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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 21, 2014
Applicant:

Claudio Sasso, Bassano del Grappa, IT;

Inventors:

Claudio Sasso, Bassano del Grappa, IT;

Mahendra Samaroo, Edmonton, CA;

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B03B 9/00 (2006.01); C22B 1/00 (2006.01); C22B 11/02 (2006.01); B07B 1/18 (2006.01); B03B 5/48 (2006.01); B03B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B03B 9/00 (2013.01); B07B 1/18 (2013.01); C22B 1/00 (2013.01); C22B 11/021 (2013.01); B03B 5/48 (2013.01); B03B 7/00 (2013.01); Y02P 10/214 (2015.11);
Abstract

The value-minerals are captured by gravity-separation, from a low-grade slurry. The ratio of liquids-to-solids in the slurry affects the efficiency of capture, and an ideal liquids/solids ratio is the ratio at which the efficiency of capture is at a maximum. The ideal ratio is different for different particle-sizes. The procedure includes dewatering the slurry, dividing the dry particles by particle-size, and feeding the several size-divided dry-streams into respective capture-stations. Prior to each dry-stream entering its respective capture-station, make-up water is added to the dry-stream in such quantity as to bring the liquids/solids ratio up to the ideal, for that particle-size. The procedure makes it simple to provide accurate measurement of, and accurate control of, the liquids/solids ratio.


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