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Proppant discharge system and a container for use in such a proppant discharge system

  • US RE46,334 E1
  • Filed: 08/25/2015
  • Issued: 03/07/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A process for delivery of proppant to a fracturing site, the process comprising:

  • formingproviding a container having an interior suitable for receiving the proppant therein, the container having an outlet at a bottom thereof, said container having and a gate slidably positioned over said the outlet, said the gate being slidable along a horizontal plane, said gate and having at least one pin affixed thereto and extending outwardly thereof;

    filling at least a portion of said the container with the proppant;

    positioning the container upon a trailer of a vehicle;

    moving the vehicle and, the trailer, and the container along a roadway to the fracturing site;

    lifting the container from said the trailer;

    placing the lifted container upon a conveyor structure having a conveyor such that said the outlet of said the container is positioned directly above said the conveyor, said conveyor structure having the container being aligned with a cradle of the conveyor structure, and a receptacle translatably positioned adjacent a top surface thereof of the conveyor structure when the container is positioned on the conveyor structure, the step of placing comprising;

    inserting a portion of the pin of said the gate into said the receptacle;

    translating said the receptacle such that the pin causes said the gate to slide in a horizontal place plane so as to open said the outlet of said conveyor the container such that the proppant in said the interior of container is discharged through said the outlet directly downwardly downward toward said the conveyor through the opening in the conveyor structure; and

    conveying the discharged proppant to a desired location at the fracturing site.

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