Vibrating screen assembly with integrated gasket and frame
AssigneeSouthwestern Wire Cloth, Inc.
InventorsTerry L. Baltzer, Russell Allen Riddle
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Abstract
A vibrating screen assembly having a tubular frame. The tubular frame includes a pair of opposed tubular sides and a pair of opposed tubular ends. An upstanding lip extending from each side and extending from each end forms a rim enclosure. A ledge extends inwardly from the opposed sides. A perforated plate with a plurality of screen cloths thereon is positioned within the rim enclosure and secured to a planar surface of the frame. A slot in the tubular sides and tubular ends forms a continuous channel and an elastomeric gasket is press fit into the slot and held therein without adhesives or fasteners.
Claims25
A vibrating screen assembly which comprises:
- a frame having a pair of opposed tubular sides and a pair of opposed tubular ends, each said side and each said end having a planar surface;
- an upstanding lip extending vertically from each said planar surface to form a rim enclosure;
- a ledge extending inwardly from said opposed sides;
- a slot in at least said tubular sides;
- a gasket that may be press fit into said slot and held therein;
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- at least one screen cloth supported on said frame and positioned thereon by said rim enclosure wherein said screen cloth is secured to said frame.
A vibrating screen assembly which comprises:
- a continuous frame of a pair of side tubes and a pair of end tubes, each said tube having a planar surface;
- a lip extending vertically from said planar surface to form a rim enclosure;
- a ledge extending inwardly from said side tubes;
- a slot in said continuous frame;
- an elastomeric gasket mechanically locked in said slot without adhesive or fasteners;
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- a perforated plate with at least one screen cloth thereon positioned within said rim enclosure and secured to said planar surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.