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 Patented May 3, 1932
1,856,381

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

FRANCIS P. GARY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO CHAIN BELT COMPANY.,
OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN
ENDLESS TRAVELING WATER SCREEN
Application filed December 17, 1929. Serial No. 414,696.
This invention relates to endless traveling Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional
water screens and has for one of its objects elevational view, taken approximately on the
to improve the construction of the baskets plane indicated by the line 3-3 of Figure 2,
and frames therefor, whereby the cost of looking in the direction of the arrows;
3 manufacture may be reduced, while at the Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view
same time the screens will be more efficient taken approximately on the plane indicated
in use than those which have been heretofore by the line 4-4 of Figure 2;
proposed. Figure 5 is a fragmentary end elevational
A further object of the invention is to pro view of a portion of one of the screen baskets
3G vide a basket construction for water screens as viewed
wherein the seals for preventing the passage looking in from
the
the bottom of Figure 2, and 60
same direction as Figure 4;
of unscreened water around the various Figure 6 is a similar view looking at the
moving parts of the apparatus are improved posite edge of a basket, toward the trash
and rendered more efficient. lp;
5 A still further object of the invention is to
provide a basket frame made up of a number tiveFigures 7,8,9, 10 and 11 are detail perspec
of sheet metal members or elements which enter into ofthetheconstruction
views sheet metal members which
of one of the
may be quickly and cheaply stamped to the basket frames;
desired forms and assembled into units by Figure 12 is a side elevational view of a
20 welding or other suitable means. slightly modified form of the side member
A still further object of the invention is to for the basket frame;
provide an improved method of Securing the Figure
screening material or surface in place in the tional view13 of is an enlarged fragmentary Sec
a further modified form of
basket frame whereby the normal tendency side member; and
25 of trash carried by the water to pull the Figure 14 is a fragmentary elevational
- screening material out of the frame will be view of the parts shown in Figure 13, as
effectively overcome. viewed from the right of the said figure.
With the above and other objects in view Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 to
which will appear as the description pro 11 of the drawings the numeral 1 indicates
30 tails
ceeds,oftheconstruction
invention consists in the novel de
and combinations and generally the sprocket chains which carry 80
arrangements of parts more fully herein less and support the baskets constituting the end
after disclosed and particularly pointed out in the traveling water screen as is well known
in the appended claims. art, the said chains comprising side
35 This application is a continuation in part chain pins 3 are
bars 2 which pivotally connected by the
of my co-pending application filed Novem rollers 4, as will be which
upon are mounted the
ber 12, 1928, Serial No. 318,964, entitled End and 3. The said chains 1 pass Figures
clear from
around
1, 2
and
less sectional water screen and patented No engage with the lower sprocket wheels 10
vember 11, 1930, No. 1,781,223. carried by the transverse shaft 11 suitably
40 Referring to the accompanying drawings mounted
forming a part of the present specification in The said within the stationary screen frame. 90
wheels 10 are provided with teeth
which like reference characters designate 14 which enter between the side bars 2 of the
like parts in all the views:-- links and serve to guide the chains within
Figure 1 is a side elevational view, partly the boot as will be readily understood by
45 broken away, of the lower or boot portion of those skilled in the art. 95
an endless sectional water screen of a Well The screen baskets, the construction of
known form; which constitutes the gist of the present in
Figure 2 is an enlarged elevational view of vention, comprise a pair of fabricated side
a portion of the screen shown in Figure 1, as members indicated by the numeral 18 and a
50 viewed from the right of the said figure; pair of spaced transverse members 25 and 100
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33. The said fabricated side members are portion 191 upon an arc which conforms to
formed of a plurality of stamped sheet metal the outer surface of the curved portion 26
elements suitably joined together subsequent of the lateral flange 21, whereby the curved
to stamping by welding or in any other suit edge 192 may co-act with the said curved por
able manner. The said members 18 include tion 26 to provide an additional edge seal O
a side plate 19 one edge of which is substan which, it will be noted, is at substantially
tially straight while the other edge is con right angles to the face seal thereby provid
vexly curved upon an arc conforming sub ing a tortuous passage through which water
stantially to the curvature of the boot portion must find its way and which, of course, is
much more efficient in preventing the passage 5
10 20 of the screen-frame. As is well known in
the art these members serve not only as side ofAs Erash than is any straight passage.
