Fluid filtering device

Claim 1

A FLUID FILTERING DEVICE COMPRISING A TANK HAVING SEPARATED INLET AND OUTLET COMPARTMENTS WITH THE INLET COMPARTMENTS BEING CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF WATER HAVING EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL ENTRAINED THEREIN AND HAVING AN UPWARDLY DISPOSED ELONGATED DISCHARGE OPENING LOCATED ABOVE SAID OUTLET COMPARTMENT, SAID OUTLET COMPARTMENT INCLUDING AN OUTLET OPENING FOR DIRECTING RELATIVELY CLEAN WATER FROM THE TANK; FILTER MEANS MOUNTED ON THE TANK HAVING A WATER RECEIVING SECTION DISPOSED IMMEDIATELY BELOW AND COEXTENSIVELY CONTIGUOUS WITH THE ELONGATED DISCHARGE OPENING OF SAID INLET COMPARTMENT FOR REMOVING EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL FROM THE WATER DISCHARGED FROM SAID DISCHARGE OPENING AND PERMITTING RELATIVELY CLEAN WATER TO PASS INTO SAID OUTLET COMPARTMENT, SAID FILTER MEANS INCLUDING A DEBRIS DISCHARGE STATION DISPOSED IN SPACED OPPOSED RELATION TO SAID WATER RECEIVING SECTION; PARTICLE CONVEYING MEANS MOUNTED IMMEDIATELY ABOVE SAID FILTER MEANS BETWEEN ITS WATER RECEIVING SECTION AND ITS DEBRIS STATION INCLUDING NOZZLE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID OUTLET OPENING OF THE TANK PROVIDING AN AUXILIARY FLOW OF RELATIVELY CLEAN WATER FOR DISCHARGE ANGULARLY DOWNWARDLY AGAINST THE FILTER MEANS TO PROPEL EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL THEREON TOWARD SAID DEBRIS DISCHARGE STATION; AND FILTER SWEEPING MEANS DISPOSED BELOW SAID FILTER MEANS WITHIN SAID OUTLET COMPARTMENT AND BEING CONNECTED TO SAID OUTLET OPENING OF THE TANK FOR RECEIVING THEREFROM A SUPPLY OF RELATIVELY CLEAN WATER FOR DISCHARGE UPWARDLY AGAINST SAID FILTER MEANS TO LOOSEN, DISLODGE AND PROPEL EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL TRAPPED BY THE FILTER MEANS INTO SAID AUXILIARY FLOW OF WATER FROM SAID PARTICLE CONVEYING MEANS.