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US1627129A
US1627129A US110006A US11000626A US1627129A US 1627129 A US1627129 A US 1627129A US 110006 A US110006 A US 110006A US 11000626 A US11000626 A US 11000626A US 1627129 A US1627129 A US 1627129A
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  • This invention relates to an apparatus for washing refuse containing precious metal.
  • the refuse is thrown into a water-filled stirring cup which is mounted in an outer vessel.
  • a pipe leads into a collector from which the deposited metal can be withdrawn, the outer vessel comprising an overflow which communicates with a settling tank from which the clarified water is filled by means of a pump into the funnel shaped top end of the hollow stirring agitator so that therwater from washing circulates continuously in the apparatus, the deposited metal being withdrawn without interruption of operation.
  • the apparatus consists of a semi-spherical stirring cup at which has radial grooves b in, its inner surface converging towards an 2 opening 0 in the bottom of the cup which opening is closed by a register d having a handle c. From the opening 0 a pipe 7 leads to a collector g accessible from the outer side.
  • a hollow agitator it having a funnelshaped inlet 71 at the upper end is located in the stirring cup a..
  • the refuse from sweeping is fed into the inlet 75 of the agitator from a reservoir k.
  • a water pipe m of the pump n terminates at the inlet 71.
  • the stirring cup at is mounted in a vessel 0 which communicates by an overflow p withv a settling tank 9 separated into several compartments. The clarified water is sucked by the action of pump n into the pipe 712.
  • the stirring cup a and the vessel 0 are filled with water.
  • the refuse from sweepp ing containing precious metal is fed from I 110,006, and in Germany March 17, 1925.
  • An apparatus for washing refuse from sweepings containing precious metal by means of circulating and permanently cleaned water comprising in combination a stirring cup of semispherical shape and having a central discharge opening in the bottom and radial grooves in its inner surface conver ing towards said central opening to con uct. the heavy particles of the refuse which contain precious metal to said central discharge opening, a hollow agitator in said cup, an'outer vessel enclosing said stirring cup and designed to receive the Water with the light refuse particles flowing over from said stirringcup, a settling tank under said outer vessel, an overflow connecting said outer vessel to said settling tank, and means for lifting the water from said settling tank into said'hollow agitator.

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3 192 May G. U NRATH APPARATUS FOR WASHING REFUSE CONTAiNING PRECIOUS METAL Filed May 18. 1926 Patented May 3, 1927.
v UNITED STATES GOTTHILI UNRATH, OF PFORZHEIM, GERMANY.
APPARATUS FOR WASHING REFUSE CONTAINING PRECIOUS METAL.
Application filed May 18, 1926, Serial No.
This invention relates to an apparatus for washing refuse containing precious metal. According to the invention the refuse is thrown into a water-filled stirring cup which is mounted in an outer vessel. From an opening in the bottom of the stirring cup a pipe leads into a collector from which the deposited metal can be withdrawn, the outer vessel comprising an overflow which communicates with a settling tank from which the clarified water is filled by means of a pump into the funnel shaped top end of the hollow stirring agitator so that therwater from washing circulates continuously in the apparatus, the deposited metal being withdrawn without interruption of operation.
An apparatus constructed according to the invention is shown, by way of example, in vertical section, partly in side elevation, in the only figure of the accompanying drawmg.
The apparatus consists of a semi-spherical stirring cup at which has radial grooves b in, its inner surface converging towards an 2 opening 0 in the bottom of the cup which opening is closed by a register d having a handle c. From the opening 0 a pipe 7 leads to a collector g accessible from the outer side. i
A hollow agitator it having a funnelshaped inlet 71 at the upper end is located in the stirring cup a.. The refuse from sweeping is fed into the inlet 75 of the agitator from a reservoir k. A water pipe m of the pump n terminates at the inlet 71. The stirring cup at is mounted in a vessel 0 which communicates by an overflow p withv a settling tank 9 separated into several compartments. The clarified water is sucked by the action of pump n into the pipe 712. i
The operation of the apparatus is as follows:
The stirring cup a and the vessel 0 are filled with water. The refuse from sweepp ing containing precious metal is fed from I 110,006, and in Germany March 17, 1925.
the reservoir 70 intothefunnel-shaped inlet or hopper o of the hollow agitator h. If the agitator is rotated the heavy particles of light constituents are thrown by the action of the centrifugal force in an outward direction so that they flow over the top edge of the stirring cup or into the outer vessel 0. The water which flows from vessel 0 through the overflow 79 into the settling tank g draws the light constituents along so that they can settle in the tank. The clarified water from tank 9 is again fed into the funnel-shaped inlet 11 by the action of pump n so that the water circulates continuously through the apparatus, this circulation being not interrupted by the removing of the precious metal from collector g. 7
I claim An apparatus for washing refuse from sweepings containing precious metal by means of circulating and permanently cleaned water, comprising in combination a stirring cup of semispherical shape and having a central discharge opening in the bottom and radial grooves in its inner surface conver ing towards said central opening to con uct. the heavy particles of the refuse which contain precious metal to said central discharge opening, a hollow agitator in said cup, an'outer vessel enclosing said stirring cup and designed to receive the Water with the light refuse particles flowing over from said stirringcup, a settling tank under said outer vessel, an overflow connecting said outer vessel to said settling tank, and means for lifting the water from said settling tank into said'hollow agitator. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.
. GOTTHILF UNRATH.
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