US Patent Issued to B&D Flowback on Sept. 23 for "Sand trap" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,836, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to B&D Flowback LLC (Longview, Texas).

"Sand trap" was invented by Chase Claxton (Longview, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for a sand trap. The sand trap has a separator, an adjustment block upstream of the separator, an inlet stream upstream of the adjustment block, and a first removable nozzle within the adjustment block. The removable nozzle can be modified as necessary to optimize separation within the sand trap. The method includes determining a first optimal diameter for a first removable nozzle and installing the first removable nozzle into said adjustment block....