Shale Shaker Motor Mounting Plate Milling Machine
20200361009 ยท 2020-11-19
Inventors
Cpc classification
B23C3/13
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a device that is removably secured to the exterior surface of a motor mounting plate to allow for milling of the mounting plate both in the field and off site. The adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame of the device supports an operating frame that houses a travel mechanism and a cutting mechanism wherein a cutting tool attached to a cutting mechanism travels along a predetermined path, along and across the face of the motor mount plate, milling the surface of the motor mount plate true and flat.
Claims
1. A placeable, replaceable, moveable and removable shale shaker motor mounting plate milling device comprising: an interior, adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame for connection to a shale shaker motor mounting plate; an outer rectangular operable frame securely affixed to said adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame; said interior, adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame comprising upper and lower indication blocks, upper and lower mounting brackets, inferior mounting brackets, and leveling adjustment screws for motor plate milling connection; said outer rectangular operable frame exhibiting an interior track along its length; a stationary travel motor affixed to said rectangular operable frame; a stationary, rotatable travel screw; a stationary travel motor gearbox in communication with said travel motor for induction and maintenance of rotation of said stationary, rotatable travel screw; said stationary rotatable screw positioned in the interior of, and coplanar with, said rectangular operable frame; a linearly and planarly portable spindle carriage movable within said interior track; said spindle carriage exhibiting a spindle carriage motor, a spindle motor gear box, a spindle carriage receiving arm and a cutting tool; said spindle carriage receiving arm made to receive said stationary, rotatable travel screw to induce linear and planar movement of said spindle carriage within said rectangular operable frame interior track and within and along the interior of said rectangular operable frame, linearly; said cutting tool made to operate perpendicular to said rectangular operable frame, travel screw, and motor mounting plate which is controllable to varying depths; and said spindle carriage operable to move across the face of said motor mounting plate to allow an actuated cutting tool to mill said motor mounting plate surface.
2. The placeable, replaceable, movable and removable shale shaker motor mounting plate milling device of claim 1 wherein said interior, adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame may be modifiable to suit various shale shaker motor mounting plate dimensions through adjustment of (1) upper and lower indication blocks and upper and lower mounting brackets, respectively, for upper, lower and side edge adherence and securing circumferentially, (2) inferior mounting brackets disposed rearwardly for inferior adherence and securing, and (3) adjustment screws for adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame heightening and lowering.
3. The placeable, replaceable, movable and removable shale shaker motor mounting plate milling device of claim 1 wherein said interior, adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame may be connected to said motor mounting plate, in the alternative, via pins, clasps, wedges, screws or other like means.
4. The placeable, replaceable, movable and removable shale shaker motor mounting plate milling device of claim 1 wherein linear and planar movement of said spindle carriage across the surface of a motor mounting plate is controlled by a travel motor, travel motor gear box and travel screw whereby the depth of milling is controlled by three means: height adjustment of (a) said cutting tool and/or, (b) said interior, adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame and/or (c) said outer rectangular operable frame.
5. The placeable, replaceable, movable and removable shale shaker motor mounting plate milling device of claim 1 wherein the speed and rate of milling may be controlled by (1) the rotational speed of said travel screw, thereby controlling the speed of said spindle carriage, through control of the travel motor and travel motor gear box, and/or (2) adjusting the rotational speed of said cutting tool, through control of the spindle carriage motor and spindle motor gear box.
6. The placeable, replaceable, movable and removable shale shaker motor mounting plate milling device of claim 1 wherein the depth of said cutting tool may be controlled by a tool bar, a depth adjustment knob or both.
7. The placeable, replaceable, movable and removable shale shaker motor mounting plate milling device of claim 1 wherein said adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame may be capable of fine adjustment, coarse adjustment or both.
8. The placeable, replaceable, movable and removable shale shaker motor plate milling device of claim 1 wherein said rectangular operable frame may be capable of fine adjustment, coarse adjustment or both.
9. The placeable, replaceable, movable and removable shale shaker motor plate milling device of claim 1 wherein height and depth modifications can be controlled manually, electronically, remotely, wired, wirelessly or a combination thereof.
