Patents by Inventor ALVIN CUNNINGHAM

ALVIN CUNNINGHAM 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).

  • SHAKER TABLE WITH INERTIAL GAS/FLUID SEPARATION MEANS
    Publication number: 20140110357
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for use in a solids control system to separate drilling fluid from drill cuttings. The apparatus comprises at least one shaker screen for supporting drilling fluid contaminated drill cuttings within a shaker; a vacuum system operatively connected to at least a portion of the at least one shaker screen, effective to draw air and/or drilling fluid through the at least one shaker screen; and at least one inertial gas-liquid separation device operatively connected to the vacuum system, effective to remove liquid particles from a gas-liquid stream within the vacuum system. A method for operating the apparatus within a shaker system is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: ACCEDE ENERGY SERVICES LTD.
    Inventors: ALVIN CUNNINGHAM, CRAIG HAMMOND