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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
May. 25, 2012
Paul J. Rothman, Windsor, CT (US);
Mark R. Fernald, Enfield, CT (US);
Francis K. Didden, Wallingford, CT (US);
Douglas H. Adamson, Mansfield Center, CT (US);
Paul J. Rothman, Windsor, CT (US);
Mark R. Fernald, Enfield, CT (US);
Francis K. Didden, Wallingford, CT (US);
Douglas H. Adamson, Mansfield Center, CT (US);
CiDRA CORPORATE SERVICES, INC., Wallingford, CT (US);
Abstract
Apparatus featuring synthetic bubbles or beads and a flotation stage. The synthetic bubbles or beads are configured with a polymer or polymer-based material functionalized to attach to the valuable material in a mixture to form at least some enriched synthetic bubbles or beads having the valuable material attached thereto, and also configured to be transported through the mixture based at least partly on a characteristic of the synthetic bubbles or beads. The flotation stage has the mixture containing valuable material, and is configured to receive the synthetic bubbles or beads and to provide the at least some enriched synthetic bubbles or beads having the valuable material attached thereto based at least partly the characteristic of the synthetic bubbles or beads.