US310172A - blevney - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

J. C. BLEVNEY.

AMALGAMATOR. No. 310,172. Patented Jan. 6, 1885.

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AMALGAMATR.

FECIPCAIIJN forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,172, dated January 6,1885.

Application filed January C, i884. (No model.)

To all wiz/0m, t may concern:

Be it known that I, .Toi-IN U. BLnvNnv, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Amalgamators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machinery for amalgamating metalsas gold, itc-with quicksilver and similar substances, and the objects of this invention are to provide an amalgamator with a large amalgamatiiig-surface, and. means for keeping the quicksilverin constant motion by paddles that have their bearing and support out ot' the reach of the amalgamating materials. 'I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is an end view of a section of the apparatus, and Fig. 2 a cross-sectional view of two jointed sections with attachments, through the line a b of Fig. l.

Similar letters refer to similarI parts throughout the several views.

The bracket A, attached tothe side B of the channel B, forms the bearings C C ot' the shaft S, to which is secured the double pulley l and the paddle-wheel F. lIhe channel B has its inner surfaces plated first with a coating of copper and then with a coating of silver, preierably by thevelectro-plate process. Its side C forms an angle of about sixty degrees to the bottom O, which has a depression and pocket, p, provided with Y pipe I'I, and through which the steam-pipe E passes. The paddle-wheelF is also coatedin the same man-v ner and with the same material as the inner surfaces of B, and is of such constriiiction that when revolving it will tit and move close to the sides of the channel B, but will not touch them. rIlhe reservoir I is connected by the pipe II to the pocket p, and has an overflow, q, on alevel with the uppersurfac'e ot' O, forming the bottom of B.

Operating the amalgamator, I prefer to have a series o1" sections secured water-tight together, forming a continuous channel, with a series of paddle-wheels, having one end oil the channel closed by a head, D, and the other open, to have the pipe II connect all the pockets and the receiving-tank I, and to have the pipe E, supplied with steam, pass through all the sections. The quicksilver supplied to the apparatus will lill the pipe and pockets until overtlowing at q, and any ore amalgamating with it will increase its bulk. Unless drawn olf by Ii or similar means, the Quicksilver will be kept at a level to the overflow during the running of the apparatus and be always within reach of the paddles. Revolving the paddles by means ot' the pulleys or similar contrivanccs and ad mittingthe pulverized ore and water, the Quicksilver will be mixed with them and amalgamate with the metal contained therein, the whole being propelled by thepaddles to the next pocket, where the amalgam will sink and flow through thepipelinto the tank I. The same is repeated until the series is passed, when the water and powder, free from metal, flows out the open end of the channel B'. By mixing the quicksilver with the pulverized ore and water the largest possible surface for amalgamating is obtained. The shaft S, having the bearings and supports in the frame A outside of the channel B, enables me to keep the oil and lubricants from mixing with ore, and so prevent amalgamation, while the inclination of the shaft enables me to have the paddles almost wholly in the channel B', enabling the sides of the saine to form an absolute guidefor the material. The heating powers oi' the steam applied helps the amalgamation.

I am aware that prior to my invention amalgamators have been constructed with paddles, and l'. therefore do not claim them broadly. In one case known to me an inclined shaft has its bearingsoutside oi' theamalgamating-vessel, but in such instance there is no paddlewheel or stirring device fitting the vessel, but an annular shield is made to lit over the rim of a wheel rigidly secured to the shaft.

I am also aware that shafts of stirring devices have been arranged at au inclination, but in all amalganiators of this class heretofore made the inclined shaft has a bearing in the amalgamati11g-vessel. This construction I avoid, and I would add, in relation to the connections of the pockets with the reservoir, that the arrangement is substantially as shown, to maintain a constant level of mercury or amalgam by allowing redux and overflow, as described.

I claim as new and desire to procure by Letters Patentl. In an amalganrator, the combination,

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with a sectional channel, B', provided with pockets, of a paddle-Wheel revolving in line with and fitting close tosaid channel, and secured to a shaft mounted outside of and at an inclination to the level of said channel, for the purpose substantially as set forth.

2. In an anialgainator, a series of paddle- Wheels, each secured to a separate shaft revolving at an inclination to the level of the apparatus and parallel to one another, said shafts being` journaled outside of the amalgamating channel, in combination with a straight channel formed of a series of sections secured together, each having a pocket communicating With a pipe connecting` them and to a reservoir, for the purpose substantially as set forth.

3. In an amalgamator of the kind described, a series of pockets for holding` amalgam, each pocket connected by a pipe to one adjacent and to a reservoir, for the purpose substantially as described.

4. The combination, in an amalganiator, of a series of sections having each a pocket coniniunicating With one another and a reservoir, and a steam-pipe passing through them, for the purpose substantially as set forth.

5. In an amalganiator, the combination of a series of sections forming a channel having the pockets j), the connecting-pipe H, the steam-pipe E, the reservoir I, and a series of paddle-Wheels mounted at an angle to the level of the apparat-us, and means for revolving` them, all for the purpose substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my naine, in presence -of two Witnesses, this 24th day of January, 1884s.

JOHN o. yBLEVNEY.

lvitnesses:

MARY H. BLnvNnY, GEORGE H. VINCENT.

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