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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
William B Gogarty, Littleton, CO (US);
LaVaun S Merrill, Jr, Englewood, CO (US);
Assignee:
Marathon Oil Company, Findlay, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
302 66 ; 44 / ; 44-6 ; 302 14 ;
Abstract
Comminuted solids having a specific gravity greater than 1.0 and having a porosity greater than about 10% are maintained in suspension within a liquid-solids slurry by saturating the pores of the solids with a substance having a specific gravity lower than 1.0.