Patent ID: 9724732
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B07B

Claim:
1. A screen cloth having an impact face for use in a screening device for screening out oversize objects in a material flowing in a direction, comprising: a metal plate having a perimeter and comprising a plurality of openings therethrough and forming a grid having longitudinal ligaments substantially parallel to the direction of the material flow and transverse ligaments substantially perpendicular to the direction of the material flow, the metal plate having an impact surface and a bottom surface; a coating or liner comprising an elastomer, coating or lining at least the impact surface of the metal plate or a portion thereof; and a wear material partially embedded into the elastomer coating or liner at a leading edge of the at least one transverse ligament relative to the direction of the material flow, such that a portion of the wear material is exposed on the impact face of the screen cloth to prevent the elastomer at the leading edge from tearing or gouging by the flow of the material.