Tube connector for heap leach mining, drip tube percolation syst

Details Tube connector for heap leach mining, drip tube percolation syst Tube connector for heap leach mining, drip tube percolation syst

1994-08-10

1995-04-04

Rosenberg, Peter D.

Metallurgical apparatus

Having means for leaching and subsequently precipitating a...

266168, 266170, C22B 300

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054029910

ABSTRACT:
A tube connector utilized in connecting a drip tube to a header pipe in a heap leach mining percolation system which provides for strength at the normally weak connection between the header pipe and the drip tube. The tube connector includes a housing providing a fluid passageway extending therethrough between a header pipe and a drip tube. A nipple section is formed at one end of the housing for accommodating the drip tube therearound which is of a relatively short length, and hence, a relatively short bending movement, to significantly reduce breakage of the connector during transportation. The connector further includes a driving collar engageable with, the housing which includes a driving mechanism for locking the housing with respect to the header pipe and a compression mechanism for providing a compressive force on the drip tube to tension lock the drip tube between the nipple section and the collar; a tapered thread for connecting the drip tube connector to the header pipe also provides for reusable connection to a header pipe in which the threads in a connecting apperature heave been stripped.

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