Agricultural or industrial spin filter

A fluid filter comprising:

• a y-branched filter chamber having an inlet and an outlet, and a top and a bottom defined by gravitational orientation;
• a spin plate disposed in the filter chamber and having a first longitudinal axis;
• a filter screen having a second longitudinal axis, a top and a bottom as defined by gravitational orientation and an interior supplied with fluid from the spin plate and disposed in the filter chamber, the first and second longitudinal axes being collinear;
• a flow distributing sleeve disposed in the filter chamber outside of the filter screen and having an inlet and proximal side;
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• an end cap having a top extending into the bottom of the interior of the filter screen;
• wherein the spin plate comprises fluid passageways disposed therethrough at an approximal 20 degree angle azimuthally inclined relative to the second longitudinal axis of the filter screen;
• wherein the flow distribution sleeve comprises a plurality of axial slots which are narrower at the proximal side and wider at the distal side;
• wherein the end cap is coupled to the bottom of the filter chamber and disposed adjacent to a bottom of the filter screen, and wherein the end cap is comprised of a cone with a top and a bottom as defined by gravitational orientation and a basin with a top and a bottom as defined by gravitational orientation in which the cone is coupled to the top of a basin, where the top of the cone forms the top of the end cap which extends upwardly into the interior of the filter screen, where a narrow annulus with a small cross-sectional area is defined between the bottom of the cone and the top of the basin, where the basin comprises an openable flush tube to flush out particles collected in the basin and to induce a high velocity flow through the annulus when the flush tube is opened.

A high volume fluid filter comprising:

• a filter chamber means for providing a gravitationally oriented filtration space having an inlet and an outlet;
• a cylindrical filter screen means for filtering out particles, the filter screen means being disposed within the filter chamber means;
• a spin plate means disposed in fluidic communication to the inlet for defining fluid jets at an oblique angle relative to the filter screen so that particles entrained in the flow obliquely flow against the filter screen means;
• a flow distributing sleeve means for distributing flow across the filter screen means according to a predetermined pattern;
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• a cone basin means for collecting the particles.