Debris filter with splitter bar

摘要

A debris filter has a housing, a filter screen mounted to the housing and disposed so as to extend across a flow path through the housing, a debris extractor mounted to the housing, and a splitter bar also mounted to the housing. The debris extractor and the filter screen are so mounted to the housing as to enable rotation of the filter screen and the debris extractor relative to one another. The debris extractor has a debris intake opening and the debris extractor and the splitter bar are so mounted to the housing that the intake opening is positionable adjacent to or in juxtaposition with the splitter bar with the splitter bar overlapping and shielding the intake opening.

主权项

1. A debris filter comprising:
a housing having an inlet and an outlet defining a flow path through said housing from said inlet to said outlet; a filter screen fixedly mounted to said housing and disposed so as to extend across said flow path between said inlet and said outlet; a debris extractor rotatably mounted to said housing upstream of said filter screen for rotation about an axis relative to said housing and said filter screen, said debris extractor having a debris intake opening; and a splitter bar secured to said housing upstream of said filter screen, said debris extractor and said splitter bar having at least partially similar geometrical shapes so that rotation of said debris extractor can position said intake opening in juxtaposition with or adjacent to said splitter bar and in parallel relation thereto with said splitter bar overlapping and shielding said intake opening.