Patent ID: 6197077
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
A filter screen assembly for mounting over an air intake opening of a structure, the structure having a height, a width and a depth and defining a selected face within which the air intake opening is formed, the selected face including a top, a bottom, a first side and a second side surrounding the intake opening, said filter screen assembly comprising:a planar and flexible filtration screen having a substantially rectangular shape defined by a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge and a second side edge;suspending means extending from the top of the selected face of the structure and engageable with said top edge of said screen for supporting said screen over the opening; andfastening means for securing said first and second side edges of said screen to the first and second sides of the intake opening, said fastening means further comprising first and second pluralities of spaced apart eyelets extending in inwardly spaced and proximate fashion along said first and second side edges, respectively, of said filtration screen, said eyelets receiving therethrough correspondingly positioned tubular portions extending from the first and second sides of the air intake structure when said screen is applied over the intake opening, said fastening means further comprising mounting screws which are engaged within open facing ends of said tubular portions, said mounting screws including enlarged heads which secure said eyelets upon said tubular portions.