Abstract: Screen assemblies for a vibratory separator, the screen assemblies in certain aspects having at least two screening members, the at least two screening members connected by sewing material, and methods for making such screen assemblies.

Abstract: A play activity set having, in at least certain aspects, target apparatus at which at least one object may be directed; at least one object for throwing at the target apparatus; the target apparatus and the at least one object made by separating box material from a single box or from a plurality of boxes; and, in one aspect, such a play activity set wherein the single box is, e.g., a pizza box.

Abstract: A support apparatus for supporting at least one screen assembly of a vibratory separator, the vibratory separator having seal apparatus for sealing an interface between a portion of the at least one screen assembly and an interior surface of the support apparatus, the seal apparatus including a seal member removably held by a seal holder within the vibratory separator, the support apparatus including container apparatus having a side wall, the side wall having an opening therethrough adjacent an end of the seal apparatus, and a cover removably connected to the side wall on an exterior surface thereof, the cover removable to provide access to the seal apparatus.

Abstract: A vibratory separator having a basket with a first side spaced-apart from a second side, screen assembly apparatus mounted in the basket, the screen assembly apparatus having a central portion, a first screen side and a second screen side, central support apparatus connected to the basket and positioned beneath and in contact with the central portion of the screen assembly apparatus, and pressing apparatus on the first side and second side of the basket for pressing down on the first screen side and on the second screen side of the screen assembly apparatus so that the central portion of the screen assembly apparatus is higher than the first screen side and the second screen side.

Abstract: A method for making a screen assembly for a vibratory separator, the method including, in at least certain aspects, gluing together with glue at least two layers of fine screening material, allowing the glue to set, preheating the glued together at least two layers of fine screening material, placing the thus-preheated at least two layers of fine screening material in a heating apparatus, placing a coarse mesh layer on the at least two layers of screening material on the heating apparatus, placing on the coarse mesh layer a support with heat activated material thereon for adhering the support to the coarse mesh layer, and heating the coarse mesh layer, at least two fine layers of fine screening material, and the support to adhere the support to the coarse mesh layer and to glue the at least two layers of fine screening material to the coarse mesh layer.

Abstract: A wellbore method which, in certain aspects, includes providing a fluid with microorganisms and introduction apparatus for introducing the fluid into an earth formation bearing hydrocarbons to facilitate removal of the hyrdrocarbons, effecting heat exchange between the fluid and a heat transfer medium that has traversed an earth loop of an earth loop heat exchange system, the earth loop extending from an earth surface down into the earth and the heat transfer medium flowable through the earth loop and transfer apparatus for transferring heat between the fluid and the heat transfer medium; and, in certain aspects wherein effecting the heat exchange between the fluid and the heat transfer medium prolongs life of and/or enhances activity of the microorganisms.

Abstract: A unibody structure for a screen assembly for a vibratory separator, the unibody structure, in certain aspects having an integral body member with a portion having a plurality of spaced-apart openings in a pattern of a plurality of spaced-apart screening openings and including a pair of spaced-apart integral side members made of folded portions that form the pair of spaced-apart integral side members, a pair of spaced-apart integral end members made of folded end portions, the pair of spaced-apart integral end members each with a first end member and a second end member, the first end member configured with a shoulder support portion for sealingly abutting a screen ledge end of an adjacent screen, and the second end member configured with a ledge portion for sealingly abutting a shoulder portion of an end of an adjacent screen, and the plurality of spaced-apart openings of the integral body member defined by a plurality of spaced-apart strips, each adjacent pair of the plurality of spaced-apart strips definin

Abstract: A vibratory separator including basket apparatus for holding screening apparatus, at least one upper screen apparatus in the basket, the at least one upper screen apparatus having a fluid exit end, at least one lower screen apparatus in the basket below the at least one upper screen apparatus, fluid flowable from the at least one upper screen apparatus down onto the at least one lower screen apparatus, flow diffusion apparatus mounted below the fluid exit end of the at least one upper screen apparatus and above the at least one lower screen apparatus, so that fluid flowing down from the at least one upper screen apparatus flows onto the flow diffusion apparatus and is diffused thereby, and vibrator apparatus for vibrating the basket and the screen apparatus therein.

Abstract: A shale shaker having a basket for holding screen assembly apparatus, screen assembly apparatus for treating fluid introduced to the shale shaker, a roller bed assembly secured above and/or to the basket above the screen assembly apparatus, the roller bed assembly having a plurality of spaced-apart rotatable rollers, the fluid initially introduced to the shale shaker onto the roller bed assembly. The shale shaker wherein the fluid is drilling fluid with large undesirable solids therein, said large undesirable solids separable from the drilling fluid by the roller bed assembly.

Abstract: A shale shaker or vibratory separator for treating material, e.g. in one aspect, a shale shaker for treating drilling fluid having contaminants therein, the shale shaker having a base, a basket on the base, fluid introduction apparatus for introducing the drilling fluid into the basket, screen apparatus for selectively providing screening material in or under the basket, the screening material positioned so that the drilling fluid flows onto the screening material, a primary roll of screening material, a take-up roll for receiving screening material from the primary roll, the rolls rotatably mounted so that screening material is movable, through or under the basket, and onto the take-up roll, vibratory apparatus connected to the basket for vibrating the basket, and receptacle apparatus for receiving fluid flowing through the screening material.

