Abstract: A continuous belt screen assembly and system used for filtering fluid for various municipal and industrial purposes. The assembly includes a pair of spaced, endless belts, lifters, and screen panels. Each lifter is operably mounted to the pair of belts for lifting of solid waste out of the fluid in the channel. Each of the screen panels can be interposed between lifters and secured in place by opposing slots defined by the lifters. The endless belts can include toothed drive links, with the ends of the teeth extending with the ends of the drive links to define an involute profile. The lifters can include a sleeve portion for receiving a pivot shaft and a paddle portion extending from the sleeve portion, terminating at a free end that can be contoured to have teeth. The lifters can be a flexible material configured to deflect.

Abstract: A continuous belt screen assembly and system used for filtering fluid for various municipal and industrial purposes. The assembly includes a pair of spaced, endless belts, lifters, and screen panels. Each lifter is operably mounted to the pair of belts for lifting of solid waste out of the fluid in the channel. Each of the screen panels may be interposed between lifters and secured in place by opposing slots defined by the lifters. The endless belts may include toothed drive links, with the ends of the teeth extending with the ends of the drive links to define an involute profile. The lifters may include a sleeve portion for receiving a pivot shaft and a paddle portion extending from the sleeve portion, terminating at a free end that may be contoured to have teeth. The lifters may be a flexible material configured to deflect.