US 12,460,762 B2
Valve evacuation apparatus, control, and associated methods
Douglas A. Sahm, Lutz, FL (US)
Assigned to TPE MIDSTREAM LLC, Tulsa, OK (US)
Appl. No. 18/042,177
Filed by TPE MIDSTREAM LLC, Tulsa, OK (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/048902
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 17, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/051525, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/125,761, filed on Dec. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/074,741, filed on Sep. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0304620 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 55/07 (2006.01); F17D 1/04 (2006.01); F17D 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 55/07 (2013.01) [F17D 1/04 (2013.01); F17D 5/005 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus to evacuate fluid from a first location, the apparatus comprising:
a vent fluidly coupled to the first location; and
a valve evacuation system fluidly coupled between the vent and a second location, the valve evacuation system to compress the fluid from the first location and pump the compressed fluid to the second location, the first location corresponding to a cylindrical passageway of a valve, the valve positioned along a pipe, the second location corresponding to the pipe upstream of the valve.