10. A method for milling the motor mounting plate of a shale shaker with the device of claim 1 comprising the steps of: mounting, to the exterior surface of a motor mounting plate of a shale shaker, an adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame modifiable in size through adjustment of indication blocks, mounting brackets, inferior mounting brackets, and adjustment screws; securing to said adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame a rectangular operational frame for attachment of a stationary control box, a travel motor, a travel motor gear box and a rotationally operable travel screw; creating, along the length of said rectangular operational frame and within said rectangular operational frame's length an interior track; placing within the operational rectangular frame a linearly and planarly moveable spindle carriage, exhibiting a spindle carriage motor, a spindle motor gear box, a spindle carriage receiving arm and a cutting tool beneath said carriage; ensuring said spindle carriage receiving arm is made to accept said rotationally operable travel screw for linear and planar movement interiorly along the interior length of said rectangular operational frame; rotating said travel screw clockwise and/or counterclockwise through direction from said control box; advancing and recalling said spindle carrier across the face of said motor mounting plate through clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of said travel screw; heightening and lowering said cutting tool according to desired depth as to mill the exterior surface of said motor mounting plate.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame may be connected to the motor mounting plate of a shale shaker via indication blocks, mounting brackets, inferior mounting brackets or other like means including pins, clasps, wedges, screws
12. The method of claim 10 wherein said operational frame is connected to and secured to said adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame prior to attachment of said adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame to said motor mounting plate.
13. The method of claim 10 wherein said spindle carriage traverses the interior length of said rectangular operational frame linearly and coplanar to said rectangular operational frame and across said exterior surface of said motor mounting plate, whereas the cutting tool is adjustable to varying depths, and made to run perpendicular to said motor mounting plate for milling.
14. The method of claim 10 wherein said cutting tool runs perpendicular to the surface of the attached motor mounting plate whereby varying heights and depths, incrementally, causes decreases and increases in milling of said motor mounting plate's exterior surface.
15. The method of claim 10 wherein the rate of shale shaker motor plate milling may be controlled by (1) the adjustable height or depth of said adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame (2) the adjustable height or depth of said rectangular operational frame, (3) the speed of travel screw rotation (4) the speed of cutting tool rotation or a combination thereof.
16. The method of claim 10 wherein the depth of shale shaker motor plate milling may be controlled by (1) modification of the height or depth of said interior, adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame, (2) modification of the height or depth of said rectangular operational frame or (3) the height or depth of said cutting tool via an adjustment knob or a combination thereof.
17. The method of claim 10 wherein the operation of both the travel motor and spindle motor may be controlled through a control box directly through manual controls or remotely and wirelessly through a stationary or portable device.
18. The method of claim 10 wherein the advancement of the spindle motor carriage along a receiving track within the rectangular operational frame may be accomplished through a travel screw and inlaid track or through various other means of locomotion and translocation including manual, mechanical or electronic means of carriage propulsion.
19. The method of claim 10 wherein the smaller adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame may be capable of coarse or fine adjustments and the larger operational frame may be capable of coarse or fine adjustments or each of the smaller adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame and the larger operational frame may be capable of both coarse and fine adjustments.
20. The method of claim 10 wherein height and depth modifications can be controlled manually, electronically, remotely, wired or wirelessly or a combination thereof.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0022] The following description evidences example embodiments which are not intended to be limiting in scope. References to the invention, the present invention, one embodiment, another embodiment and yet another embodiment and like representational language is not intended to limit, restrict or otherwise regulate the invention itself to any one exemplary embodiment or any aggregation of several embodiments, unless expressly noted.
[0023] Likewise, drawings and representations of the various operable features of the present invention are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention which is defined by the appended claims and any and all equivalents thereof. And, while specific terms are included within the claims themselves, each term is simply descriptive as to the particular feature being described and are intended to be given their broadest, customary meaning as would be ascribed by those having ordinary skill in the art.
[0024] With reference to methods, techniques, sequences, processes and procedures of accomplishing the practical use of the present invention, it is to be understood that the use of the shale shaker motor mounting milling machine is, as well, illustrative and not to be taken in a limiting and restrictive sense so long as it would be apparent to one having skill in the art how the present invention seeks to accomplish motor mount milling. Too, the steps and sequence of accomplishing those steps are equally open to modification and amendable to various arrangements that result in the remediation of warp and wear on the motor mounting plate of a shale shaker.
