Patent ID: 6955262
Filing Date: 2005-10-18
Classification: B01D,B07B

Abstract:
1. A vibratory separator comprising a basket for supporting screen assembly apparatus, the basket having a first side wall spaced-apart from a second side wall by two opposed ends, the basket having an interior surface, a vibrator apparatus connected to the basket to vibrate the basket and the screen assembly apparatus, a screen assembly apparatus releasably secured to the basket, the screen assembly apparatus having an interface portion interfacing with a corresponding part of the interior surface of the basket, a seal apparatus connected to the basket for sealing an interface between the interface portion of the screen assembly apparatus and the corresponding part of the interior surface of the basket, the seal apparatus including a seal holder and a seal member releasably held by the seal holder, an access opening through the first side wail adjacent part of the seal apparatus and through which the seal member is passable, and a cover on an exterior of the first side wall movable with respect to the side wall to provide selective access to the seal apparatus through the access opening, wherein the seal holder has at least one part for projecting into a corresponding recess of the seal member, and the seal member has at least one recess corresponding to each of the at least one part of the seal holder.