above stated each basket frame includes
plates for the screen baskets, but also co-act in addition to the side members 18 just de
with the said boot 20 to provide trash seals scribed, a pair of spaced transverse members
which prevent the passage of unscreened wa 25 and 33. As in my previous application 80
5 ter around the parts as they travel through
the boot. Such members are well known in above mentioned, these members are formed
the art and in their broadest aspect, consti of stamped sheet metal with the member 25
tute no part of the invention. being reversely bent upon itself to provide
Secured to one side face of plate 19 is a minatesa rearwardly extending portion 29 which ter
20 sheet metal member 21 which provides a See Fig. in an angularly disposed portion 30, 35
laterally extending flange adapted to form elements 25 The 3. main body portion 28 of the
projects forwardly a considerable
One element of a side trash seal, the other distance from the screen surface 5 and con
element of which is formed by a stationary Stitutes
portion 16 of the Screen frame as is likewise raise larger pieces of solid which
a trash lifting lip
material
serves to 90
which
25 Well known in the art. The said member 21 do not adhere to the screening surface when
is preferably stamped to provide an angular the Screen is moved for cleaning purposes.
ly disposed extension 22 to which is secured
in any suitable manner as by welding, a pair The ably
rear edge of the member 25 is prefer
turned at Substantially right angles to 95
of hollow studs 23 through which bolts 24
30 may be passed to secure the screen baskets to the body portion 28 to provide a lip 251 as
the chain links 2, as will be clear from Fig clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3.
The other transverse member 33 of each
ures 2, 3 and 4. At one end the laterally pro basket
jecting flange member 21 is curved as indi metal toframe provide
is likewise stamped from sheet
a substantially straight for
cated at 26, see Figs. 2, 3 and 8, to provide an
35. arcuate extension which, when the parts are Ward projecting portion 331 and a reversely
assembled, is substantially concentric with extending portion 332, the latter portion be
the axis of articulation of the screen sections. ing curved upon an arc concentric with the
This said arcuate portion is adapted to lie in center of the chain pin 3. The curved edge
192 of the plate 19 is made flush with the 3.05
close proximity to and to co-act with a com outer surface of the curved portion 332 and
40 plementary beveled end 27 of the next adja
cent flange member 21 to provide an articu proximityareto sotheproportioned
the parts as to lie in close
angular extension 30 of the
lating side trash Seal adjacent the chain pins member
3, all as is disclosed in my said co-pending also at a25point as indicated at 301 in Fig. 3, and
indicated by the numeral 302
application No. 318,964.
45 It has been previously proposed to provide adjacent the base of the member 25. There 10.
articulating trash Seals of the edge to edge the is thus provided a double transverse seal at
type at the meeting ends of the plates 19, and whicharticulating
effectively
point of the screen baskets
prevents the passage of
one
priorform of such seal
application. is shown
In the presentin instance,
my said trash at these points. The base of the mem 15
50 however, in order to obviate certain objec ber 33 is preferably provided with an angu
tions which have arisen in connection with larly extending lip 333 as shown in Figs. 2
this type of seal in actual practice, it is pre and 3, which corresponds with the lip 251 of
members 25.
ferred to make the plates 19 of such length The Screening surfaces may be of any 20
that they will overlap one another, as clear
55 ly indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, and to offset Suitable construction but are preferably com
one end of each plate as indicated at 191 to posed of wire mesh or perforated sheet
permit such overlapping. This construction in mountingItthe
material. has heretofore been the practice
screening members in baskets
enables me to obtain a face to face seal of
relatively large surface area between adja. of this type to bend the edges of the screen
60 cent plates which is more effective to prevent elements at Substantially right angles to the
the passage of trash and small fish at this posed Surface and to clamp these angularly dis
point than the edge to edge seal heretofore edges against the inner surface of the
used. The advantages of the latter seal may basket frame by means of suitable clamping
bars such as 17, in the present drawings. ..
