Patents by Inventor Jerry L. Spruiell

Jerry L. Spruiell 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).

  • Patent number: 4670139
    Abstract: A machine for cleaning drilling muds by removing entrained solids and impurities and returning cleansed and for recycling. The machine comprises a centrifuge desander operatively connected to a plurality of cooperating conical desilters to remove gases and separate materials of varying densities. Initially muds containing solid materials are pumped at a controlled pressure from the cleaning bed into an initial cyclone chamber, where, under increasing centrifugal force, the processed mud is separated into relatively heavier and lighter components, which are transmitted via separate pathways to twin chambers in the lower level compartment of a particle separating drum. The first chamber of the drum receives heavier materials and transmits them to a large desander cone where the heaviest impurities are removed; the second drum chamber receives the lighter components which are further separated and delivered to a network of desilter cones which output properly cleansed mud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Inventors: Walter L. Spruiell, Jerry L. Spruiell