Patents by Inventor Richard Levings

Richard Levings 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).

  • Screen dump station system for disposing of spent drilling mud
    Patent number: 11547962
    Abstract: A processing system for a slurry material. The system has a vibratory screen disposed atop an open-topped tank. A travel path for a vehicle is disposed directly above the screen and the tank. Slurry material dumped from the vehicle onto the screen is separated at the screen into a particulate-rich stream and a fluid-rich stream. The fluid-rich stream may be pumped to a cleaner so that it may be stored and re-used as drilling fluid. The screen may be a conveyor which removes the particulate-rich stream from above the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: The Charles Machine Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Avalon, Richard Levings, Michael L. Anderson
  • Screen Dump Station System For Disposing Of Spent Drilling Mud
    Publication number: 20210016209
    Abstract: A processing system for a slurry material. The system has a vibratory screen disposed atop an open-topped tank. A travel path for a vehicle is disposed directly above the screen and the tank. Slurry material dumped from the vehicle onto the screen is separated at the screen into a particulate-rich stream and a fluid-rich stream. The fluid-rich stream may be pumped to a cleaner so that it may be stored and re-used as drilling fluid. The screen may be a conveyor which removes the particulate-rich stream from above the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas M. Avalon, Richard Levings, Michael L. Anderson
  • Screen dump station system for disposing of spent drilling mud
    Patent number: 10794129
    Abstract: A processing system for a slurry material. The system has a vibratory screen disposed atop an open-topped tank. A travel path for a vehicle is disposed directly above the screen and the tank. Slurry material dumped from the vehicle onto the screen is separated at the screen into a particulate-rich stream and a fluid-rich stream. The fluid-rich stream may be pumped to a cleaner so that it may be stored and re-used as drilling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: The Charles Machine Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Avalon, Richard Levings, Michael L. Anderson
  • Fluid Processing System
    Publication number: 20180030795
    Abstract: A processing system for a slurry material. The system has a vibratory screen disposed atop an open-topped tank. A travel path for a vehicle is disposed directly above the screen and the tank. Slurry material dumped from the vehicle onto the screen is separated at the screen into a particulate-rich stream and a fluid-rich stream. The fluid-rich stream may be pumped to a cleaner so that it may be stored and re-used as drilling fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: THOMAS M. AVALON, RICHARD LEVINGS
  • Exit Side Tool For Makeup And Breakout Of Pipe
    Publication number: 20150259993
    Abstract: A tool for making up and breaking out a drill string at an exit side of a bore. The tool includes a fixed wrench assembly and a moveable wrench assembly for torqueing a pipe joint. The tool also includes a drill pipe retainer assembly that is mounted indirectly of the frame and is adapted to receive and release a pipe section. A roller assembly is provided at a special hydraulically-adjustable table to allow low-torque unthreading and threading of pipe segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Kalpeshkumar V. Patel, Kenneth L. Hunt, Rich Gentry, Richard Levings