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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2008
Brian S. Carr, Burlington, KY (US);
Benjamin L. Holton, Dayton, KY (US);
Michael A. Timmerman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Brian S. Carr, Burlington, KY (US);
Benjamin L. Holton, Dayton, KY (US);
Michael A. Timmerman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
M-I L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A shaker for separating solids from a drilling fluid includes a top screening deck (), a flow-back pan () positioned beneath the top screening deck () for receiving an initially separated drilling fluid from the top screening deck. The flow-back pan () is divided into a plurality of channels (A, B, C, D). The shaker further includes a fluid distribution box (), which includes a plurality of conduits (A, B, C, D). Each channel (A, B, C, D) of the flow-back pan () corresponds to one of the plurality of conduits (A, B, C, D) in the fluid distribution box () and each channel communicates a stream of the initially separated drilling fluid to the corresponding conduit. The shaker further includes a middle screening deck () and a bottom screening deck (). Each conduit (A, B, C, D) routes the stream of initially separated drilling fluid to a corresponding one of the middle screening deck () and the bottom screening deck ().