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US 11,686,104 B2Granted
Flexible, profile bar screen
AssigneeHendrick Screen Company
InventorDavid C. MacDaniel, Jr.
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Abstract
A flexible, profile-bar-based screen is provided includes a flexible cord (e.g., a braided stainless-steel cable) that strings together several cross members (e.g., profile bars) in a pattern to create the screen. Flexible spacers ensure that the cross members remain generally parallel, while allowing the cord to flex in any direction. Each end of the cord includes a cap (e.g., nut, washer, tacking, etc., combinations thereof) to prevent edge cross members from falling off the cord.
Claims7
A flexible screen comprising:
- a first flexible cord, wherein the first flexible cord is braided from flexible strands of metal;
- a second flexible cord;
- a first cross member including a first aperture and a second aperture, wherein the first cross member is a first profile bar;
- a second cross member including a first aperture and a second aperture, wherein the second cross member is a second profile bar;
- a third cross member including a first aperture and a second aperture, wherein the third cross member is a third profile bar;
- wherein:
- the first flexible cord threads through the first aperture of the first cross member, the first aperture of the second cross member, and the first aperture of the third cross member;
- the second flexible cord threads through the second aperture of the first cross member, the second aperture of the second cross member, and the second aperture of the third cross member;
- and
- spacers, being compressed coiled springs, surround portions of the first flexible cord and the second flexible cord, where the surrounded portions are:
- between the first cross member and the second cross member;
- and
- between the second cross member and the third cross member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.