US 11,852,003 B2
Sand collector for sucker rod pump
Daniel J. Snyder, Edmond, OK (US)
Filed by Daniel J. Snyder, Edmond, OK (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/818,937.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/231,315, filed on Aug. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0048753 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 43/34 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/35 (2020.05) [E21B 43/127 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sand collector, comprising:
a diverter section having a tubular portion with an upper end, a lower end, and a sidewall extending between the upper end and the lower end and having at least one aperture extending therethrough, and at least one collector extending outwardly from the sidewall 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 guided to the aperture, the upper end of the diverter section connectable to a lower end of a sucker rod positionable in a well bore;
a collector section being a tube and having an upper end, a lower end, and a sidewall extending between the upper end and the lower end, the upper end of the collector section extending from the lower end of the diverter section; and
a filter section having a tubular portion with an upper end, a lower end, and a sidewall extending between the upper end and the lower end, the filter section having at least one aperture extending through the sidewall, the upper end of the filter section extending from the lower end of the collector section and the lower end of the filter section being closed and connectable to at least one of another sucker rod and an upper end of a pump assembly.