Curved diverter plate assembly for interchangeability of various models of traveling water screens

Claim 1

Mounting means for mounting a dual flow traveling water screen, said screen including a screen frame, in a channel having a pair of vertical walls having vertical cavities, said mounting means comprising a first curved diverter plate having an upstream edge portion, located adjacent one of the vertical walls, said first curved diverter plate attached to and extending radially outward from said screen frame of said dual flow traveling water screen to one vertical wall of said pair of vertical walls of said channel; a second curved diverter plate having an upstream edge portion locted adjacent the other vertical wall, said second curved diverter plate attached to and extending radially outward from the screen frame to the other of said pair of channel walls; said first and second diverter plates each having a projecting flange on the obverse sides of said curved diverter plates, said projecting flanges projecting into said vertical cavities of said walls when said traveling water screen is in said channel; compression struts extending from said upstream edge portions of said curved diverter plates to said screen frame.