Patent ID: 8505154
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: B01D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A debris cleaning apparatus for a screen, the apparatus comprising: a manifold in fluid communication with an inlet of the apparatus and defining at least two flow areas, a first of the flow areas communicating the inlet of the apparatus to a second of the flow areas, the first flow area being greater than the second flow area; a plurality of pipes disposed parallel to one another and in fluid communication with the manifold, each pipe having a first side adjacent the screen and having a second side opposite the first side, each pipe having a plurality of orifices in the first side for expelling fluid, the pipes having proximal and distal ends, the proximal ends of one or more first of the pipes in fluid communication with the first flow area of the manifold, the proximal ends of one or more second of the pipes in fluid communication with the second flow area of the manifold, the one or more first pipes having a larger flow area than a smaller flow area of the one or more second pipes; and a plurality of directors disposed parallel to one another and affixed to each other in a lattice, each director having one of the pipes affixed therein and having a channel in which the pipe disposes, each director directing fluid expelled from the orifices in the pipe toward the adjacent screen.