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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1994
Robert R Cheesman, Waukesha, WI (US);
James A Ehleiter, Franklin, WI (US);
Don N Gass, Brown Deer, WI (US);
Gary B Tatsak, Glendale, WI (US);
R Ian Fletcher, Damariscotta, ME (US);
Envirex Inc., Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
A traveling water screen including a basket having an upper lip beam and a lower lip beam, the lower lip beam including an elongated upwardly opening channel upstream of the water screen, the lower lip beam including an upstream wall having a lower portion the lower portion including a lower forward surface facing in the upstream direction, at least a portion of the lower forward surface being convex, and the upper portion of the upstream wall having a spoiler shape for deflecting water upwardly and over the upwardly opening channel. The traveling water screen also includes seals between adjacent baskets to prevent unscreened water from flowing through spaces between the baskets.