Mining or in situ disintegration of hard material – With separation of materials – Separation below surface of earth or water
Patent
1976-09-14
1977-08-16
Purser, Ernest R.
Mining or in situ disintegration of hard material
With separation of materials
Separation below surface of earth or water
37 57, 37DIG8, E02F 394
Patent
active
040422798
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for recovering minerals from the bottom of the water comprising a frame which supports a pump taking in the water and feeding it to nozzles mentioned below, a driving device for the pump, a collection chamber and at least one mineral floating apparatus, which fixed an end of a suction pipe leading to the collection chamber and which is so formed that it can travel on the bottom of the water. The above-mentioned mineral floating apparatus is integrally formed with a cylindrical surface, the nozzle arranged in contact with the cylindrical surface and jetting the water in the direction of a tangent which is at a right angle to the center axis of the cylindrical surface, a plurality of ribs projecting in the opposite direction to the side of the cylindrical surface of the nozzle and extending in the jet direction of the nozzle, and a duct which has an opening at one end of the duct at the downstream of the water jetted from the nozzle and extends slopewise in tangent with a part of the cylindrical surface so as to receive the water moved along the outside of the cylindrical surface. The above-mentioned mineral floating apparatus is so arranged that the side of the cylindrical surface having the nozzle and ribs exposes to the bottom surface of the frame, the jet direction of the nozzle and the direction of the base line of the cylindrical surface go almost parallel to the bottom surface of the frame, and the mineral floating apparatus is supported at the opposite side to the duct by a supporting shaft provided in the frame so as to be able to move the side of the duct up and down by turning the mineral floating apparatus around the supporting shaft and to swingably insert the other end of the duct into the collection chamber, whereby the above-mentioned apparatus has a simple structure, operates practically without trouble and can recover minerals from the bottom of the water.
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patent: 2144743 (1939-01-01), Schulz
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patent: 3975054 (1976-08-01), Brockett et al.
Purser Ernest R.
Sumitomo Metal Mining Company Limited
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