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US2484203A
US2484203A US781154A US78115447A US2484203A US 2484203 A US2484203 A US 2484203A US 781154 A US781154 A US 781154A US 78115447 A US78115447 A US 78115447A US 2484203 A US2484203 A US 2484203A
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  • This invention relates to placer mining machines, and more particularly to a machine of the oscillating or vibratory type which may be employed to separate particles of gold or other precious metals from sand and the like, either with or without the use of water.
  • a main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved placer mining machine of the oscillatory or vibratory type for separating particles of precious metal from desert sands and the like by vibrating the sands so that the precious metal particles separate out by gravity from the remainder of the ore and the worthless residue is carried off, said machine being very simple in construction and automatic in operation.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide an improved placer mining machine which is inexpensive to manufacture, efficient in performance and wherein the material under treatment is thoroughly agitated and stirred to release the metal particles therein in a more rapid and efficient manner than machines of like character in the prior art.
  • Figure 1 is a top plan View of a placer mining machine constructed in accordance with the present invention.
  • Figure 2 is an elevational view of the mining machine of Figure 1.
  • Figure 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 1.
  • Figure 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the hollow base portion of the oscillating pan of the machine of Figure 1 in which the separated precious metal particles are collected.
  • II designates a generally square frame comprising a square bottom plate I2 to the corners of which vertical posts I3 are secured.
  • the top ends of posts I3 are connected by respective horizontal bars I4 to define a rigid framework.
  • a downwardly tapering funnel-like conical hopper I6 formed with a bottom aperture I].
  • an upwardly tapering hollow conical bafile member whose apex is centered in the aperture I1 and projects slightly into the hopper I6, whereby granular material placed in said hopper may discharge laterally and downwardly through aperture I'I along the conical surface of member 20.
  • Member 23. is provided with a horizontal bottom wall 21 to which are secured-a large numoer of closely spaced. depending agitator prongs 22.
  • each pair of brackets 23, 23 is secured to the bottom plate I2 .
  • Rotatively journaled in each pair of brackets 23, 23 isa grooved roller 24, the rollers being oriented to define a circular trackway also concentric with said vertical axis.
  • Designated at 25 is a pan member having a downwardly tapering bottom wall formed with an annular depending flange 26 which is engaged in the grooved rollers 24 whereby said pan member 25 is supported. for substantially free angular oscillation around the vertical axis above defined.
  • Connected to said pan member at 2! is one end of a link bar 28, the other end of said link bar being loosely and pivotally connected to an eccentric pin 29 carried on a disc 30.
  • Disc 30 is axially secured to the shaft 3
  • pan member 25 Secured centrally in pan member 25 is a vertical overflow tube 33 projecting downwardly below the frame II and provided at its upper end with an adjustable sleeve 34 which is frictionally held on tube 33 and may be adjusted upwardly or downwardly thereon to vary the overflow level of material in the pan member.
  • the prong elements 22 terminate adjacent the bottom of the pan member 25 and function to thoroughly agitate and stir the material in the pan member as said member is oscillated, thereby releasing particles of precious metal from the material, whereby said particles descend to the bottom of the pan member.
  • the Worthless residue ultimately is discharged from the pan member by passing through the overflow sleeve 34 and discharge tube 33.
  • pan member 25 is formed adjacent its center with a pair of openings 35, 35.
  • a bifurcated hollow housing 36 having the hollow arms 31, 31.
  • the top wall of each arm 31 is formed with an elongated opening 38 communicating with an opening in the bottom wall of the pan member.
  • the arms 3?, 3'! merge in a main hollow body portion 39 having an end closure 40 hinged thereto and biased at its hinges by springs 4
  • sand or other granular material in either a wet or dry condition, containing particles of precious metal is fed into the hopper 16, the motor 32 being energized sothat pan member 25 oscillates angularly, as above described.
  • the material gravitates through opening I! and downwardly on conical member 20 into pan member 25, where it undergoes oscillation and a thorough agitation and stirring treatment by the action of the stationary depending prong members 22.
