Charles A Hope

US Patent:

20110132996, Jun 9, 2011

Filed:

Oct 8, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/901438

Inventors:

William Spencer Guthrie - Provo UT, US
John M. Coyle - Farmington UT, US
David Odell Anderson - Bluffdale UT, US
Charles Hope - Provo UT, US

International Classification:

B05B 1/20

US Classification:

239159

Abstract:

A device for distributing a slurry to a roadbed or other surface is described herein.

US Patent:

20200406936, Dec 31, 2020

Filed:

May 13, 2020

Appl. No.:

15/930766

Inventors:

- Spring TX, US
Charles A. Hope - Spring TX, US
Jose Alberto Ortega Andrade - Spring TX, US
Michael W. Clark - The Woodlands TX, US

International Classification:

B61B 7/06
B61B 12/12
B61B 12/02
B61B 12/10

Abstract:

A transport system for carrying a proppant, the system comprising a loading tower, a first transfer tower, a second transfer tower and an unloading tower. The loading tower is located proximate a loading area while the unloading tower is located proximate an unloading area. The system also includes a first transfer tower and a second transfer tower. A first aerial cable conveys a transfer container from the loading tower to the first transfer tower, while a second aerial cable conveys the transfer container from the second transfer tower to the unloading tower. The transfer container is configured to be suspended from the first and second aerial cables en route from the loading tower to the unloading area. Sand or supplies from the transfer container is received at the unloading area for use in a wellbore operation. Methods of transporting sand for use in wellbore fracturing operations are also provided.

US Patent:

20150028127, Jan 29, 2015

Filed:

Oct 10, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/512044

Inventors:

- Provo UT, US
John M. COYLE - Farmington UT, US
David O. ANDERSON - Bluffdale UT, US
Charles HOPE - Provo UT, US

International Classification:

B05B 1/20

US Classification:

239159

Abstract:

An apparatus can include a trough configured to be removably attached to a discharge chute and receive a slurry discharged therefrom. The apparatus can include a basin connected to a lower end of the trough, and can include a plurality of drainage nozzles disposed along a bottom of the basin and configured to concurrently distribute the slurry to a plurality of locations where the plurality of drainage nozzles includes an adjustable drainage nozzle.