Patent ID: 7300572

Claim:
A belt for use as a water screen in a water screen system for lifting fish and debris out of a flowing stream, the belt comprising: a series of rows a plurality of belt modules per row, each row extending in a direction of belt travel from a first end to a second end, laterally from a first edge to a second edge, and in thickness from a first side to a second side; hinge pins hingedly interconnecting consecutive rows together end to end into an endless belt; drive structure formed in the belt modules at the second side for receiving an external driving element; at least some of the modules forming openings extending from the first side to the second side to allow a stream to flow through the modules; at least some of the modules including flight segments extending from the first side; wherein modules with flight segments are arranged adjacently in one or more rows of belt modules to form segmented flights, each segmented flight extending laterally across the belt row.