Pipeline strainer
AssigneeStrahman Valves, Inc.
InventorSamuel STEDNITZ
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Abstract
A pipeline strainer is provided having a cavity, a screen assembly disposed in the cavity, the screen assembly having an open first end and an open second end and a screen axis extending from the open first end to the open second end, a fluid inlet arranged at the open first end of the screen assembly, such that the fluid inlet is open to an interior of the screen assembly, a fluid outlet adjacent the open first end of the screen assembly. The fluid outlet is open to a straining surface of the screen assembly. A fluid axis extends from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet where the fluid axis crosses the screen axis at or near the fluid inlet.
Claims15
A pipeline strainer comprising:
- a cavity;
- a screen assembly disposed in the cavity, the screen assembly having an open first end and an open second end and a screen axis extending from the open first end to the open second end;
- a fluid inlet arranged at the open first end of the screen assembly, such that the fluid inlet is open to an interior of the screen assembly;
- and
- a fluid outlet adjacent the open first end of the screen assembly, wherein the fluid outlet is open to a straining surface of the screen assembly;
- and
- a fluid axis extending from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet;
- wherein the fluid axis crosses the screen axis at or near the fluid inlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.