of the screen plate 128 to the top thereof from the direction of the rotor such an angled embossed deflector strip 270 as illustrated in fig1 and 13 may be used to create a more upward trajectory in the movement of the pellets as they impact against and are redirected toward the rotor by the upwardly inclined edges of the embossed deflectors vertical and angled deflector strips may also be combined within the same screen as shown in fig1 in which the arrow 175 indicates rotor direction the embossed deflector strips 170 of the present invention are typically u shaped in cross section see fig1 and protrude inwardly relative to the non embossed inner surface of the screen section 115 by about 0 10 inches to about 0 25 inches and most preferably about 0 14 inches and have a width of about 0 25 inches to about 0 80 inches and most preferably about 0 62 inches other dimensions can of course be provided and unlike the mounted deflector strips do not impact the overall weight of the screen section for example in the arrangement of fig4 6 adding a deflector strip having a larger thickness or larger width will add to the weight of the screen section and place greater demands upon the fastening elements in larger dryer applications with the embossed deflector regions of the present invention however the dimensions of the embossed strip simply alter the percentage of the solid section 136 that projects inwardly but do not change the overall weight of the screen section 115 the length of the embossed deflector strips 170 depends upon the height of the cylindrical screen section 115 or cylindrical screen if one piece and are preferably of a length so as to leave a.