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Oct. 5, 1937. J. E. PARKER 2,094,616
‘ APPARATUS FOR RECOVERY OF BLACK OR OTHER _
MAGNETIC SANDS OR SILTS FROM STREAMS v ; _
Original Filed July L 1933 2 Sheets-Shae’; 1
_ :1“ mm“
Joseph 15'. Parker;Oct. 5, 1937. ‘ J. E. PARKER 2,094,616
APPARATUS FOR RECOVERY OF BLACK‘ OR OTHER ‘
MAGNETIC. SANDS OR SILTSYFROM STREAMS
Original Filed July 1, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2
~ /Patented Oct. 5, 1937‘ } 2,094,616
' UNITED STATES; PATENT OFFICE
2,094,616
APPARATUS FoR RECOVERY oF BLACK OR
OTHER MAGNETIC SANDS 0R sILTs FRoM ,
STREAMS
Joseph E. Parker, Houston, Tex.
Re?led for abandoned application Serial No.
678,712, July 1, 1933. This application Sep
tember 24, 1936, Serial No. 102,429
,11 Claims. (Cl. 209-215)
The invention relates to an apparatus for re In the drawings:—-- ‘ 1
.covering black or other'magnetic sands or silt Fig. 1 is a perspective viewof ‘an apparatus con
from streams and the present application is ?led structed in accordance withithis invention, for
to take the place of an abandoned application the recovery of black or other magnetic sands or
1 5 Serial No. 678,712, ?led July 1, 1933, by mev for silts from streams.
the same subject matter; as that of the present ' Fig. 2 is va'tran'sve'rse sectionalview of the same.
application. > . Fig. 3 is a detail View of a portion of one of v
The object of the present invention is to pro the magnet supporting member's, illustrating the
vide a Simple, practical and efficient apparatus arrangement of one ‘of the frontmaghets;
of strong, durable and comparatively inexpensive Fig. 4 is a similar View illustrating thearrange 10
construction, designed to be arranged upon the ment of one of ‘the intermediate magnets.
bed of a stream, and to extend from the bottom Fig. 5 is a View of the wiring diagram.
of the stream either to the surface of thewater In the accompanying drawings in which is i1
or any distance above or_ below the surface so lustrated the preferred embodiment of the in
’ as to lie in the path of sand or silt traveling in vention, the apparatus ‘for the recovery of black 15
traction, that is, sliding on the bottom ‘of the " or other magnetic sand or silt from streams com
stream and also sand or silt ?owing in suspen prises in its construction aplurality of spaced
sion and adapted to intercept and attract and horizontal magnet. supporting members I, pref
collect such magnetic sands and silt, and capable erably arranged in a rectangular group and com
=20 of being readily hoisted from the ‘bed of a stream posed of spaced 'vertical'tiers a'ndformed by hor- 1
and moved to a position over a container and of izontal sets which are detachably and removably
discharging the collected sand ‘or silt and depos vsupported by transverse rods 2.‘ The magnet sup—
iting the same within a suitable container, porting members which may be of‘ any desired
A further object of the invention is to provide number, preferably consist of wooden poles or
an apparatus of this character equipped with tubes which preferably extend longitudinally of
‘electro-magnets adapted to be energized by a the apparatus, and the transverse rods which are
‘generator either on the bank of a stream or on ‘horizontally disposed, pass through the .endpor
a barge or the like,’ and capable of enabling the tions of the magnet supporting members and
electro-magnet to be readily energized and de through vertical standards>3 arranged in pairs at
energized for attracting’and collecting the mag the front and rear of thepapparatus and located, 30
netic values in the stream, and of quickly depos~ at opposite sides thereof, as clearly shown in Fig.
iting such values when the apparatus has been -1 of the drawings.v Any number of the stand
‘moved over a container or receptacle for the ards and‘ sets of transverse rods may, of course,
‘magnetic sand or silt. be employed, and‘ the transverse rods are de
’ It is also an object of .the invention to equip tachably secured to the standards by any suit
‘the apparatus witha grizzly adapted to’ form a able means to enable them to be removed for de
combined guard and de?ector in addition to per taching any'of the magnet supporting members _
mitting the sand and silt to pass through it to for the repair of eleCtro-magnets 4 and'5, or
the magnets so that the sand and silt will be other'purpose. ‘ ' ' - " " g
operated onv by the apparatus and rocks and The standards 3 which are vertical, are pref
‘floating debris, such as logs, will be deflected and erably provided at their upper ends with suitable
caused to pass to'either' side of ‘the apparatus -eyes,6 which receivetransverse rods 7'! and spac
and thereby prevented from‘passing through and ‘ingl'tubes 8 which space'the lowerends of chains
lodging in the apparatus. , ' 9>of ahoisting apparatus. . > »
1-145 With the above and other objects in View, the The hoisting. apparatus which- may’ be of ~ any
invention consists in the construction and novel desired construction and which in-practice will
combination and arrangement of parts herein be operated by a suitable powerincludes a beam
after, fully described, illustrated in the accom ,or boom ID, a cable II and the said chains!)
panying drawings and pointed out in the claims which are connected at their upper ends to the
hereto appended, it being understood that various lower end of the cable and extend; downwardly, 50
changes in the form, proportion ‘and minor de and outwardly in a diagonal direction and at an '
tails of construction, within the scope of the , inclination to the upper ends of the standards 3.
