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Apparatus and process for undersea mining of mineral bearing sand and gravel

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专利汇可以提供Apparatus and process for undersea mining of mineral bearing sand and gravel专利检索,专利查询,专利分析的服务。并且A process and mobile apparatus for the undersea mining of sand and gravel deposits containing gold particles and associated heavy minerals such as platinum, magnetite, etc., includes an excavating device which continuously excavates the sand and gravel material. Conveyor means receive the excavated sand and gravel and conveys the material to a discharge point which is located a predetermined distance above and a predetermined distance upstream from a screen type collection device. The predetermined difference in elevation and the downstream spacing between the collection device and the discharge point is so related to the ambient ocean current adjacent the ocean floor that separation of the sand and gravel discharged from the discharge point takes place as a result of the action of gravity and the subsurface ambient current acting on the material. The gold and associated metal particles (platinum, magnetite, etc.) and sand and gravel particles which are slightly coarser than the gold particles will be moved downstream by the ambient ocean current as the material falls and will be received by the collection device, while the sand particles will be carried downstream beyond the collection device, and the more coarse materials will fall upstream with respect to the collection device.,下面是Apparatus and process for undersea mining of mineral bearing sand and gravel专利的具体信息内容。

1. A process for high volume undersea mining of gold bearing sand and gravel deposits, comprising excavating undersea sand and gravel deposits containing gold particles, conveying the excavated gold bearing sand and gravel deposits to a discharge point located adjacent the ocean floor, positioning a collection medium at a predetermined distance below the discharge point, and at a predetermined distance downstream from the discharge point with respect to the ambient subsurface current adjacent the ocean floor, discharging the excavated gold bearing sand and gravel material from the discharge point and allowing the material to fall by action of gravity, the predetermined downstream spacing and the predetermined vertical spacing between the collection medium and the discharge point being so related to the magnitude of the ambient ocean current adjacent the ocean floor so that the coarse sand and fine gravel, and The gold particles will move downwardly and downstream under the influence of gravity and the ocean ambient current and will be received by the collection medium, while the finer sand deposits will be carried downstream beyond the collecting medium, and the heavier particles will fall upstream from the collection medium.
2. The process as defined in claim 1 and screening the material received by the collection medium whereby the smaller gold particles will be separarated from the coarser sand and fine gravel particles.
3. The process as defined in claim 1 wherein said gold bearing sand and gravel deposits is continuously excavated and is continuously conveyed to the discharge point to be continuously discharged therefrom.
4. Apparatus for undersea mining of sand and gravel deposits containing gold particles comprising an excavating device adapted to be moved along the ocean floor for continuously excavating gold bearing sand and gravel deposits, the conveying device having a receiving portion for receiving excavated sand and gravel material, and having a discharge portion, a collection device having an upper portion positioned a predetermined distance below said discharge portion of the conveyor device, and being disposed a predetermined distance downstream from the discharge portion of the conveyor device with respect to the subsurface ambient ocean current, the predetermined downstream spacing and the predetermined difference in height between the collection device and the discharge portion of the conveyor being related to the magnitude of the ambient ocean current adjacent the ocean floor so that the gold particles and the accompanying coarse sand and fine gravel particles will be moved downwardly and downstream under the influence of gravity and the ambient subsurface ocean current and received by the collection device, while the finer sand particles will be carried downstream beyond the collection device, and the heavier particles will fall upstream from the collection device.
5. The apparatus as defined in claim 4 wherein said collection device includes a reciprocating screen at its upper portion and upon which the gold particles and the coarser sand and grain particles fall.
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