be retained in the present construction by
65 cutting away a portion of the extended offset The previous practice has been, however, to
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place these clamping bars in front of the ends of the plates 19 is maintained, as will be
Screening surface, as considered with rela readily understood from Figures 13 and 14.
tion to the direction of the flow of the un It is obvious that those skilled in the art
Screened Water, and as a result actual piac may vary the details of construction as well
tice has shown that where large pieces of as the precise arrangement of parts, with 70
trash are present in the water there is a out departing from the spirit of the invention
marked tendency, for the screens to pull out and, therefore, it is not wished to be limited
of position between the clamping bars and to the above disclosure except as may be re
the basket frames with a result that they fre quired by the claims.
quently have to be replaced. Furthermore, What is claimed is: 5
in these previous constructions the heads of 1. In a basket for endless traveling water
the bolts 45 or the nuts thereon, depending Screens, a frame including a transversely
upon which were placed in Wardly, formed extending member, and a forwardly extend
obstructions around which trash collects in ing plate one end of which overlies the cen
i)such a manner that it has been found impos ter of articulation between adjacent baskets, 80
sible in actual practice to dislodge it by means the other end of said plate being offset out
of the water sprays usually employed for wardly to overlap the complementary end of
cleaning the screen surfaces. the plate of the next adjacent basket to pro
In order to overcome these difficulties I vide a face to face trash seal adjacent the
prefer to place the clamping bars 17 behind center of articulation, said offset end also co 85
the screen surface when considered in relation acting
to the direction of flow of unscreened water, ber to with said transversely extending mem
as shown in Figure 3. The strain imposed cent said center.an additional edge seal adja
provide
upon the screen surface when so rounded by 2. In a basket for endless traveling water
: , large pieces of trash which tend to dislodge Screens, a frame having side members, 90
the said surface, is not a strain pulling each of which includes a laterally extend
straight against the clamping bolts 45 but ing flange having
is translated into a strain at right angles is concentric with a the curved portion which
center of articu
thereto with the result that screens mounted lation of the basket, and a forwardly
in this manner, seldom, if ever, pull out of extending plate one end of which overlies
position under the action of large pieces of said center of articulation, the other end of
trash. The angular lips 251 and 333 of the said plate being offset outwardly to overlap
transverse members 25 and 33 further assist the complementary end of the plate of the
in clamping the screen member in position adjacent basket to provide a face to face trash
and retaining it there, as will be readily un seal concentric with the center of articula 00
derstood from Figure 3.
The modified form of the invention shown curved portion of said lateral flangewith
tion, said offset end also coacting
to
the
pro
in Figure 12 relates to the construction of vide an additional edge seal adjacent the
the side members 18 and is quite similar to the center of articulation, at substantially a right
preferred form shown in Figures 1 to 11 in angle to said first seal.
clusive. The difference resides in the fact 3. In a basket for endless traveling water
that in this modified form, both ends of the Screens, a frame having side members, each
lateral flange 21 are bent to form arcs of a of which includes a laterally extending flange
circle which is concentric with the axis of one
articulation, instead of only one end as in tric end of which is convexly curved concen
with the center of articulation of the O
the previously described construction. That basket, and a forwardly extending plate, one
is to say, in addition to the convexly curved end of which overlies said center of articula
end 26 of the flange member 21 the other end tion, the other end of said plate being offset
is concavely bent as indicated at 270 so that outwardly to overlap the complementary end
its concave surface will co-act with the con of the plate of the next adjacent basket to
vex surface of the end 26 of the next adja provide a face to face trash seal adjacent the
cent basket member to provide an articulating center
face to face seal of much larger area than that also cutofaway articulation, said offset end being
on an arc concentric with said
5 shown in Figures 1 to 11. Otherwise the center whereby it may coact with said con
5 In Figures 13 and 14 there is disclosed a vexly curved end of the lateral flange to pro 120
constructions are identical.
