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Screen for filtering undesirable particles from a liquid
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1992-06-05
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Granted: 1993-10-26
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Expires: 2012-06-05
Abstract
Abstract A screen for filtering undesirable particles from a liquid has a flat parallel array of warp filaments spaced apart less than a preselected minimal linear dimension of the undesirable particles transverse to a parallel array of pairs of shute filaments, the shute filaments of each pair being oppositely woven about and twisted 180° at the warp filaments to secure the warp filaments and maintain the spaces therebetween, the spaces between pairs of shute filaments being greater than the preselected minimal linear dimension of the undesirable particles so that the screen is characterized by rectangular flow apertures therethrough, the apertures being an access ratio ranging as great as 4 to 10, even for filaments having diameter ranging as small as 0.007 to 0.001 inches.
Inventors
- 👤 William S. Cagle
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 23:28
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D39/00; B01D39/10; B01D39/12; B01D29/00; B01D29/01; B01D29/012
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
108 words
A screen for filtering undesirable particles from a liquid comprising: a first parallel array of filaments having spaces therebetween less than a preselected minimal linear dimension of said undesirable particles; and a second parallel array of pairs of filaments thinner than said filaments of and transverse to said first array, said filaments of each pair being oppositely woven over and under said filaments of said first array and twisted 180° between said filaments of said first array to secure said first array filaments and maintain said spaces therebetween, said pairs of filaments having spaces therebetween at least four times said preselected minimal linear dimension of said undesirable particles.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
108 words
A screen for filtering undesirable particles from a liquid comprising: a first parallel array of filaments having spaces therebetween less than a preselected minimal linear dimension of said undesirable particles; and a second parallel array of pairs of filaments thinner than said filaments of and transverse to said first array, said filaments of each pair being oppositely woven over and under said filaments of said first array and twisted 180° between said filaments of said first array to secure said first array filaments and maintain said spaces therebetween, said pairs of filaments having spaces therebetween at least four times said preselected minimal linear dimension of said undesirable particles.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
128 words
A screen for filtering undesirable particles from a liquid comprising: a flat parallel array of warp filaments having spaces therebetween less than a preselected minimal linear dimension of said undesirable particles; and a parallel array of pairs of shute filaments thinner than and transverse to said warp filaments, said shute filaments of each pair being oppositely woven over and under and twisted 180° between said warp filaments to secure said warp filaments and maintain said spaces therebetween, said pairs of shute filaments having spaces therebetween greater than said preselected minimal linear dimension of said undesirable particles, said spaces between said warp filaments and said spaces between said pairs of shute filaments defining rectangular flow apertures through said screen having an aspect ratio of at least four to one.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
128 words
A screen for filtering undesirable particles from a liquid comprising: a flat parallel array of warp filaments having spaces therebetween less than a preselected minimal linear dimension of said undesirable particles; and a parallel array of pairs of shute filaments thinner than and transverse to said warp filaments, said shute filaments of each pair being oppositely woven over and under and twisted 180° between said warp filaments to secure said warp filaments and maintain said spaces therebetween, said pairs of shute filaments having spaces therebetween greater than said preselected minimal linear dimension of said undesirable particles, said spaces between said warp filaments and said spaces between said pairs of shute filaments defining rectangular flow apertures through said screen having an aspect ratio of at least four to one.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
A screen according to claim 2, said warp and shute filaments being bonded together at points of contact thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
A screen according to claim 2, said warp filaments being arrayed at approximately 100 to 400 filaments per inch.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
A screen according to claim 2, said pairs of shute filaments being arrayed at approximately 10 to 220 pairs per inch.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
A screen according to claim 2, said arrays of warp and pairs of shute filaments defining a mesh having openings in the order of approximately 37 to 140 microns by approximately 75 to 2500 microns.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
A screen according to claim 2, said warp filaments being less than 0.007 inches in diameter.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
A screen according to claim 2, said shute filaments being less than 0.007 inches in diameter.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
A screen according to claim 2, said warp filaments and said shute filaments being less than 0.007 inches in diameter and said warp filaments being of greater diameter than said shute filaments.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
35 words
A screen according to claim 2, said pairs of shute filaments having spaces therebetween ranging from at least four times to as much as ten times the length of said spaces between said warp filaments.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
13 words
A screen according to claim 2, said warp filaments being equally spaced apart.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
15 words
A screen according to claim 2, said pairs of shute filaments being equally spaced apart.
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