Abstract 1. Apparatus for screening large quantities of water comprising: a vertical post mounted in a fixed position within a body of water, said post having an internal passage communicating with an outlet pipe and having a peripheral opening in communication with said internal passage, a frame supporting an endless circle of screens about said post, means mounting said frame for vertically sliding movement on said post with said screens in radially spaced relation to said post and to said opening, said frame having a float secured thereto to sustain said frame in predetermined relation to the surface of the body of water with the upper edges of the screens above the said body of water, and, means blocking water flow beneath said screens into said post opening, whereby water is compelled to flow through said screens to said opening.
Apparatus for screening large quantities of water comprising: a vertical post mounted in a fixed position within a body of water, said post having an internal passage communicating with an outlet pipe and having a peripheral opening in communication with said internal passage, a frame supporting an endless circle of screens about said post, means mounting said frame for vertically sliding movement on said post with said screens in radially spaced relation to said post and to said opening, said frame having a float secured thereto to sustain said frame in predetermined relation to the surface of the body of water with the upper edges of the screens above the said body of water, and, means blocking water flow beneath said screens into said post opening, whereby water is compelled to flow through said screens to said opening.
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Apparatus for screening large quantities of water comprising: a vertical post mounted in a fixed position within a body of water, said post having an internal passage communicating with an outlet pipe and having a peripheral opening in communication with said internal passage, a frame supporting an endless circle of screens about said post, means mounting said frame for vertically sliding movement on said post with said screens in radially spaced relation to said post and to said opening, said frame having a float secured thereto to sustain said frame in predetermined relation to the surface of the body of water with the upper edges of the screens above the said body of water, and, means blocking water flow beneath said screens into said post opening, whereby water is compelled to flow through said screens to said opening.