Abstract: A shale shaker system for separating components of drilling fluid with solids entrained therein, the shale shaker system, in at least certain aspects, including a base, a screen mounting basket on the base, vibrating apparatus connected to the screen mounting basket for vibrating the screen mounting basket, the screen mounting basket having mounting structure for at least one screen assembly mounted on the mounting structure, the mounting structure having a body over which the at least one screen assembly is positionable, some components of the drilling fluid to be treated by the shale shaker flowable through the at least one screen assembly and through the body, at least one wear strip attached to the mounting structure, the at least one wear strip having a wear strip body, at least one upwardly projecting member projecting upwardly from the wear strip body, the at least one screen assembly including a screen support with screening material and at least one hole in the support sized, configured, and located

Abstract: Screens and screen assemblies for a vibratory separator or shale shaker, such screens and screen assemblies made by a method including applying glue in a glue pattern to at least one layer of screening material, said applying done by powered moving mechanical glue application apparatus; in one aspect moving with powered mechanical screen movement apparatus the at least one layer of screening material beneath the powered moving mechanical glue application apparatus; in one aspect, using hot melt moisture-curing glue, and in one aspect facilitating the cure of moisture-curing glue by applying moisture to it.

Abstract: A screen assembly for a vibratory separator having, in one aspect, a frame with a plurality of openings therethrough, screening material on the frame over the openings, the frame having an end area at a material exit end of the frame, and end apparatus at the end area for facilitating material movement over the end area; in one aspect, non-smooth areas on top of the screen assembly to impede solids movement on such areas and/or to direct them off such areas; vibratory separators with such a screen assembly; and methods of their use.

Abstract: A vibratory separator with a base, vibrating apparatus, a screen container on the base, the screen container having a plurality of spaced-apart drain holes, a plurality of spaced-apart screens in the screen-container, said screens oriented vertically within the screen container, and the screens positioned so that screened fluid passes through the screens and flows from the container through the plurality of spaced-apart drain holes.

Abstract: Methods for making screen assemblies and screens for a vibratory separator or shale shaker, such methods including applying glue in a glue pattern to at least one layer of screening material, said applying done by powered moving mechanical glue application apparatus; in one aspect moving with powered mechanical screen movement apparatus the at least one layer of screening material beneath the powered moving mechanical glue application apparatus; in one aspect, using hot melt moisture-curing glue, and in one aspect facilitating the cure of moisture-curing glue by applying moisture to it.

Abstract: A screen support for supporting screening material of a screen assembly for use on a shale shaker for separating components of material introduced thereto, the screen support having a body, a plurality of spaced apart holes through the body, each of said holes for receiving part of a fastener used for releasably connecting the screen assembly to a shale shaker; the screen support in certain aspects being a frame, a perforated plate, a strip support or a unibody structure; a screen assembly with such a support; such a screen assembly, in certain aspects, with a plastic grid or layer with corresponding fastener holes; a shale shaker with any such screen assembly; and methods of their use.

Abstract: A clamp system for releasably securing a screen to a vibratory separator apparatus, and methods of its use, and a plate for such a system, the clamp system having, in certain aspects, a plate for contacting a screen end of a screen to be mounted to a vibratory separator apparatus, the plate having a plate linear dimension and the screen end having a screen linear dimension, the plate having a plate body, a bolt with a first end extendable through the plate and a second end extendable through part of the vibratory separator apparatus, the bolt tightenable in place to hold the plate in position with respect to the screen and the vibratory separator apparatus, and the plate linear dimension substantially equal to the screen end linear dimension.

Abstract: A screen which in at least certain aspects has at least one layer of screening material, at least one ramp formed on the at least one layer of screening material, and the at least one ramp having an upwardly projecting portion and also a lower portion or piece connected to the at least one layer of screening material, the at least one ramp positioned on the at least one layer of screening material normal to transverse to or at an angle to a direction of fluid to be flowed over the screen so that at least a portion of the fluid will pass up and over the upwardly projecting portion, the fluid, in one aspect, having solids entrained therein to be separated from the fluid by the screen.

Abstract: A screen assembly for a vibratory separator, the screen assembly having a first screen portion having a first end and a second end spaced apart from the first end, and a second screen portion formed integrally of or connected to the second end of the second screen portion. A screen assembly with a first portion of screening material and a second raised portion of screening material, the second raised portion extending from a material introduction end of the screen assembly to a material exit end thereof, the raised portion, in one aspect, culminating in an apex above the first portion of screening material.

Abstract: A support for a screen assembly for a vibratory separator, a screen assembly with such a support, a vibratory separator with one or more such screen assemblies, and a method of using such a screen assembly, such a support having a body, a first series of holes through the body each hole having a first opening size as viewed from above, a second series of holes through the body each hole with a second opening size as viewed from above, the second series of holes at a selected area of the body and the support positionable in a vibratory separator so that the selected area is adjacent a selected location with respect to the vibratory separator, and the second opening size smaller than the first opening size and/or the second series of holes with holes spaced apart differently than the holes of the first series of holes; and in one aspect, a plastic grid with such hole series for fusing together layers of screening material.