Patent ID: 8801929

Claim:
A filter device for filtering wastewater, the device comprising: a drum for receiving the wastewater, the drum including a plurality of drum apertures; a frame comprising a plurality of frame supports each having an attachment portion coupled to the drum and a radial strut portion extending from the attachment portion, each of the plurality of frame supports defining a single frame aperture that extends through the attachment portion and along an entire length of the radial strut portion to correspond with the shape of the frame support; and a plurality of adjacent filter segments positioned around the drum, each of the plurality of adjacent filter segments defining a cavity in fluid communication with at least one of the plurality of drum apertures and supported at a first side by a first frame support and at a second side by a second frame support, the plurality of frame apertures and cavities arranged to form a circumferential open fluid channel extending continuously around the drum to enable water to pass relatively unimpeded through the plurality of drum apertures and through the plurality of adjacent filter segments.