Patents by Inventor Daniel Benjamin STEINKE

Daniel Benjamin STEINKE 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).

  • Publication number: 20140099177
    Abstract: A skid-mounted auger tank apparatus includes a hopper-bottomed receiving tank contiguous with a hopper-bottomed loadout tank, which is typically higher than the receiving tank. The sloped-wall hopper bottom of the receiving tank transitions into an auger trough extending the length of the hopper bottom and into the loadout tank. The receiving tank is positioned adjacent a drilling rig so that raw wellbore cuttings and centrifuge underflow from a drilling rig shale shaker can flow by gravity into the receiving tank. A first horizontal auger disposed in an auger trough in the bottom of the receiving tank moves received cuttings toward and into the loadout tank. A second horizontal auger disposed in an auger trough in the bottom of the loadout tank moves cuttings from the loadout tank toward a sump. An inclined third auger lifts cuttings from the sump for discharge into a transport vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Secure Energy Services Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Benjamin STEINKE