[0025] The following numbers appear in the application diagrams referencing individual features defining the present invention:
REFERENCE NUMBER FEATURE
[0026] 10 shale shaker motor mounted milling machine [0027] 14 motor mounting plate [0028] 18 shale shaker [0029] 20 shale shaker screen decking [0030] 22 adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame [0031] 24 upper indication blocks [0032] 26 lower indication blocks [0033] 27 leveling adjustment screws [0034] 28 upper mounting brackets [0035] 30 lower mounting bracket [0036] 32 inferior mounting brackets [0037] 34 operational frame [0038] 36 interior guide track [0039] 38 travel motor [0040] 42 travel motor gear box [0041] 46 travel screw [0042] 50 spindle motor [0043] 51 tool bar [0044] 52 cutting tool [0045] 54 spindle motor gear box [0046] 56 depth adjustment knob [0047] 60 spindle motor carriage [0048] 61 cable wire carrier drag chain [0049] 62 spindle carriage receiving arm [0050] 64 control box
[0051] And while the above list of features is shown in the Figures, it should be appreciated that all items are not required for functionality and that omissions, modifications and equivalents may be employed without departing from the scope and spirit of the present application.
Attachment and Positioning Frame
[0052] The shale shaker motor mounted milling machine 10 that is the present invention consists of a smaller (substantially square) adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame 22 (comprised of upper indication blocks 24, lower indication blocks 26 and upper and lower mounting brackets 28 and 30, respectively, for upper, lower and side edge adherence and securing circumferentially, and inferior mounting brackets 32 disposed rearwardly for inferior adherence and securing) for mounting the present invention 10 to the motor mounting plate 14 of a shale shaker 18 (residing superior to shale shaker screen decking 20). Furthermore, the smaller, adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame 22 serves the additional function of supporting the larger rectangular operational frame 34 designed to attach, connect or be otherwise affixed to the smaller, adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame 22 where the larger rectangular operational frame 34 serves to (a) provide an interior guide track for guided spindle carriage advancement and translocation, (b) supports attachment and securing of the present invention's 10 functional elements (i.e., travel motor 38, travel motor gear box 42, travel screw 46, spindle motor 50, tool bar 51, cutting tool 52, spindle motor gear box 54, depth adjustment knob 56, spindle motor carriage 60, cable wire carrier drag chain 61, spindle carriage receiving arm 62 and control box 64) and, as well, (c) provides for precise planar advancement, as well as controllable depths, of the cutting element and supplemental securing of the present invention 10 in relation to the smaller, adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame 22 to the shale shaker and shale shaker motor mounting plate 14. Operationally, appropriate functioning of the device 10 requires (1) attachment and positioning of the smaller, adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame 22 (comprised of indication blocks 24,26, mounting brackets 28,30 and inferior mounting brackets 32) in conjunction with a correspondingly (2) accurately and precisely positioned and leveled rectangular operational frame 34 wherein each frame, both 22 and 34, ensures required (3) alignment, leveling and positioning of a travel screw 46 in order to (4) properly guide the spindle motor 50, (5) for the operation of a cutting device 52 (via the spindle motor 50 advancement along a predetermined a travel screw 46 path along the travel screw's helical ridge or external thread, for example, to guide the mechanical means of surface milling (the spindle motor 50 and cutting tool 52 combination) across the largely flat, outwardly disposed exterior surface of the motor mounting plate 14.
