Water supply inlet structures

Claim 1

IN A WATER SUPPLY INLET STRUCTURE (A) AN ANNULAR SUPPORTING MEMBER, (B) RESILEINT MEANS FOR MOUNTING AND SUPPORTING THE MEMBER IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION OVER A BODY OF WATER, (C) A PUMP MOTOR AND PUMP DETACHABLY MOUNTED ON AND SUPPORTED BY SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER IN A POSITION ABOVE SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER, SAID PUMP HAVING AN INLET AND AN OUTLET, (D) A PUMP CONDUIT HAVING AN OUTLET PORTION AND AN INLET PORTION, SAID CONDUIT SUPPORTED BY SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER IN A POSITION IN WHICH THE INLET PORTION EXTENDS DOWNWARDLY FROM THE MEMBER INTO SAID BODY OF WATER, (E) AN ANNULAR RING GEAR, (F) RADIAL AND THRUST BEARING MEANS DETACHABLY SUPPORTING SAID RING GEAR CONCENTRICALLY ON SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER, (G) A CYLINDRICAL SCREEN SECURED TO AND SOLELY SUPPORTED BY THE RING GEAR IN A POSITION IN WHICH THE SCREEN SURROUNDS THE PUMP CONDUIT AND EXTENDS DOWNWARDLY INTO SAID BODY OF WATER, (H) SAID CHLINDRICAL SCREEN HAVING A CLOSED LOWER END, SAID CLOSED LOWER END BEING SPACAED APART FROM AND BELOW THE INLET PORTION OF SAID PUMP CONDUIT, (I) A PINION MOUNTED ON AND SUPPORTED BY SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER FOR DRIVING THE RING GEAR TO ROTATE THE SCREEN, (J) MOTOR MEANS DETACHABLY MOUNTED ABOVE, ON, AND SUPPORTED BY SAID SUPPORT MEMBER FOR DRIVING SAID PINION, (K) SCREEN FLUSHING MEANS SUPPORTED BY THE PUMP CONDUIT, (L) BLEEDING MEANS CONNECTING THE OUTLET OF SAID PUMP TO SAID SCREEN FLUSHING MEANS, (M) ON OUTLET PIPE, (N) FLEXIBLE PIPE MEANS COUPLING THE OUTLET OF THE PUMP TO SAID OUTLET PIPE, (O) CRIBBING MEANS POSITIONED BELOW SAID SUPPORT MEMBER, (P) AND ADDITIONAL BEARING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID CRIBBING MEANS AND LOOSELY SURROUNDING THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID SCREEN TO PERMIT LIMITED LATERAL DEFECTIONS OF THE SCREEN RELATIVE TO THE VERTICAL.