Strainer

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A CONDUIT HAVING AN INTERNAL ANNULAR SHOULDER DEFINING AN OPENING COAXIAL WITH SAID CONDUIT, A STRAINER SECURED IN SAID CONDUIT SO THAT ALL LIQUID FLOWING THROUGH SAID CONDUIT MUST PASS THROUGH SAID STRAINER AND SOLIDS CARRIED BY SAID LIQUID ARE INTERCEPTED THEREBY, SAID STRAINER INCLUDING A FORAMINATED WALL PORTION COMPRISING GENERALLY PARALLEL RODS MOUNTED IN AND EXTENDING AXIALLY FROM SAID ANNULAR SHOULDER AND SPACED FROM AND GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE INNER WALL SURFACE OF SAID CONDUIT TO PROVIDE AN ANNULAR CHAMBER THEREBETWEEN, THE ENDS OF SAID PARALLEL RODS REMOTE FROM SAID SHOULDER COOPERATING WITH SAID INNER WALL TO PREVENT SOLIDS FROM ENTERING SAID ANNULAR CHAMBER, FORAMINATED MEANS COMPRISING CONVERGING RODS MOUNTED IN SAID ANNULAR SHOULDER EXTERIORLY OF SAID WALL PORTION AND EXTENDING AXIALLY AND INTERIORLY THROUGH THE END OF SAID ANNULAR CHAMBER ADJACENT SAID SHOULDER AND BETWEEN SAID PARALLEL RODS TOWARD THE CENTER OF SAID CONDUIT TO A REGION SPACED AXIALLY FROM SAID SHOULDER TO INTERCEPT SOLIDS CARRIED BY THE LIQUID AND PERMIT THE FLOW OF LIQUID THERETHROUGH, SAID PARALLEL RODS AND SAID CONVERGING RODS INTERSECTING AT A LEVEL SPACED AXIALLY FROM SAID SHOULDER TO CONFINE THE INTERCEPTED SOLIDS IN A REGION THEREBETWEEN WHICH IS INTER MEDIATE THE LENGTH OF SAID STRAINER, WHEREBY THE INTERCEPTED SOLIDS ARE HELD AWAY FROM SAID SHOULDER AND OUT OF SAID ANNULAR CHAMBER SO THAT LIQUID FLOWING THROUGH SAID CONDUIT MAY FLOW THROUGH SAID ANNULAR CHAMBER TO BY-PASS SAID INTERCEPTED SOLIDS.