  • the metal particles are thereby released and pass to the downwardly and inwardly sloping bottom of pan member 25, where they enter the hollow arms 31, 31' through the respective aligned openings 35 and 38.
  • the bottoms of the arms 31, 31 are sloped downwardly and outwardly to facilitate the movement of the separated metal particles toward the enlarged hollow main portion 39 of the housing 36.
  • the outward movement of said metal particles is further aided by centrifugal forces developed during the angular oscillations of the housing 36 around the vertical axis of the machine.
  • Said end closure 40 is preferably cork or rubber lined in order to render same substantially waterproof, whereby particles of metal will not be carried off by water dripping through the closure.
  • a placer mining machine comprising a support, a pan member mounted for semi-rotary 0scillation about a vertical axis on the support, a means for oscillating the pan member on the latter, said pan member having a pair of openings in the bottom thereof symmetrically disposed with respect to the vertical axis of oscillation, the features which include a bifurcated hollow housing having a pair of hollow arms secured to the bottom of said pan member with the openings therein connecting with the interior of said arms, a radially directed main hollow body portion connecting with both hollow arms and having an open outer end for discharging materials received from the pan member into said hollow arms, a closure member for said open outer end of said main hollow body portion, downwardly sloping bottoms upon said hollow arms inclining downward toward said main hollow body portion, and a bottom upon the latter continuous with the sloping bottoms of said hollow arms.

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@Qih 5 1, i l-g. J H BECK 2,484,2Q3
OSCILLATING PLACER SEPARATING MACHINE Filed 001;. 21, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet '1 Fig, i
INVENTOR. c/ohn H; Beck Get 11, W49 J. H. BECK 8 OSCILLATING PLACER SEPARATING MACHINE Filed Oct. 21, 1947 2 Shee'ts-Sheet 2 JNVENTOR. dob/7 f7. Sec/r Patented Oct. 11, 1949 OSCILLATING PLACER SEPARATING MACHINE John H. Beck, Cheyenne, Wyo.
Application October 21, 1947, Serial No. 781,154
1 Claim. i
This invention relates to placer mining machines, and more particularly to a machine of the oscillating or vibratory type which may be employed to separate particles of gold or other precious metals from sand and the like, either with or without the use of water.
A main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved placer mining machine of the oscillatory or vibratory type for separating particles of precious metal from desert sands and the like by vibrating the sands so that the precious metal particles separate out by gravity from the remainder of the ore and the worthless residue is carried off, said machine being very simple in construction and automatic in operation.
A further object of the invention is to provide an improved placer mining machine which is inexpensive to manufacture, efficient in performance and wherein the material under treatment is thoroughly agitated and stirred to release the metal particles therein in a more rapid and efficient manner than machines of like character in the prior art.
Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and claims, and from the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Figure 1 is a top plan View of a placer mining machine constructed in accordance with the present invention.
Figure 2 is an elevational view of the mining machine of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 1.
Figure 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the hollow base portion of the oscillating pan of the machine of Figure 1 in which the separated precious metal particles are collected.
Referring to the drawings, II designates a generally square frame comprising a square bottom plate I2 to the corners of which vertical posts I3 are secured. The top ends of posts I3 are connected by respective horizontal bars I4 to define a rigid framework.
Secured to the corners of the framework by upwardly and inwardly inclined struts I5 is a downwardly tapering funnel-like conical hopper I6 formed with a bottom aperture I]. Also secured to said corners by inwardly directed struts I8 braced to struts I5 by connecting bars I9 is an upwardly tapering hollow conical bafile member whose apex is centered in the aperture I1 and projects slightly into the hopper I6, whereby granular material placed in said hopper may discharge laterally and downwardly through aperture I'I along the conical surface of member 20. Member 23. is provided with a horizontal bottom wall 21 to which are secured-a large numoer of closely spaced. depending agitator prongs 22.
Secured to the bottom plate I2 are four pairs of spaced angle brackets 23, 23 arranged on the circumference of a circle concentric with the vertical axis of members It and 20. Rotatively journaled in each pair of brackets 23, 23isa grooved roller 24, the rollers being oriented to define a circular trackway also concentric with said vertical axis.
