US Patent Issued to Daniel J. Snyder on Jan. 13 for "Sand collector for sucker rod pump" (California, Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,136, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Daniel J. Snyder (Edmond, Okla.).

"Sand collector for sucker rod pump" was invented by Daniel J. Snyder (Edmond, Okla.) and Jeremy J. Snyder (Livermore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sand collector including a diverter section and a filter section. The diverter section has a tubular portion with at least one aperture extending therethrough and at least one collector extending outwardly therefrom to cooperate with an exterior side of the tubular portion to form a channel in which solids traveling on the exterior side of the tubular portion from the upper end toward the lower end are gu...