US32022A - Amalgamator - Google Patents
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- US32022A US32022A US32022DA US32022A US 32022 A US32022 A US 32022A US 32022D A US32022D A US 32022DA US 32022 A US32022 A US 32022A
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- QSHDDOUJBYECFT-UHFFFAOYSA-N mercury Chemical compound [Hg] QSHDDOUJBYECFT-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 12
- 229910052753 mercury Inorganic materials 0.000 description 12
- 239000010970 precious metal Substances 0.000 description 6
- 229910000497 Amalgam Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 238000005267 amalgamation Methods 0.000 description 2
- 238000010276 construction Methods 0.000 description 2
- WUPRCGRRQUZFAB-DEGKJRJSSA-N corrin Chemical compound N1C2CC\C1=C\C(CC/1)=N\C\1=C/C(CC\1)=N/C/1=C\C1=NC2CC1 WUPRCGRRQUZFAB-DEGKJRJSSA-N 0.000 description 2
- PCHJSUWPFVWCPO-UHFFFAOYSA-N gold Chemical compound [Au] PCHJSUWPFVWCPO-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229910052737 gold Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 239000010931 gold Substances 0.000 description 2
- 229910052904 quartz Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 239000010453 quartz Substances 0.000 description 2
- 230000000630 rising Effects 0.000 description 2
- VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N silicon dioxide Inorganic materials O=[Si]=O VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- BQCADISMDOOEFD-UHFFFAOYSA-N silver Chemical compound [Ag] BQCADISMDOOEFD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229910052709 silver Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 239000004332 silver Substances 0.000 description 2
- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B11/00—Obtaining noble metals
- C22B11/02—Obtaining noble metals by dry processes
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- I A, A is an air-chamber in the upper part of a hollow globe
- B is a hollow shaft passing down through the top of the globe to its center, the upper part of this shaft terminates in a box or table C
- D is an outlet to the box or table, placed where most convenient
- E is a pipe of a diameter, say, one third that of the shaft B, through the center of which it passes, and is kept in place by the set screws F, F, or other convenient device, this pipe should extend below the lower end of shaft B, to the line of the mercury as represented by G, G, and should extend upward to, at least, the extent of the diameter of the globe, above the table C
- H is a hole in the bottom of the globe for the withdrawal of the mercury or amalgam, this hole can be closed with a wooden plug or otherwise.
- the hole H, being closed, the globe is filled with mercury, say, to the line G, G;
- the tailings or slum from quartz mills, and arrastres, or from tail-races, fiumes or ditches used in placer gold or silver washings, or matter containing precious metals are received into the globe through the pipe E, upon the mercury at the bottom, the air space A, A, will prevent these tailings or other matter from rising higher within the globe than, about, the line at I, I, the superabundant mass of water and other matter will pass off through the hollow shaft B, over the table C, through the opening D, the precious metals having been deposited in the mercury;
- the pressure upon the contents of the globe below the line I, I is uniform in consequence of the compressed air in the chamber A, A, and the mercury-bath at the bottom of the globe, by reason of this uniform pressure, presents an unbroken surface to the tailings or other matter as they pass over it.
- An airtight vessel A partially filled with mercury, in combination with two concentric tubes B, E, and table C, all constructed as and for the purposes described.
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Description
S. E. WOODWORTH.
Ore Washer. No. 32,022. v Patented April 9, 1861.
wuamZ r UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
SELIM E. WOOD\VORTI-I, OF MURPHY, CALIFORNIA.
AMALGAMATOR.
Specification of Letters Patent No. 32,022, dated April 9, 1861.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, SELIM E. VVooDwoRrH, of Murphy, Galaveras county, and State of California, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Amalgamation of Precious Metals, which I call a Fou11tai11Rifile;'and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the con struction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which p Figure l, is a perspective view of the apparatus; and Fig. 2, is a sectional view.
I A, A, is an air-chamber in the upper part of a hollow globe; B, is a hollow shaft passing down through the top of the globe to its center, the upper part of this shaft terminates in a box or table C; D is an outlet to the box or table, placed where most convenient; E, is a pipe of a diameter, say, one third that of the shaft B, through the center of which it passes, and is kept in place by the set screws F, F, or other convenient device, this pipe should extend below the lower end of shaft B, to the line of the mercury as represented by G, G, and should extend upward to, at least, the extent of the diameter of the globe, above the table C; H, is a hole in the bottom of the globe for the withdrawal of the mercury or amalgam, this hole can be closed with a wooden plug or otherwise.
Operation: The hole H, being closed, the globe is filled with mercury, say, to the line G, G; the tailings or slum from quartz mills, and arrastres, or from tail-races, fiumes or ditches used in placer gold or silver washings, or matter containing precious metals are received into the globe through the pipe E, upon the mercury at the bottom, the air space A, A, will prevent these tailings or other matter from rising higher within the globe than, about, the line at I, I, the superabundant mass of water and other matter will pass off through the hollow shaft B, over the table C, through the opening D, the precious metals having been deposited in the mercury; the pressure upon the contents of the globe below the line I, I, is uniform in consequence of the compressed air in the chamber A, A, and the mercury-bath at the bottom of the globe, by reason of this uniform pressure, presents an unbroken surface to the tailings or other matter as they pass over it.
What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:
An airtight vessel A, partially filled with mercury, in combination with two concentric tubes B, E, and table C, all constructed as and for the purposes described.
S. E. IVOODVV'ORTH. lVitnesses M. H. HAVLAND, F. F. CorrIN.
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Cited By (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4718763A (en) * | 1985-04-08 | 1988-01-12 | Hitachi, Ltd. | Atomic absorption spectrophotometer |
| US5978082A (en) * | 1997-02-05 | 1999-11-02 | Hitachi, Ltd. | Atomic absorptiometer and a metal specimen atomic vapor generation apparatus used in the atomic absorotiometer |
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Cited By (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US4718763A (en) * | 1985-04-08 | 1988-01-12 | Hitachi, Ltd. | Atomic absorption spectrophotometer |
| US5978082A (en) * | 1997-02-05 | 1999-11-02 | Hitachi, Ltd. | Atomic absorptiometer and a metal specimen atomic vapor generation apparatus used in the atomic absorotiometer |
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