vide an additional edge seal adjacent the
still further modified form of the invention center of articulation.
in which the overlapping ends of the side 4. In a basket for endless traveling water
(30 plates 19 are offset in a direction opposite to Screens, a frame having side members, each
that disclosed in the preceding forms. That of which includes a laterally extending 25
is to say, in this form the offset ends 191 are flange, one end of which is convexly curved
bent inwardly of the screen baskets, as dis concentric
tinguished from the outwardly offset ends the basket,with the center of articulation of
disclosed in the preferred form. However, concavely curvedthe and other end of which is
concentric with the center
the face to face seal between the overlapping of articulation of the next adjacent basket, 30
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whereby it may coact with the convexly having a curved portion concentric with the
curved portion of the flange of said next ad axis of articulation of the baskets, adapted to
jacent basket to form a seal concentric with coact with said rearward extension and with
and parallel to the axis of articulation. the base of said lip member to provide a dou
5. In a vertical endless sectional water ble transverse articulating trash seal. -
screen, a screen section or basket comprising a 10. In a traveling water screen, a pair of
rectangular frame, a screen surface carried articulating screen baskets, each comprising
thereby, a transverse attachment at the rear a pair of spaced transverse members and side
end of the basket consisting of a flat out Ward members Secured to the ends thereof, one of 75
O ly extending bar forming a trash lifting lip
said transverse members projecting perpen
which is wholly perpendicular to the screen dicularly forward from the screen surface to
surface, said bar having a reverse extension constitute a trash lifting lip, and being pro
continuing from the outer edge of the lip, the vided with a portion extending rearwardly
edge of the extension being arranged to coop from the forward edge of said lip; the other 80
erate with a cross piece of an adjacent basket, of Said transverse members having a curved
portion concentric with the axis of articula
to constitute a transverse articulating trash tion of the baskets, adapted to coact with said
seal.
6. in an endless sectional water screen, a base of said extending
rearwardly
lip member
portion and with the
to provide a double 85
screen section or basket comprising a rectan transverse articulating trash seal; said side
20 gular frame, a screen surface carried thereby, members including forwardly extending
and an end attachment constituting a trash plates, one of the ends of which is curved to
lifting lip which is wholy perpendicular to substantially conform to the curvature of
the screen surface, consisting of an upright Said Second transverse member and is in aline
plate, a section extending rearwardly from ninent therewith. 90
the edge of the lip, and a flange at the edge In testimony whereof I affix my signature.
of the said section arranged to cooperate with
an edge piece of an adjacent basket to form FRANCIS P. GARY.
a transverse articulating trash seal at the end
of the basket. . .. 95
7. In a yertical endless sectional water
screen, a series of pivotally united screen bas
kets each formed of a rectangular frame, a
screening Surface supported thereby, a rear
cross attachment consisting of an outwardly 00
extending flat wall wholly perpendicular to
the screen surface and a reversely bent wall
extending rearwardly from the outer edge
thereof, and a transverse attachment at the
forward end of the basket, such latter attach 05
40 ment extending beyond the screening sur
face and being formed with a forward curved
extension the surface of which is concentric
with the pivot uniting adjacent baskets, and
the edge of each rear extension of a rear cross 10
45 attachment being brought close to the curved
extension of the adjacent front transverse at
tachment whereby are formed transverse
trash seals between the baskets.
8. In a traveling Water screen, a pair of 5
articulating screen baskets, each having a
transverse member, one of said members pro- .
jecting forward from the screen surface to
constitute a trash lifting lip and being pro
vided at its outer edge with a rearward exten 120
sion; the other of said members coacting with
said rear Ward extension and with the base
portion of said lip member to provide a dou
ble articulating trash seal.
9. In a traveling water screen, a pair of ar
'60) ticulating screen baskets each having a trans
125
yerse member, one of said members project
ing perpendicularly forward from the screen
surface to constitute a trash lifting lip and
being provided at its outer edge with a rear
es Ward extension; the other of said members
30