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US 12,246,351 B2Granted
Screen arrangement
AssigneeAury Australia Pty Ltd.
InventorsBradley William Pringle, Noel James Eather
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AssigneeAury Australia Pty Ltd.
InventorsBradley William Pringle, Noel James Eather
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A screen arrangement (10) including a stringer (16), a securing arrangement (18), and a plurality of screen panels (20) adapted to couple to the stringer (16) by the securing arrangement (18). The plurality of screen panels (20) may each include a side notch (22) arranged to define a screen aperture (24) between adjacent ones of the plurality of screen panels (20) and the stringer (16) includes a stringer aperture (26) aligned with the screen aperture (24). The securing arrangement (18) may include an expandable part (28) adapted to extend from the screen aperture (24) into the stringer aperture (26) and a fastener (30) adapted pass between the screen aperture (24) and the stringer aperture (26) so as to expand the expandable part (28) within the stringer aperture (26). A related method is also disclosed.
A screen arrangement including a stringer, a securing arrangement, and a plurality of screen panels adapted to couple to the stringer by the securing arrangement, wherein the plurality of screen panels each include a side notch arranged to define a screen aperture between adjacent ones of the plurality of screen panels and the stringer includes a stringer aperture fitted with a ferrule alignable with the screen aperture, wherein the securing arrangement includes an expandable part adapted to extend from the screen aperture into the ferrule and a fastener adapted pass between the screen aperture and the ferrule so as to expand the expandable part within the ferrule, wherein the stringer aperture is counter sunk and the ferrule includes a chamfered bottom rim to allow resilient compression thereof to resiliently snap fit through the stringer aperture so as to be secured thereto.
A method of securing a plurality of screen panels to a stringer using a securing arrangement, the method including:
A stringer arrangement for a screen arrangement, the stringer arrangement including a stringer having an elongate plate body with a plurality of cut outs along a side thereof and one or more support plates arranged perpendicularly to the elongate plate body and along the side to as to extend across the cut outs, wherein the one or more support plates each include one or more stringer apertures each associated with one or more of the plurality of cut outs, wherein the stringer aperture is counter sunk and is fitted with a ferrule including a chamfered bottom rim to allow resilient compression thereof to resiliently snap fit through the stringer aperture so as to be secured thereto.
A method of forming a stringer for a screen arrangement, the method including:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.