Title:
MINERAL SEPARATION USING SIZED-, WEIGHT-OR MAGNETIC-BASED POLYMER BUBBLES OR BEADS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/162593
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Apparatus for use in, or forming part of, a separation process to be implemented in separation processor technology, the apparatus comprising synthetic bubbles or beads configured with a polymer or polymer-based material functionalized to attach to a valuable material in a mixture so as to form an enriched synthetic bubbles or beads having the valuable material attached thereto, and also configured to be separated from the mixture based at least partly on a difference in a physical property between the enriched synthetic bubbles or beads having the valuable material attached thereto and the mixture.
Inventors:
ROTHMAN PAUL J (US)
FERNALD MARK R (US)
DIDDEN FRANCIS K (US)
O'KEEFE CHRISTIAN V (US)
KERSEY ALAN D (US)
ADAMSON DOUGLAS H (US)
FERNALD MARK R (US)
DIDDEN FRANCIS K (US)
O'KEEFE CHRISTIAN V (US)
KERSEY ALAN D (US)
ADAMSON DOUGLAS H (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2012/039540
Publication Date:
May 08, 2014
Filing Date:
May 25, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CIDRA CORPORATE SERVICES INC (US)
ROTHMAN PAUL J (US)
FERNALD MARK R (US)
DIDDEN FRANCIS K (US)
O'KEEFE CHRISTIAN V (US)
KERSEY ALAN D (US)
ADAMSON DOUGLAS H (US)
ROTHMAN PAUL J (US)
FERNALD MARK R (US)
DIDDEN FRANCIS K (US)
O'KEEFE CHRISTIAN V (US)
KERSEY ALAN D (US)
ADAMSON DOUGLAS H (US)
International Classes:
B03C1/01; B01J47/00; H01F1/032
Foreign References:
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Other References:
See also references of EP 2715055A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
BARBER, William J. (Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson LLP,755 Main Street, P.O. Box 22, Monroe Connecticut, US)
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