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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Billy E Hamilton, Marrero, LA (US);
Brian K Moore, Lafayette, LA (US);
Donald E Newton, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Camco International Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
55 53 ; 55 52 ; 55178 ; 55196 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for breaking up a mixture of gas and liquid forming a foam returning from an oil and/or gas well. The foam breaker includes a housing having a bore for receiving the foam and a restriction in the bore for compressing the foam. A plurality of jets in the restriction are directed into the bore for saturating the foam for breaking up the mixture. The recovered liquid may be filtered and reused.