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Description

(No Model.)

P. MORRIS. lAMALGAMATOR AND SET'TLBR.

Patented May 22,1888.

No. 278,035. Y

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

FREDERICK MORRIS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

AMALGAMATOR AND SETTLEF?.n

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,035, dated May 22, 1883.

' 'Application ined March 19, 188s. (No model.)

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK MORRIS, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improved Amalgamator and Settler; and I hereby declare the the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to certain improvements in amalgamators and settlers, and in the construction thereof, the object of which is to provide a strong` and water-tight device which shall be both economical and durable. y

The nature of these improvements will hereinafter fully appear, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my device with a portion of the vessell D broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of same.

A represents a wooden platform, having a central vertical post, B, secured to it by bolts y b passing down through said post and platform. Around this post, upon the platform, are fitted segmental blocks a, forming a plate or disk which is the bottom of the vessel D. These blocks are nailed down to the platform. The reason for this construction is that the bottom Vcannot shrink as much as if it were made of straight strips, and it has a tendency rather to tighten in shrinking than to loosen. The sides of vessel D are made of staves d, the the lower ends of which are nailed to the periphery of the blocks a, forming the bottom. These staves are secured together by wooden hoops e, tacked to each stave, one hoop covering thejoint of the other, and having its own On the bottom of the vessel I) arelaid segmental blocks h, or dies, which, by being made shorter than the' blocks c, forming the bottom, leave a peripheral channel or groove, j'. Their sides are also provided with thin strips where by they are separated sufficiently to form shal low radiating grooves g.

Upon the top of post .B is secured a` cap, 1'.,

which serves as a step or bearing for a verti ca l shaft, I, which is journaled therein. Upon this shaft is the crossframe,.J, of the mnller, in the. arms of which are secured rods K, eX- tending down within the vessel nearly to the blocks h.. Upon these rods are loosely fitted the muller shoes or blocks L. These may have a vertical play upon the rods, and are self-act- 'reach nearly to the bottom'.

vertically on the rods, according to material in the vessel. In order to keep this vertical adjustment unimpaired,I1nust remove part of the strain from the rods. I therefore connect each lnuller block or shoe with the cross-arm in advance ot' it by means of a rod, M, connected by loose links m and screw-eyes n. These latter may be adjusted as theshoes wear. In order to insure the shoes remaining as low `down as possible or going down again to their place, I place a weight, o, upon each.

The 4muller is revolved by the following` means: Upon top of shaft I is a crown'gear, P, meshing with a pinion, Q, upon a shaft', R, having a driving-pulley, S. The pinion Q, is placed upon a feather on the shaft, and has a collar, qfand a lever, q', secured thereto, in order to throw said pinion in or outof engagement with the crown-gear. This device is for the purpose of settling ore-pulp in order to separate the` heavy particles from the mud and slime after the ore has been ground. The revolving muller keeps the pulpin a constant Vstate of agitation, in which the heavier particles separate and settle, and the waste material rises and must be drawn o. The revolution of the muller causes the waste after sepa.- ration to be gradually forced to the center, and it is here that I allow it to escape. two holes, fw, through the post and platform, which carry off the waste into a channel, under the platform. These holes are not made in the very top of the post, but in small ledge cut out nearly at the top, as shown. No sand will get in the step t'. These escapes are easy to make, and being right at the center and top,

I make ing, as they cannot fall away because 'the rods They thereforev vpass along the bottom and adjust themselves none but the worthless part, which has been Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent., is

l. The platform A and central post, B, se-

cured thereto by bolts b, in combination with sa essaies the segmental blocks a, fitted around the post and nailed to the platform, and the staves d, nailed to the rims of the block and secured by wooden hoops e,- said blocks and staves forming` a vessel,'D, upon said platform and around said post, substantially as and for the purpose herein described. 1

2. The'platform A and post B, secured thereto, the Vessel D, formed' upon said platform, around the post, and the die-blocks h in said vessel, in combination with the muller crossframe J,journaled on said posi, the rods K, the muller-shoes L, loosely litted on the rods, and the rods Mgcounccting each shoe with the arm of the muller-f'rame in advance, substantially l as and for the purpose herein described.

o. The platform A, post- .l-l, with its discharge holes w, and the Vessel D, built upon the platform, around the post, as herein described, in

combination with the die-blocks h, the muller cross-frame J, having rods K and verticallyadjustable shoes L, connected each with a preceding arm ofthe cross-frame, and the means FREDERICK MORRIS.

Witnesses:

S. H. NoURsE, J. Il'. BLooD.

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