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Flotation apparatus with mechanical agitation
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Inventors: Casalis, Jean-Arnaud; Teil, Yves; Motte, Raymond;
Assignee: Societe Miniere et Metallurgique de Penarroya (Paris, FR)
Primary Examiner: Hart; Charles N.
Assistant Examiner: Hruskoci; Peter A.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Fleit & Jacobson
An agitator for use in flotation having a frusto-conical skirt attached to a central hub to the agitator. The agitator also having two layers of bars disposed symmetrically on the generatrices of two opposite, coaxial truncated cones mounted at their ends on circular bases, at least one base being perforated to allow passage of flotation medium, and the bases being connected by a hollow central hub of which an upper portion is adapted to receive pressurized gas and a lower portion is provided with at least one orifice for discharging the gas. The frusto-conical skirt is situated between the bars and the central hub, is coaxial with the hub and is attached at its upper end to the hub. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What we claim is: 1.
A flotation apparatus comprising a tank for holding a body of pulp, an agitator rotatable in said tank, means for rotating said agitator, and means for flowing pressurized gas into the pulp along an axis of said agitator, said agitator comprising two layers of bars which are disposed symmetrically on the generatrices of two opposite, coaxial truncated cones and which are mounted at their ends on circular bases, at least one base being perforated to allow passage of flotation medium and the bases being connected by a hollow central hub of which the upper portion is adapted to receive pressurized gas and the lower portion is provided with at least one orifice for discharging the gas, which agitator also includes a solid, downwardly open, frustoconical skirt which is situated between the bars and the central hub, is coaxial with the hub and is attached at its upper end to the hub.
2.
A flotation apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the frusto-conical skirt is extended upwards by a cylindrical sleeve attached to the central hub.
3.
A flotation apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the cylindrical sleeve at least partly surrounds the central hub, to which it is directly attached.
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A flotation apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the frusto-conical skirt and cylindrical sleeve are made in one piece.
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A flotation apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bottom of the frusto-conical skirt is below the zone in which the layers of bars intersect.
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A flotation apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the central hub comprises, in the lower part of its lateral surface, ports for discharge of the gas.
7.
A flotation apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the bottom of the frusto-conical skirt is above the lowest points of the ports.
8.
A flotation apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the central hub comprises an axial orifice in its lower portion, for discharge of the gas.
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A flotation apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the bottom of the frusto-conical skirt is substantially level with the axial orifice
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