Guide lock for a traveling water screen

摘要

An apparatus for securing a traveling water screen in a channel, the channel having a sidewall and a vertically extending groove in the sidewall. The traveling water screen includes a frame positioned in the channel, a plurality of water screens supported by the frame for screening water flowing through the channel, and a support structure connected to the traveling water screen to position the traveling water screen in the channel. The support structure includes a guide member extending into the sidewall groove. The apparatus includes a guide lock fixed to the sidewall of the channel. The guide lock engages the guide member to hold the guide member in the vertically extending groove in the channel sidewall and thereby secure the traveling water screen in the channel.