[0053] The present invention 10 is made to accept a shale shaker motor mounting plate 14 via two adjustably positional mounting brackets (upper mounting bracket 28 and lower mounting bracket 30 at motor mounting plate 14 top and bottom edges, respectively, horizontally, and upper and lower indication blocks 24, 26 vertically, wherein the inferior angular base 14b of the motor mount plate 14 is framed by lower indication blocks 26 and lower mounting bracket 30 and the superior angular edge 14a of the motor mounting plate 14 is framed via reciprocating upper mounting bracket 28 and upper indication blocks 24. The motor mount plate 14 is thereby framed on all outer edges of the motor mount plate 14 securing the inward face of the motor plate milling device's smaller, adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame 22 to the outward facing side, top and bottom edges of the motor mounting plate 14. Furthermore, front facing surface is securedly fixed by upper and lower indication blocks 24, 26 and the rearward facing surface of the motor mounting plate 14 (as depicted in
[0054] Positioning and adjustment of the adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame 22 not only allows for anchoring of the complete device 10 to the motor mounting plate 14 (as well as adjustment during placement and replacement across disparately-shaped motor mounting surfaces), but also the adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame 22 provides fundamental support to the larger rectangular operational frame 34 and leveling, positioning and guidance to the operationally affective travel screw 46, spindle motor carriage 60, spindle motor 50, and cutting tool 52 wherein even minor deviations in placement, positioning, pitch and depth can result in dramatic aberrations in milling and potentially devastating outcomes in shale shaker operations and safety.
[0055] In terms of placement of the device 10, the rectangular operation frame 34 is secured to motor mounting plate 14 by lowering the device 10 onto the edges of the outward facing surface of the motor mounting plate 14 and placing and sliding the mounting blocks 28, 30 above and below the motor mounting plate 14, respectively. Leveling adjustment screws 27 are then utilized to secure, tighten and level the smaller, adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame 22 onto the outer perimeter of the motor mount plate 14. Further, indication blocks 24 and 26 are as well equipped with jack bolts (not shown) that may be used to secure and adjust the device 10 to the motor mount plate 14. Yet it is equally within the contemplation of inventor that the larger operational frame is capable of adjustment. What is more, the smaller, adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame 22 and/or the larger operational frame 34 may be capable of fine or coarse adjustment or both.
[0056] The adjustable mounting brackets 28,30 and adjustable indication blocks 24,26 can be moved to different locations, through adjustment and refinement, and positioned to allow the present invention 10 to be mounted onto various and variable-shaped shaker motor mounting plates 14, or like surfaces, amendable to the milling process wherein adjustment screws 27 and depth adjustment of cutting tool 52 (a manual or electronic) depth adjustment knob 56 for refinement of cutting angle and depth.
Operational Frame
[0057] The larger rectangular operational frame 34, secured to the adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame 22 (comprised of indication blocks 24, 26 and upper and lower mounting brackets 28, 30), serves the multi-functions of allowing for securing of the travel motor 38, travel motor gear box 42, the travel screw 46 and advancement of the spindle motor 50, the spindle motor carriage 60 and control box 64, thereto, insuring securing, positioning and attachment of the spindle motor 50 and the spindle motor gear box 42 and fixing of the travel screw 46 for positioning and guidance of the tool bar 51 and cutting tool 52 along the exterior surface of the motor mounting plate 14.
[0058] Functionally, the larger rectangular operational frame 34 provides support for the advancement of the tool bar 51 and cutting tool 52, uniformly, along the exterior surface of the motor mounting plate 14. The travel motor 38, via the travel motor gear box 42, induces rotation in either a clockwise or counterclockwise rotation to produce a movement of the spindle motor carriage 64. Attached thereto, the spindle motor 50 operates in a planar, linear fashion and is guided across the exterior surface of the motor milling plate 14 at ever increasing and incremental depths as to allow an integrated cutting tool 52 to come into frictional contact with said motor milling plate 14, the cutting tool 52 exhibiting a cutting element of a sufficient density and sharpness to mill or file the irregular (worn) exterior surface of the motor milling plate 14 to a desired or predefined level of material removal, removing excess or worn material, resulting in a largely flat and even motor mounting plate 14 surface.
[0059] As with the adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame 22, the larger rectangular operational frame 34 is responsible for proper placement and attachment, not to the motor mounting plate 14, but to the adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame 22 for attachment of all fixed operational members (i.e. the travel motor 38, the travel screw 46, the travel motor gear box 42 and control box 64) as well as the mobile members (i.e. spindle motor carriage 60 and the spindle motor 50 exhibiting a tool bar 51 and cutting tool 52). The rectangular operational frame 34 further serves to support both an interior guide track 36 and a cable wire carrier drag chain 61 where the interior guide track 36 allows for fluid movement of the spindle motor carriage 60, within the plane of the rectangular operational frame 34, and the cable wire carrier drag chain 61 works to supply power, via the control box 64 to the spindle motor 50 as well as the travel motor 38.
