Patents by Inventor Kevin D. Price

Kevin D. Price 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).

  • Desanding apparatus and system
    Patent number: 7383958
    Abstract: A desanding vessel is inserted in a high velocity fluid stream containing entrained particulates. The vessel comprises an upper freeboard portion having a large cross-sectional wherein the fluid stream velocity drops and particulates fall from suspension. Preferably the fluid stream is introduced offset upwardly from an axis of a horizontally oriented cylindrical vessel, released particulates falling to accumulate in a lower belly portion. The freeboard portion is maintained using a depending flow barrier adjacent the vessel's outlet which sets the depth of accumulation in the belly portion. A cleanout enables periodic removal of accumulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Specialized Tech Inc
    Inventors: Christopher A Hemstock, Bruce G Berkan, Kevin D Price
  • Desanding apparatus and system
    Patent number: 6983852
    Abstract: A desanding vessel is inserted in a high velocity fluid stream containing entrained particulates. The vessel comprises an upper freeboard portion having a large cross-sectional wherein the fluid stream velocity drops and particulates fall from suspension. Preferably the fluid stream is introduced offset upwardly from an axis of a horizontally oriented cylindrical vessel, released particulates falling to accumulate in a lower belly portion. The freeboard portion is maintained using a depending flow barrier adjacent the vessel's outlet which sets the depth of accumulation in the belly portion. A cleanout enables periodic removal of accumulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Specialized Tech Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Hemstock, Bruce G. Berkan, Kevin D. Price
  • Desanding apparatus and system
    Publication number: 20040074838
    Abstract: A desanding vessel is inserted in a high velocity fluid stream containing entrained particulates. The vessel comprises an upper freeboard portion having a large cross-sectional wherein the fluid stream velocity drops and particulates fall from suspension. Preferably the fluid stream is introduced offset upwardly from an axis of a horizontally oriented cylindrical vessel, released particulates falling to accumulate in a lower belly portion. The freeboard portion is maintained using a depending flow barrier adjacent the vessel's outlet which sets the depth of accumulation in the belly portion. A cleanout enables periodic removal of accumulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Christopher A. Hemstock, Bruce G. Berkan, Kevin D. Price