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US 10,669,683 B2Granted
Fine mesh fish larvae protection system for traveling water screens
AssigneeEvoqua Water Technologies LLC
InventorsBruce Herman, Stephen Thomas, Sean McGaughran
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Abstract
A traveling water screen comprises a basket having a frame including an upper portion, a lower portion, and side portions, a coarse screen secured to the frame, a fine screen overlay attachable to the coarse screen, and a bucket portion secured to a lower portion of the frame, comprising an inner wall surface, and at least one deflector secured to the inner wall surface.
Claims28
A traveling water screen, comprising:
- a basket comprising:
- a frame having an upper portion, a lower portion, and side portions;
- a coarse screen secured to the frame;
- a fine screen overlay removably attached to the coarse screen;
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- a bucket secured to the lower portion of the frame, the bucket extending in a longitudinal direction and comprising an inner wall surface and at least one deflector extending from the inner wall surface within and at a longitudinal end of the bucket, the at least one deflector angled away from the longitudinal end of the bucket and tapered downward towards a center of the bucket to divert fish, larvae, and debris away from the longitudinal end of the bucket to the center of the bucket.
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