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US 12,390,836 B2Granted
Modular, pre-tensioned, self-cleaning screening panels
AssigneeBuffalo Wire Works Company, Inc.
InventorsErich Steadman, Bryan N. Seymour
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Abstract
A modular, pre-tensioned, self-cleaning screening panel having a frame and at least one pre-tensioned wire that is fastened to the frame.
Claims20
A screening panel comprising:
- a frame defining a fixed screen spacing area and comprising a first frame end spaced from a second frame end in a longitudinal direction;
- and
- a plurality of wires arranged parallel to each other on the frame and disposed at least partially in the fixed screen spacing area, individual of the plurality of wires being fixed proximate a first wire end to the first frame end and being fixed proximate a second wire end to the second frame end, the plurality of wires being pre-tensioned between the first wire end and the second wire end.
A method of forming a screening panel comprising:
- providing a plurality of wires, the plurality of wires extending generally from first wire ends to second wire ends in a longitudinal direction;
- providing a frame comprising a first frame end spaced from a second frame end in the longitudinal direction and a first frame side spaced from a second frame side in a lateral direction;
- with the plurality of wires separate from the frame, tensioning the plurality of wires in the longitudinal direction;
- with the at least one of the plurality of wires tensioned in the longitudinal direction, securing the first wire ends of the plurality of wires to the first frame end and securing the second wire ends of the plurality of wires to the second frame end;
- and
- releasing the tensioning with the wires secured to the frame to provide a screening panel with pre-tensioned wires.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.