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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:
May. 15, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
George B Karnofsky, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208 / ; 208 / ;
Abstract
A continuous process for extraction of bitumen from oil sand by a hydrocarbon solvent wherein the sand is classified so as to produce a major coarse fraction and a minor fines fraction, with both fractions contacted with solvent to wash miscella therefrom, and wherein the major coarse fraction is contacted with solvent by gravity percolation and the classification of the sand is effected to remove sufficient fine material to achieve a flooding rate in the gravity percolation of between 1 and 4 gallons per minute per square foot.