Patent ID: 8281934

Claim:
A screen panel retainer assembly for use with a vibrating separatory machine having a plurality of screen panels and comprising; at least one metal retainer bar securable to a machine deck of said vibrating separatory machine and having an upper surface; a plurality of spaced, upwardly projecting, finite length, metal mushroom-shaped screen panel retainers attached to said at least one retainer bar; a screen panel retainer head forming an upper portion of each such mushroom-shaped screen panel retainer, each such screen panel retainer head having an arcuate head upper surface with a generally uniform radius of curvature and defining a section of a right cylinder and with a cylinder longitudinal axis of each arcuate head upper surface extending in a flow direction of a slurry to be separated by said vibrating separatory machine; a head projecting above said upper surface of said at least one retainer bar and supporting each said mushroom-shaped screen retainer head spaced above said upper surface of said retainer bar; and means securing each said retainer bar to said machine deck.