Well screen

Claim 1

A WELL SCREEN COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED SUPPORT BARS DISPOSED IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION AND ARRANGED IN A TUBULAR ARRAY, A PAIR OF END FITTINGS, THERE BEING ONE END FITTING DISPOSED AT EACH END OF SAID ARRAY OF SUPPORT BARS, SAID END FITTINGS BEING FIXEDLY ATTACHED TO THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID SUPPORT BARS IN SAID ARRAY WHEREBY SAID SUPPORT BARS SUPPORT SAID END FITTINGS IN SPACED RELATION, A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED WIRE ELEMENTS, SAID WIRE ELEMENTS BEING DISPOSED IN SPACED RELATION IN THE SPACED BETWEEN SAID SUPPORT BARS AND IN PARALLEL RELATION TO SAID SUPPORT BARS AND COOPERATING WITH SAID SUPPORT BARS TO FORM A TUBULAR SCREEN HAVING AXIALLY EXTENDING SLOTS IN THE EXTERIOR SURFACE THEREOF, SAID WIRE ELEMENTS EACH HAVING A RADIAL THICKNESS IN SAID SCREEN LESS THAN THE RADIAL THICKNESS OF SAID SUPPORT BARS, AND A PLURALITY OF ANNULAR RIBBON ELEMENTS SURROUNDING SAID TUBULAR SCREEN EACH SAID RIBBON ELEMENT CONTACTING EACH OF SAID SUPPORT BARS AND WIRE ELEMENTS OF SAID TUBULAR SCREEN AND BEING WELDED FIXEDLY THERETO WHEREBY SAID SUPPORT BARS SUPPORT SAID WIRE ELEMENTS IN FIXED RELATION THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF SAID RIBBON ELEMENTS, SAID RIBBON ELEMENTS CONSTITUTING THE SOLE MEANS INTERRUPTING THE CONTINUITY OF SAID AXIALLY EXTENDING SLOTS.