Patent ID: 9352264
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: B01D,B07B,E21B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for use in association with a shale shaker, the apparatus comprising: a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall positioned opposite the top wall, a side wall extending between the top wall and the bottom wall, a fluid inlet formed in the side wall, and a fluid outlet formed in the bottom wall, the top wall, the bottom wall, and the side wall of the housing defining (i) a chamber having a fluid flow path that allows a fluid with debris entrained therein to flow from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet of the housing, and (ii) a central axis; a first internal debris deflector plate attached to an interior surface of the side wall at a first position between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet and extending from the interior surface of the side wall past the central axis, the first internal debris deflector plate being positioned in the fluid flow path and configured to reduce a flow rate of the fluid as it travels along the fluid flow path; a second internal debris deflector plate attached to the interior surface of the side wall at a second position opposite the first position between the first internal debris deflector plate and the fluid outlet and extending from the interior surface of the side wall past the central axis, the second internal debris deflector plate being positioned in the fluid flow path and configured to reduce the flow rate of the fluid as it travels along the fluid flow path; and a hinged deflector plate coupled to the bottom wall of the housing such that it cooperates with the bottom wall to define the fluid outlet, the hinged deflector plate defining an angle with the bottom wall of the housing such that the hinged deflector plate is positioned in the fluid flow path of the fluid and reduces the flow rate of the fluid as it travels along the fluid flow path; wherein the first internal debris deflector plate and the second internal debris deflector plate at least partially overlap; wherein the first position is opposite the second position on the side wall.