through he plurality of heat exchange fins of the corresponding outside tubing slab, and each inside tubing slab having at least one tubing row extending through the plurality of heat exchange fins of the corresponding inside tubing slab.

Abstract: A leak indicating system for a pipeline valve, the valve for selectively controlling the flow of oil through the pipeline, the leak indicating system including a hollow can with a can interior and an open top end, the hollow can in fluid communication with part of the apparatus, a lid releasably closing off the open top end of the hollow can, and a spring compressed beneath the lid and held in compression by an oil-dissolvable member so that, upon dissolution of the oil dissolvable member by oil leaked from the apparatus and flowing into the hollow can and contacting the oil dissolvable member, the spring is released to launch the lid away from the hollow can. The system further includes a can top releasably secured over the open top end of the hollow can, the can top having a hole therethrough, the lid mounted above the can top, and the spring extendable through the hole in the can top. The system wherein the lid has at least one surface with visually sightable indicia thereon.