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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2022
Black Diamond Oilfield Rentals Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Charles G. Kibbe, New Iberia, LA (US);
Ross J. Robin, New Iberia, LA (US);
Black Diamond Oilfield Rentals LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A trapdoor-style drilling mud screen system, comprising a first body having a first portion, a second portion and a third portion, a first drilling mud inlet at a first end of the first portion of the first body, a first drilling mud outlet at a second end of the third portion of the first body, a rotating trapdoor subassembly, wherein the rotating trapdoor subassembly is disposed within the second portion of the first body, wherein the first portion of the first body is fluidly connected to a first end of the rotating subassembly, and wherein a second end of the rotating subassembly is fluidly connected to the third portion of the first body, a pivot subassembly, wherein the pivot subassembly is disposed through the rotating trapdoor subassembly and through the second portion of the first body; and a drilling mud screen, wherein the drilling mud screen is disposed within the rotating trapdoor subassembly between the first drilling mud inlet and the first drilling mud outlet. Methods of installing and using the drilling mud screen system are also disclosed.