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US 2021/0370203 A1Published application
Sanitary disc strainer
OwnerTimothy David Reuterinventor
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Abstract
A device and method for removing debris from a process fluid are described herein. Specifically, a sanitary disc strainer includes a strainer body, a moveable guide rod assembly, moveable within the strainer body, a plurality of grooved discs stacked on the moveable guide rod assembly, and an actuator for moving the moveable guide rod assembly to compress and decompress the plurality of grooved discs.
Claims20
A sanitary disc strainer comprising:
- a strainer body;
- a moveable guide rod assembly, moveable within the strainer body;
- a plurality of grooved discs stacked on the moveable guide rod assembly;
- and
- an actuator for moving the moveable guide rod assembly to compress and decompress the plurality of grooved discs.
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A method of removing debris from a process fluid, the method comprising:
- compressing, via an actuator, a plurality of grooved discs within a strainer body;
- pumping a process fluid through an inlet of the strainer body;
- directing the process fluid through a tortuous pathway formed by the plurality of compressed grooved discs, such that the debris cannot pass through the tortuous pathway;
- and
- removing the process fluid from the strainer body via an outlet.
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A filter disc assembly comprising:
- a strainer body or housing;
- a moveable guide rod assembly, moveable within the strainer body;
- a plurality of grooved discs stacked on the moveable guide rod assembly;
- and
- a manual piston joined to the moveable guide rod assembly to compress the plurality of grooved discs within the strainer body;
- wherein the plurality of grooved discs and movable guide rod assembly can be disassembled and removed from the strainer body to be cleaned out of place.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.