Operational Element
[0060] Operationally, the travel motor 38 and travel motor gear box 42 are designed to maintain a fixed position (via attachment to the rectangular operational frame 34) where both the travel motor gear box 42 and travel motor 38 are in a stationary position. While the travel motor gear box 42 may reside either within and/or above the rectangular operational frame 34, its position is made to reside perpendicular to the (upper) superior edge of the rectangular operational frame 34 with the purpose of rotating a fixed travel screw 46 in either a clockwise or counterclockwise manner providing advancement and retraction of a spindle motor carriage 60 in a predetermined track within the rectangular operational frame 34 harboring the spindle motor 50, the spindle motor gear box 54 and cutting tool 52. The travel screw 46 itself runs parallel (i.e. in the same plane) to both the motor mounting plate 14 and the rectangular operational frame 34 wherein the travel screw 46 is coplanar to both the motor mounting plate 14 and the rectangular operational frame in an area above and beside the surface of the motor mounting plate 14. The travel screw 46 acts to propel the spindle carriage 60, through a predefined track with in the interior of the operational frame 34, whose responsibility it is to both advance the spindle motor carriage 60 and guide the tool bar 51 and cutting tool 52 in the milling process across the exterior surface of the motor mounting plate 14. Cutting tool 52 depth may be controlled by leveling the adjustment screws 27 and/or by a depth adjustment knob 56 that serve to heighten and lower the adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame 22, in the case of leveling adjustment screws 27, and the depth of the cutting tool 52 itself, via adjustment knob 56.
[0061] Whereas the adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame 22 is modifiable depending on the size of the motor mounting plate 14, the rectangular operational frame 34, travel motor 38, travel motor gear box 42 and travel screw 46 maintain an objectively stationary position with relation to the motor mounting plate 14 and shale shaker 18 after attachment and during operation, the guided spindle motor carriage 60 is movable in the plane of the rectangular operational frame 34, horizontally, and is translocated along the rotational axis of the travel screw 46 through a travel screw 46 accepting and reciprocally threaded spindle motor carriage receiving arm 62 and a threaded bushing. Whereas the spindle motor carriage 60 moves in a predetermined, planer and horizontal path within the rectangular operational frame 34, the cutting tool 52 is operable in a plane perpendicular to the horizontal path of the spindle motor carriage 60 path and rectangular operational frame 34. The tool bar 51 and cutting tool 52 themselves are mounted to the underside of the spindle motor carriage 60 and driven by the spindle motor 50 for thinly milling or shaving the exterior surface of the motor mounting plate 14 at incrementally increasing depths. As the spindle motor carriage 60 is guided by the rotational travel screw 46 (or other like means such as tracks or guide rails) in a direction parallel to the motor mount plate's 14 exterior surface, the tool bar 51 is utilized as the responsible member for determining cutting depth via the cutting head where cutting depth can be adjusted to increments of 0.001.sup.th of an inch. The tool bar 51 is turned by the spindle motor 50 and spindle motor gear box 54, milling the exterior surface of the motor mounting plate 14 as it travels along the travel screw 46 (i.e. the spindle motor 50 and spindle motor gear box 54 being connected to the travel screw 46 by an affixed spindle carriage receiving arm 62, the travel screw 46 residing through a threaded bushing within the spindle carriage receiving arm 62 and, as the travel screw 46 is turned, the carriage 60 travels up and down the interior guide track 36 for incremental and uniform cutting). As well, a depth adjustment knob 56 may be employed (as depicted in
PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0062] In one preferred embodiment, the adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame may be positionable and adjustable through indication blocks, mounting brackets, inferior mounting brackets or other like means up to and including pins, clasps, wedges, screws. The adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame may be further modifiable through adjustment of adjustment screws. Moreover, the larger operational frame is capable of height (depth) increases and decreases similar to adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame (i.e. through integration of adjustment screws).
[0063] In another preferred embodiment, the advancement of the spindle motor carriage along a receiving track within the rectangular operational frame may be accomplished through a travel screw and inlaid track or through various other means of locomotion and translocation including manual, mechanical or electronic means of carriage propulsion.
