Tank inlet filters
AssigneeRain Harvesting Pty Ltd
InventorsShaun Crossman, Anton Lee See
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Abstract
A tank screen (10) having at least one contact region or contact area (14) for positioning the tank screen relative to a tank inlet, a solid wall (16) having a portion extending above the at least one contact area or contact region (14), and a mesh screen (18) for filtering leaves from water entering the rainwater tank, the mesh screen (18)comprising a mesh side wall (20) that has an upper region located above the at least one contact area or contact region (14), the at least the upper region of the mesh sidewall (20) being at least partly enclosed by the solid sidewall (16).
Claims14
A tank inlet screen for placement spanning an inlet of a tank, for filtering leaves and other detritus from water entering the tank, the tank inlet screen comprising:
- an upwardly extending solid sidewall (16);
- a mesh screen (18) having an interior volume defined by a surrounding mesh sidewall (20) extending downwardly from an upper portion of the solid sidewall (16), and a mesh base (22) attached to a lower portion of the mesh sidewall (20), an upper portion of the mesh sidewall is at least partly enclosed by the solid sidewall (16);
- a flange (12) laterally extending from the solid sidewall (16);
- a peripheral skirt (14) extending downwardly from an outermost portion of the flange (12) defining at least one contact surface;
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- an inner wall (12A) extending downwardly from a bottom side of flange (12).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.