Jose M Navarrete

US Patent:

46769005, Jun 30, 1987

Filed:

Oct 9, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/658825

Inventors:

Jorge Masihy - Miami FL
Jose Navarrete - Miami FL

International Classification:

B01D 2100
B01D 2326
B01D 3338

US Classification:

210307

Abstract:

Disclosed is an apparatus for recovering solid particulates in liquid, typically water containing precious metal particles, such as is produced as a by-product of jewelry manufacture. The apparatus has a settling tank, which contains a fabric trap for entrapping very fine particles. Water in the tank is moved through the trap by a syphon producing a very small pressure gradient across the trap, which, because the pressure is so small, enables one to use a trapping fabric of much larger mesh than has been possible heretofore.