Flush valve filter
AssigneeH2OK Solutions LLC
InventorJeff Dirkers
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Abstract
One embodiment includes a flush valve filter assembly. The flush valve filter includes a support structure configured to be placed in a conduit between a flush valve and a fluid inlet line. The support structure includes at least one locking finger extending in a first axial direction and at least two axially extending upper aprons extending in the first axial direction with a locking lip on each upper apron. The at least one locking finger is located between the at least two upper aprons. The flush valve filter assembly also includes a primary filter medium having sieve openings secured to the support structure by the at least one locking finger and locking lip such that at least some particulate in a fluid passing through the flush valve filter is retained by the primary filter medium.
Claims20
A flush valve filter assembly comprising:
- a support structure configured to be placed in a conduit between a flush valve and a fluid inlet line, wherein the support structure includes at least one locking finger extending in a first axial direction and at least two axially extending upper aprons extending in the first axial direction with a locking lip on each upper apron, and wherein the at least one locking finger is located between the at least two upper aprons;
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- a primary filter medium having sieve openings secured to the support structure by the at least one locking finger and locking lip such that at least some particulate in a fluid passing through the flush valve filter is retained by the primary filter medium.
A flush valve filter assembly comprising:
- a support structure configured to be placed in a conduit between a flush valve and a fluid inlet line having a circumferentially continuous axially extending upper apron with a locking lip located on at least a portion of the upper apron;
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- a screen basket secured to the support structure by the locking lip.
A flush valve filter comprising:
- a support structure configured to be placed in a conduit between a flush valve and a fluid inlet line wherein the support structure comprises at least two axially extending lower aprons of a first length;
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- a screen basket secured to the support structure such that at least some particulate in a fluid passing through the flush valve filter is retained by the screen basket, wherein the screen basket is of a second length that is greater than the first length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.