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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 1983
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1981
John P Latimer, Newport News, VA (US);
Glenn E Miller, Newport News, VA (US);
Deepsea Ventures, Inc., Gloucester Point, VA (US);
Abstract
A liquid flow system which comprises means to screen long slender objects from a liquid flowing in a conduit. The screening means comprises a set of opposed, aligned, undulating surfaces, each having axes of curvature extending in at least two directions. In another embodiment there is a primary set of corrugated surfaces, with axes extending in a single direction transverse to the direction of fluid flow, and a secondary set of corrugated surfaces mounted on the primary set with axes transverse to the direction of fluid flow and transverse to the axes of the primary set. The undulating surfaces are preferably formed as primary corrugated plates with secondary corrugated plates transversely mounted on each primary corrugated plate. The primary corrugated plates can be moved apart to permit the removal of trapped debris. Dimpled plates can alternatively be us