ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,456, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Fluid and solid material separator" was invented by Richard Bingham (Katy, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a materials separator that includes a continuous filter belt disposed around a plurality of rollers. The apparatus also includes a pressure differential system operatively coupled to the separator and configured to adjust a pressure differential across the continuous filter belt. A vacuum is applied to the continuous filter belt and a fluid portion of the slurry on the continuous filter belt is drawn through the c...