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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2002
John William Eeles, Eleebana, AU;
Ronald Leslie Johnson, Charlestown, AU;
Peter Martin Olsen, Toronto, AU;
John William Eeles, Eleebana, AU;
Ronald Leslie Johnson, Charlestown, AU;
Peter Martin Olsen, Toronto, AU;
Abstract
A screening assemblyincludes at least one railto be secured to a support member of a screening machine to lie parallel to, and intermediate, side members of the screening machine. At least one locating formationstands proud of an operatively upper surface of each rail. The assembly includes a plurality of screening modules. Each screening modulehas an end supported on the railso that a pair of moduleslie in end-to-end abutting relationship with the abutting ends, in use, overlying the railand defining a receiving formation through which the locating formationprotrudes to project beyond the receiving formation into a recessed region defined by the abutting ends of the pair of modules. A locking memberis associated with the receiving formation and is receivable in the recessed region for engaging its associated locating formation to lock the pair of modules with respect to each other and with respect to the rail. An upper surface of the locking member, when the locking member is received in the recessed region, lies substantially flush with upper surfaces of the modulesof the pair of modules.