[0064] In yet another preferred embodiment, the travel motor may be positioned either above (as in
[0065] In another embodiment, the smaller adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame may be responsible for coarse adjustments and the larger operational frame may be responsible for fine adjustments or the smaller adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame may be responsible for fine adjustments and the larger operational frame may be responsible for coarse adjustments. Yet, it is equally within the contemplation that both the smaller adjustable attachment, positioning and securing frame and the larger operational frame may each be responsible for and have the capability of both fine and coarse adjustments.
[0066] In another preferred embodiment, the spindle motor gear box may exhibit a depth adjustment knob for controlling cutting tool depth and/or rotational speed of the cutting tool in lew of or in addition to control box regulation.
[0067] A preferred method of attaching a dual frame device (i.e. a motor mounting plate milling device) to the motor mount of a shale shaker, including attaching, positioning and adjusting a smaller adjustable positioning and securing frame to a motor mounting plate of a shale shaker, thus allowing for the attachment of a larger rectangular operational frame for travel motor, travel motor gear box spindle motor, spindle gear box, spindle motor carrier, travel screw, interior track and drag chain placement within and onto the operational frame.
[0068] A preferred method of operation wherein the rectangular operational frame, travel motor, travel motor gear box and travel screw maintain an objectively stationary position with relation to the motor mounting plate and shale shaker after attachment and during operation, the guided spindle motor carriage is movable in the plane of the rectangular operational frame, horizontally, which is translocated along the rotational axis of the travel screw through a travel screw accepting and reciprocally threaded spindle motor carriage receiving arm and a threaded bushing. Whereas the spindle motor carriage moves in a predetermined, planer and horizontal path within the rectangular operational frame, the cutting tool is operable in a plane perpendicular to the horizontal path of the spindle motor carriage path and rectangular operational frame. The tool bar and cutting tool themselves are mounted to the underside of the spindle motor carriage and driven by the spindle motor for thinly milling or shaving the surface of the motor mounting plate at incrementally increasing depths wherein the motor mounting plate face is made true and flat.
[0069] Another preferred method of milling of a shale shaker motor mounting plate includes guiding the spindle motor carriage by a rotational travel screw (or other like means such as tracks or guide rails) in a direction parallel to the motor mount plate surface, wherein the tool bar is utilized as the responsible member for determining cutting depth via the cutting head where cutting depth can be adjusted to increments of 0.001th of an inch. The tool bar is turned by the spindle motor gear box, milling the motor mounting plate as it travels along the travel screw (i.e. the spindle motor and spindle motor gear box are connected to the travel screw, the travel screw goes through a threaded bushing within the spindle carriage receiving arm and as the travel screw is turned the carriage travels up and down the track for uniform cutting).
[0070] Yet another preferred embodiment wherein the present invention is operated manually through a control box or wirelessly through a portable device (e.g. a portable phone, cellphone, iPhone, tablet computer and the like), or with a stationary device, such as, but not limited to, a desktop or laptop computer. The device (stationary or portable) may be in wired communication with the present invention (e.g. by wire, cable, optic fiber, etc.) or the device can be in wireless communication with the shale shaker milling device. Optionally, the present device may in wired communication with a first device whereby a second device is in wireless communication with the first device and, in one particular aspect, and not by way of limitation, the two devices are portable or stationary devices. It is as well within the contemplation of inventor to have a system that may be operated through a designated mobile application (i.e. app) downloaded on either a portable or stationary device. It is contemplated by inventor that a combination of wired, wireless, manual and electronic controls, or a combination thereof, can be employed with the present device.
[0071] Advantages of the present invention will become readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, wherein there is described in detail certain preferred embodiments of the present invention and examples for illustrative purposes. Although the following detailed description contains many specific features for the purposes of illustration, one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that many variations and alterations to the following details are within the scope of the invention (e.g. supplanting chain driven motors with direct drives, reconfiguring mounting devices and orientation, and adjusting the operational orientation of the present invention and the like). Accordingly, the following embodiments of the invention are set forth without any loss of generality to, and without imposing limitations upon, the claimed invention. While embodiments are described in connection with the specification herein, there is no intent to limit the scope to the embodiments disclosed herein. On the contrary, the intent is to cover all alternatives, modifications, and equivalents.