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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Deep Reach Technology, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Robert D. Blevins, San Diego, CA (US);
John Halkyard, Houston, TX (US);
Michael Rai Anderson, Houston, TX (US);
James Wodehouse, Llano, NM (US);
Samual Holmes, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21C 50/00 (2006.01); E02F 3/88 (2006.01); E02F 3/94 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 3/945 (2013.01); E02F 3/8866 (2013.01); E21C 50/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure addresses the problem of preventing sediment laden water ('sediment slurry') resulting from hydraulic collection of nodules from the seabed from entering the riser and lift system that carries the nodules to the surface as a slurry. An example includes collecting nodules from the seabed by hydraulic suction, separating the nodules utilizing an inverse hydrocyclone.