US1516116A - Extractor - Google Patents

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Nov. 18, 1924. v 1,516,116

c A. PERRY EXTRACTOR I Filed Dec. 9, 1923 INVENTE'JR c/mus 17. PM

ATTORNEY UNITED t t i.

CHARLES A. PERRY, OF HEALDSBURG, CALIFORNIA.

EXTRACTOR.

Application filed December 9, 1922. Serial No. 605,945.

To all whom it may concern: A hopper 12 has a spout 13 which extends Be it known that I, CHARLES A. PERRY, a into the opening 10 and above the cone 9. 55 citizen of the United States, residing at A frusto conical sleeve 1 rests on the cone Healdsburg, in the county of Sonoma and 9 and is spaced therefrom by fins 15. The State of California, have invented certain top of the sleeve 14 being open allows the new and useful Improvements in Extractors, material to fall therethrough onto the cone 9. of which the following is a specification. Radial baffle plates 16 are secured to the 60 My invention is an improved extractor, sleeve 14 to prevent the rotation of the sand particularly useful in the separation of line in the bucket 5. A trough 17 is mounted gold from sand, and crushed ore. on the outside of the bucket 5 and a drain The present invention is an improvement 18 leads therefrom to carry the sand away on my Patent No. 1,361,489. falling into the trough 17. The bucket 5 65 The object of my invention is to prevent may be provided with a drain opening 19 rotation of the sand or crushed ore in the and a. closure member 20 whereby it may be extractor, while the gold is being separated. cleaned without moving it from its support. Any rotation is very detrimental, since the Having described my invention, I claim: gold is held in suspension and prevented 1. An extractor comprising a supply pipe from settling. ending in a discharge orifice, a receptacle A further object of my invention is to into which said pipe projects, a separator provide an extractor which may be operated cone supported by said pipe within said rewith air under pressure as well as water if ceptacle, said cone enclosing the discharge desired. end of said pipe and being mounted concen- 75 In the drawing forming part of this specitrio therewith, and battle plates mounted in fication, and in which my invention is illussaid receptacle around said cone to prevent trated, the rotation of material within the recep- Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of tacle. my improved extractor. :2. An extractor comprising a supply pipe Figure 2 is a top plan view of the battle ending in a discharge orifice, a receptacle plates. into which said pipe projects, a sup-porting Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a sleeve detachably mounted on the discharge water pipe of usual construction, connected end of said pipe and a separator cone supwith any available source of water pre-sported by said sleeve and having its base ensure. The pipe 1 is threaded into one end of closing said orifice, and radial battle plates an elbow 2 into the opposite end of which is extending from adjacent said cone. 35 projected an externally threaded discharge 3. An extractor comprising a supply pipe nipple 3. On the lower end of said nipple ending in a discharge orifice, a. receptacle 3 is a locknut 4 to form a support for the into which said pipe projects, and a separabottom of abucket 5, through a hole in tor cone within said receptacle enclosing which extends the nipple 3. A locknut 6 the discharge end of said pipe and concen- 40 working on the nipple 3 is then screwed trio therewith, a cover engaging the top of downwardly until it rests against the inside the receptacle and having an opening conof the bottom of the bucket. Thus the centric with said cone, a hopper above said bucket is rigidly supported in position. On opening, a sleeve positioned on said cone, the upper end of the nipple 3 is attached a and battle plates secured to said sleeve ex- 45 threaded supporting sleeve 7, to which are tending so as to enclose said cone.

soldered or otherwise secured the end or a et. An extractor comprising a supply pipe suitable number of brace arms 8 the opposite ending in a discharge orifice, a receptacle ends of which are bent outwardly and downinto which said pipe projects, a separator wardly and secured to the internal walls of cone supported by said pipe within said 50 a sheet metal separator cone 9, closed at its receptacle, said cone enclosing the discharge apex and open at its base. The apex of the end of said pipe and being mounted concencone is in the center of the bucket 5 and trically therewith, a trusto conical sleeve below an opening 10 in a bucket cover 11. positioned around and spaced from said separator cone, a flnrality of plates on said sleeve extending inwardly to engage said cone and a plurality of baflle plates on said sleeve extending outwardly therefrom to the sides 01": the receptacle.

5. An extractor comprising a. supply pipe ending in a discharge orifice, a receptacle into which said pipe projects, a sleeve memher therein mounted concentric with said supply pipe discharge orifice, and sets of w radial battle plates on said sleeve extending inwardly therefrom and outwardly thereof for preventing rotation of material Within the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CHARLES A. PER-RY.

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