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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2000
Thomas C. Adams, Hockley, TX (US);
David L. Schulte, Jr., Broussard, LA (US);
David W. Largent, Cleveland, TX (US);
Kenneth W. Seyffert, Houston, TX (US);
Guy L. McClung, III, Spring, TX (US);
Tuboscope I/P, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A screen which in at least certain aspects has at least one layer of screening material, at least one ramp formed on the at least one layer of screening material, and the at least one ramp having an upwardly projecting portion and also a lower portion or piece connected to the at least one layer of screening material, the at least one ramp positioned on the at least one layer of screening material normal to transverse to or at an angle to a direction of fluid to be flowed over the screen so that at least a portion of the fluid will pass up and over the upwardly projecting portion, the fluid, in one aspect, having solids entrained therein to be separated from the fluid by the screen.