Patents by Inventor Haldon J. Smith

Haldon J. Smith 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).

  • Oil well rate metering method
    Patent number: 3975941
    Abstract: A process for determining the production rate of an oil well by measuring the intensity of radiant heat from a fire at the end of a flowline leading from the oil well. The oil from the well head is lead through a horizontal flowline to a burn pit and ignited at the end of the flowline. The temperature of the fire is measured from a distance along a path at an angle to the flowline by use of a radiant energy thermoelectric transducer instrument and the reading of the instrument compared with a set of prepared tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1976
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Haldon J. Smith