Patent ID: 6769550
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: B01D,B07B,B21F,B32B

Abstract:
A screen assembly for releasable mounting to a mounting structure of a shale shaker, the mounting structure comprising a body over which a screen assembly is positionable, part of fluid to be treated by the shale shaker flowable through the body, at least one upwardly projecting member projecting upwardly from the body member, said at least one upwardly projecting member sized and configured so it is receivable in a corresponding hole in the screen assembly, said at least one projecting member having a projecting member cross-sectional area, the screen assembly comprisinga support, screening material on the support, the support comprising a frame with two spaced-apart ends, the two spaced-apart ends spaced-apart by two spaced-apart sides, each of the two spaced-apart sides connected to each of the two spaced-apart ends, the frame having a plurality of spaced-apart crossmembers extending between the two spaced-apart sides from one side to the their side, at least one of the plurality of spaced-apart crossmembers comprising a tubular member with a top and a bottom, a portion of the screening material on top of the tubular member, at least one hole in the bottom of the tubular member, said at least one hole sized, configured, and located for receiving said at least one upwardly projecting member of the body of the mounting structure, said at least one hole having a hole area, said hole cross-sectional are a greater than said projecting member cross-sectional area.