Designated at 25 is a pan member having a downwardly tapering bottom wall formed with an annular depending flange 26 which is engaged in the grooved rollers 24 whereby said pan member 25 is supported. for substantially free angular oscillation around the vertical axis above defined. Connected to said pan member at 2! is one end of a link bar 28, the other end of said link bar being loosely and pivotally connected to an eccentric pin 29 carried on a disc 30. Disc 30 is axially secured to the shaft 3| of an electric motor 32. When motor 32 is energized, the rotation Of disc 38 causes link rod 28 to reciprocate and causes pan member 25 to oscillate angularly around the aforementioned vertical axis.
Secured centrally in pan member 25 is a vertical overflow tube 33 projecting downwardly below the frame II and provided at its upper end with an adjustable sleeve 34 which is frictionally held on tube 33 and may be adjusted upwardly or downwardly thereon to vary the overflow level of material in the pan member.
The prong elements 22 terminate adjacent the bottom of the pan member 25 and function to thoroughly agitate and stir the material in the pan member as said member is oscillated, thereby releasing particles of precious metal from the material, whereby said particles descend to the bottom of the pan member. The Worthless residue ultimately is discharged from the pan member by passing through the overflow sleeve 34 and discharge tube 33.
The bottom of pan member 25 is formed adjacent its center with a pair of openings 35, 35. Secured to the bottom of the pan member is a bifurcated hollow housing 36 having the hollow arms 31, 31. The top wall of each arm 31 is formed with an elongated opening 38 communicating with an opening in the bottom wall of the pan member. The arms 3?, 3'! merge in a main hollow body portion 39 having an end closure 40 hinged thereto and biased at its hinges by springs 4|, 4| to a closed position.
In the operation of the machine, sand or other granular material, in either a wet or dry condition, containing particles of precious metal is fed into the hopper 16, the motor 32 being energized sothat pan member 25 oscillates angularly, as above described. The material gravitates through opening I! and downwardly on conical member 20 into pan member 25, where it undergoes oscillation and a thorough agitation and stirring treatment by the action of the stationary depending prong members 22. The metal particles are thereby released and pass to the downwardly and inwardly sloping bottom of pan member 25, where they enter the hollow arms 31, 31' through the respective aligned openings 35 and 38.
The bottoms of the arms 31, 31 are sloped downwardly and outwardly to facilitate the movement of the separated metal particles toward the enlarged hollow main portion 39 of the housing 36. The outward movement of said metal particles is further aided by centrifugal forces developed during the angular oscillations of the housing 36 around the vertical axis of the machine.
When a sufficient amount of metal has been collected in housing 36, the motor 32 is de-energized and the metal is removed from said housing at end closure 40. Said end closure 40 is preferably cork or rubber lined in order to render same substantially waterproof, whereby particles of metal will not be carried off by water dripping through the closure.
While a specific embodiment of a placer mining machine has been disclosed in the foregoing description, it will be understood that various modifications within the spirit of the invention may occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, it is intended that no limitations be placed on the invention except as defined by the scope of the appended claim.
What is claimed is:
In a placer mining machine comprising a support, a pan member mounted for semi-rotary 0scillation about a vertical axis on the support, a means for oscillating the pan member on the latter, said pan member having a pair of openings in the bottom thereof symmetrically disposed with respect to the vertical axis of oscillation, the features which include a bifurcated hollow housing having a pair of hollow arms secured to the bottom of said pan member with the openings therein connecting with the interior of said arms, a radially directed main hollow body portion connecting with both hollow arms and having an open outer end for discharging materials received from the pan member into said hollow arms, a closure member for said open outer end of said main hollow body portion, downwardly sloping bottoms upon said hollow arms inclining downward toward said main hollow body portion, and a bottom upon the latter continuous with the sloping bottoms of said hollow arms.
JOHN H. BECK.
REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:
UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 601,212 Moody Mar. 22, 1898 800,528 Winter Sept. 26, 1905 829,443 Thurston Aug. 28, 1906 829,493 Thurston Aug. 28, 1906 865,542 Stringhan Sept. 10, 1907 2,039,291 Bright May 5, 1936
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