Horizontal filter structure

Claim 2

A FILTER RECEIVING FOR SUPPORTING A SHEET-FORM FILTER MEDIUM AND CHANNELING THE FLOW OF AN OUTLET, THE RECEIVER HAVING A MULTIPLICITY OF ALTERNATE PARALLEL RIBS AND GROOVES, THE GROOVES BEING NARROW TO CHANNEL THE FLOW, THE CRESTS OF THE RIBS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED TO RESIST THE FORCES APPLIED TO THE FILTER MEDIUM, SOME OF SAID GROOVES BEING DEEPER THAN OTHER OF SAID GROOVES TO FORM A PLURALITY OF DEEP AND SHALLOW GROOVES, EACH OF SAID DEEP GROOVES HAVING A SHALLOW GROOVE ON EACH SIDE THEREOF, EACH RIB LYING BETWEEN A SHALLOW AND A DEEP GROOVE BEING MOLDED OF SOFT ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL, AND RECEIVING LATERAL SUPPORT DUE TO THE MATERIAL DEFINING THE BOTTOM OF SAID SHALLOW GROOVE, RESTRAINING SAID RIB FROM BENDING UNDER LOAD.

Claim 3

A FILTERING APPARATUS OF THE TYPE FOR FILTERING SLURRIES COMPRISING AN EXPANSE OF FILTER MEDIUM, A RECEIVER MEANS SUPPORTING SAID FILTER MEDIUM HORIZONTALLY IN UPWARDLY EXPOSED MANNER, SAID RECEIVER MEANS LOCATED BELOW SAID FILTER MEDIUM IN GRAVITY COMMUNICATION THEREWITH, OUTLET OPENING MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING LIQUID FROM SAID RECEIVER MEANS, SOLIDS CAKE REMOVAL MEANS FOR REMOVING SOLIDS CAKE FROM SAID FILTER MEDIUM, AND MEANS FOR MOVING AT LEAST SAID FILTER MEDIUM AND SAID RECEIVER MEANS FROM A SLURRY CHARGING POSITION TO SAID SOLIDS CAKE REMOVAL MEANS WHILE LIQUID FILTERS THROUGH SAID FILTER MEDIUM, AND THEREAFTER RETURNING SAID FILTER MEDIUM AND SAID RECEIVER MEANS TO SAID SLURRY CHARGING POSITION TO COMPLETE A FILTERING AND SOLIDS CAKE REMOVAL CYCLE, WHEREIN SAID RECEIVER MEANS IS CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO CHANNEL SAID LIQUID TOWARD SAID OUTLET OPENING MEANS, SAID RECEIVER MEANS HAVING A MULTIPLICITY OF ALTERNATE PARALLEL RIBS AND GROOVES THE GROOVES BEING NARROW TO CHANNEL THE FLOW, THE CRESTS OF THE RIBS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED TO RESIST THE FORCES APPLIED TO THE FILTER MEDIUM, SOME OF SAID GROOVES BEING DEEPER THAN OTHER OF SAID GROOVES TO FORM A PLURALITY OF DEEP AND SHALLOW GROOVES, EACH OF SAID DEEP GROOVES HAVING A SHALLOW GROOVE ON EACH SIDE THEREOF, EACH RIB LYING BETWEEN A SHALLOW AND A DEEP GROOVE BEING MOLDED TO SOFT ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL, AND RECEIVING LATERAL SUPPORT DUE TO THE MATERIAL DEFINING THE BOTTOM OF SAID SHALLOW GROOVE, RESTRAINING SAID RIB FROM BENDING UNDER LOAD.

Claim 4

A FILTERING APPARATUS OF THE TYPE FOR FILTERING SLURRIES COMPRISING AN EXPANSE OF FILTER MEDIUM, A RECEIVER MEANS SUPPORTING SAID FILTER MEDIUM HORIZONTALLY IN UPWARDLY EXPOSED MANNER, SAID RECEIVER MEANS LOCATED BELOW SAID FILTER MEDIUM IN GRAVITY COMMUNICATION THEREWITH, OUTLET OPENING MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING LIQUID FROM SAID RECEIVER MEANS, SOLIDS CAKE REMOVAL MEANS FOR REMOVING SOLIDS CAKE FROM SAID FILTER MEDIUM, AND MEANS FOR MOVING AT LEAST SAID FILTER MEDIUM AND SAID RECEIVER MEANS FROM A SLURRY CHARGING POSITION TO SAID SOLIDS CAKE REMOVAL MEANS WHILE LIQUID FILTERS THROUGH SAID FILTER MEDIUM, AND THEREAFTER RETURNING SAID FILTER MEDIUM AND SAID RECEIVER MEANS TO SAID SLURRY CHARGING POSITION TO COMPLETE A FILTERING AND SOLIDS CAKE REMOVAL CYCLE, WHEREIN SAID RECEIVER MEANS IS CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO CHANNEL SAID LIQUID TOWARD SAID OUTLET OPENING MEANS, SAID RECEIVER MEANS HAVING A MULTIPLICITY OF ALTERNATE PARALLEL RIBS AND GROOVES THE GROOVES BEING NARROW TO CHANNEL THE FLOW, THE CRESTS OF THE RIBS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED TO RESIST THE FORCES APPLIED TO THE FILTER MEDIUM, SOME OF SAID GROOVES BEING DEEPER THAN OTHER OF SAID GROOVES TO FORM A PLURALITY OF DEEP AND SHALLOW GROOVES, EACH OF SAID DEEP GROOVES HAVING A SHALLOW GROOVE ON EACH SIDE THEREOF, EACH RIB LYING BETWEEN A SHALLOW AND A DEEP GROOVE BEING MOLDED TO SOFT ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL, AND RECEIVING LATERAL SUPPORT DUE TO THE MATERIAL DEFINING THE BOTTOM OF SAID SHALLOW GROOVE, RESTRAINING SAID RIB FROM BENDING UNDER LOAD.