US 11,879,320 B2
Particle trap apparatus and method
Robert Joe Coon, Missouri City, TX (US); Roddie R. Smith, Katy, TX (US); John Lee Emerson, Katy, TX (US); and Josh Hornsby, Waller, TX (US)
Assigned to PetroQuip Energy Services, LLC, Waller, TX (US)
Filed by PetroQuip Energy Services, LLC, Waller, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/557,692.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/177,248, filed on Apr. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0331714 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 43/34 (2006.01); B01D 21/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/38 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/35 (2020.05) [B01D 21/0024 (2013.01); B01D 21/0066 (2013.01); B01D 21/0087 (2013.01); E21B 43/38 (2013.01); E21B 43/122 (2013.01); E21B 43/128 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A particle trap apparatus, comprising:
a housing;
a first connection component disposed at a first end of the housing;
a second connection component disposed at a second end of the housing; and
a plurality of cavities disposed longitudinally in the housing,
wherein each of the plurality of cavities comprises a cavity surface comprising one or more apertures and one or more check valves.