Fluid strainer
AssigneeBlue Skies Global LLC
InventorPaul F. Nehlen, III
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Abstract
A fluid strainer that is meant to remove debris from a fluid stream and including a housing having in inlet port defined at an inlet wall of the housing and an outlet port that is opposite to the inlet port and that is defined by an outlet wall of the housing; the housing defining an interior chamber through which the fluid flows; a strainer basket that is disposed within the housing chamber; the strainer basket having an open inlet end into which the fluid flows from the housing inlet, opposed sidewalls including a pair of tapered outlet walls that merge and direct the fluid flow to the housing outlet port and an outlet end wall; and a bar that is disposed within the housing that is located adjacent to and across the outlet port for spacing the outlet end wall of the strainer basket from the housing outlet wall.
Claims20
A fluid strainer that is meant to remove debris from a fluid stream, comprising:
- a housing having in inlet port defined at an inlet wall of the housing and an outlet port that is opposite to the inlet port and that is defined by an outlet wall of the housing;
- said housing defining an interior chamber through which the fluid flows;
- a strainer basket that is disposed within the housing chamber;
- said strainer basket having an open inlet end into which the fluid flows from the housing inlet, opposed sidewalls including a pair of tapered outlet walls that merge and direct the fluid flow to the housing outlet port and an outlet end wall;
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- a bar that is disposed within the housing that is located adjacent to and across the outlet port for spacing the outlet end wall of the strainer basket from the housing outlet wall.
A fluid strainer that is meant to remove debris from a fluid stream, comprising:
- a housing having in inlet port defined at an inlet wall of the housing and an outlet port that is opposite to the inlet port and that is defined by an outlet wall of the housing;
- said housing defining an interior chamber through which the fluid flows;
- a strainer basket that is disposed within the housing chamber;
- said strainer basket having an open inlet end into which the fluid flows from the housing inlet, opposed sidewalls including a pair of tapered outlet walls that merge and direct the fluid flow to the housing outlet port and an outlet end wall;
- a lid over the housing and a series of swivel clamps that secure the lid to the housing.
A fluid strainer that is meant to remove debris from a fluid stream, comprising:
- a housing having in inlet port defined at an inlet wall of the housing and an outlet port that is opposite to the inlet port and that is defined by an outlet wall of the housing;
- said housing defining an interior chamber through which the fluid flows;
- a strainer basket that is disposed within the housing chamber;
- said strainer basket having an open inlet end into which the fluid flows from the housing inlet, opposed sidewalls including a pair of tapered outlet walls that merge and direct the fluid flow to the housing outlet port and an outlet end wall;
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- a reinforcing rib on a top surface of the lid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.