US Patent Issued to Proppant Express Solutions on Sept. 2 for "Gate opener for proppant container" (Colorado, Texas, Montana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,093, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Proppant Express Solutions LLC (Denver).

"Gate opener for proppant container" was invented by Marc Kevin Fisher (Castle Rock, Colo.), Brian Dorfman (Denver), Kevin Gray (Midland, Texas), Cory Snyder (Denver), Matthew Oehler (Denver) and Mark John D'Agostino (Bozeman, Mont.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated gate actuator system is provided for use in selectively opening and closing a gate that dispenses proppant from a proppant container during the course of a hydraulic fracturing operation. A lever arm is pivotally mounted for movement to place a drive gear in contact with a driven ge...