Patent ID: 6910587

Claim:
A separator system for separating gumbo from drilling fluid, the separator system comprising a movable screen conveyor having a screen apparatus with a plurality of rods, the rods comprising spaced-apart straight rods, a plurality of end pieces, each end piece connected to an end of each of two adjacent rods, a plurality of wires, a wire of the plurality of wires wrapped around each rod of pairs of adjacent rods of the plurality of spaced-apart rods, the wires pivotable with respect to the rods, portions of the rods and portions of the wires defining openings through which the drilling fluid is passable and through which the gumbo is not passable so that the movable screen conveyor can separate the gumbo from the drilling fluid, movement apparatus connected to the movable screen conveyor for moving the movable screen conveyor, wherein the screen conveyor is mounted in a cartridge, the cartridge removably mountable in the separator system, wherein the wires of the plurality of wires are at an angle to the rods of the plurality of spaced-apart rods, wherein the angle ranges between 60 and 85 degrees, a plurality of end pieces, ends of each pair of rods of the plurality of spaced-apart rods connected, by an end piece of the plurality of end pieces, wherein portions of wires of the plurality of wires define openings of the screen conveyor which are substantially parallel to each other, and wherein the wires of the plurality of wires are made from material from the group consisting of steel, stainless steel, aluminum, aluminum alloy, bronze, brass, zinc, zinc alloy, composite material, and fiberglass.