Patent ID: 9561454
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: B01D

Claim:
1. A debris filter comprising: a housing having an inlet and an outlet defining a flow path through said housing from said inlet to said outlet; a filter screen fixedly mounted to said housing and disposed so as to extend across said flow path between said inlet and said outlet; a debris extractor rotatably mounted to said housing upstream of said filter screen for rotation about an axis relative to said housing and said filter screen, said debris extractor having a debris intake opening; and a splitter bar secured to said housing upstream of said filter screen, said debris extractor and said splitter bar having at least partially similar geometrical shapes so that rotation of said debris extractor can position said intake opening in juxtaposition with or adjacent to said splitter bar and in parallel relation thereto with said splitter bar overlapping and shielding said intake opening.