Patent ID: 8292086
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: B01D,B07B,D21D

Abstract:
1. A strainer apparatus comprising: a plurality of strainer bars defining straining slots or gaps between adjacent strainer bars, each strainer bar having a base region with a defined geometry in form of a taper toward the base region, at least one support element having tapered receiving cutouts with a geometry that matches the defined geometry of the base regions of the strainer bars, with the base regions of the strainer bars being received in the receiving cutouts, and at least one pocket disposed between each support element and each associated strainer bar and formed as a recess in at least in an edge region of the receiving cutout for that strainer bar and having a transverse dimension of 0.1 to 0.5 mm, wherein the edge region of the corresponding receiving cutout comprises the at least one pocket having a pocket surface and at least one contact surface for the strainer bar, wherein a ratio of the sum of the contact surfaces to the sum of the pocket surfaces taken over all support elements and all strainer bars is in a range of 0.1 to 1.0, wherein the at least one pocket is filled with an adhesive, with the adhesive forming the only permanent connection between the strainer bar and the support elements of the assembled strainer apparatus.