claims, 'may be resorted to without departing ‘ The rods 1 pass through suitable end linksfof the
.from the spirit or sacri?cing any of the advan : chains ‘and the spacing tubes'or ‘sleeves 8 main
I155 tages of the invention-.; ‘, - 1 ‘- > r - tain the ends of, the‘ chains in proper position at A2 2,094,616
the sides of the apparatus at the front and back ating a switch and cutting off the current to the
thereof. The apparatus is designed to be ar magnets and thereby de-energizing the same.
ranged at and rest upon the bottom or bed of After a load or accumulation has been deposited
the stream and the hoisting mechanism will en in the container the switch is operated to re
able the apparatus to be readily deposited in the energize the magnets and the apparatus is re
stream upon the bed thereof, and will also en turned to the bottom of the stream for repeating
able the same to be easily and quickly removed the operation. The magnet supporting members,
therefrom for discharging and depositing in a the means for securing and connecting the same
suitable container an accumulation of magnetic and the grizzly constitutes the frame of the ap
10 sand or silt collected and recovered by the appa paratus and the weight of the apparatus is am~ 1O
ratus. ple for maintaining it in proper position on the
The electro-magnets may be of any desired bed of the stream. The wiring of the electro
form or construction, either horseshoe magnets magnets and the feed wires for supplying the
or straight bar or core magnets. The electro electro-magnets with current may be insulated in
magnets 4 are mounted upon the front ends of any desired manner and may be of any preferred 15
the supporting members I which are bored at arrangement, the chains 9, the cable II and the
intervals between their ends to provide openings boom or beam [0 forming ample supports for
l2 for the reception of the intermediate magnets the feed wires.
5. The openings l2 are arranged both vertically What is claimed is:—
20 and horizontally to dispose the magnets alter 1. An apparatus of the class described includ 20
nately in a horizontal and vertical position, but ing a frame adapted to be'arranged upon the
they may be arranged in any other position. and bed of a stream in the path of sand and silt
may, if desired, extend from two opposite faces traveling down the stream, said frame including
of the supporting member or from only one side a plurality of longitudinally disposed magnet
or face thereof. supporting members consisting of poles and ar
The electro-magnets are designed to be sup ranged in vertical tiers, the members of each
plied with current from a generator l3 which tier being spaced apart and the tiers being spaced
may be operated by a gasoline engine, or any from one another, end electro-magnets mounted
other suitable power, and which may be located on the supporting members at the front ends
either on the bank of a stream or on a barge, thereof, intermediate electro-magnets carried by 30
?oat or the like. A suitable switch M is provided the supporting members and arranged at inter
for enabling the current to be turned on or cut vals along the same in openings thereof, and
off for energizing and de-energizing the magnets hoisting mechanism connected with the frame
to enable the apparatus to collect a load of the for handling the same.
magnetic material moving along the bottom of 2. An apparatus of the class described includ 35
the stream or floatingin suspension in the stream ing a frame adapted to be arranged upon the
and to quickly release and discharge the accumu bed of a stream in the path of sand and silt
lated material when the apparatus is lifted from traveling down the stream, said frame compris
the stream and moved over a suitable container. ing a plurality of longitudinally disposed magnet
40 The apparatus is provided at its front with an supporting members spaced vertically and hori
approximately V-shaped grizzly I5 forming a zontally and forming an approximately rectan
combined guard and de?ector and composed of gular group, standards located at opposite sides
two sides arranged at an angle and connected
together at the front ends and at their rear ends of the group, transverse rods connecting the
standards and passing throughv the magnet sup
4.5 with the adjacent standards 3 or other portion of porting members, electro-magnets carried by the 45
the apparatus. The grizzly which is preferably
constructed of steel, is provided at each side with supporting members, and hoisting mechanism
a grating which may be formed by spaced paral connected with the said standards for handling
lel strips 16 extending over an opening I1, as the frame.
3. An apparatus of the class described includ
50 clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, but ing a frame adapted to be arranged upon the
the grating may be of any desired construction,
and the slits or openings in the grating are pref bed of a stream in the path of sand and silt
erably horizontal, asshown and are of su?icient traveling down the stream, said frame compris
size to permit sand and silt to readily pass ing a plurality of longitudinally disposed magnet
55 through the grizzly so as to be operated on by the
supporting members spaced vertically and hori
magnets of the apparatus and the said openings zontally and forming an approximately rectan
or slits in the grizzly are suf?ciently narrow to gular group, vertical standards located at oppo
prevent any rock or floating debris from passing site sides of the group of supporting members,
through the grizzly and lodging in the machine. means for connecting the supporting members
. .60
The grizzly or any of the parts thereof may with the standards, transverse rods connecting
be magnetized and be in the form of either per the upper ends of the standards, hoisting mecha
manent or electro-magnets. The apparatus may nism having. ?exible connections connected with
be made of any desired size and may extend the upper ends ofv the standards, and electro
either from the bottom of the stream to the sur magnets carried by thesupporting members and
face thereof, or to a point above the surface, or arranged at intervals on the same. 65
it may terminate at a point below the surface. 4. An apparatus of ‘the class described includ—
It may be left unattended at intervals for con ing a frame adapted to be located in a stream
tinuous operation and after it has accumulated a in the path of sand and silt traveling down the
sufficient quantity of magnetic sand or silt, it stream, said frame including a plurality of longi
may be readily lifted from the bottom of a stream tudinally disposed magnet supporting members
and moved to a position above a container for arranged in vertical tiers, the members of each
the reception of the recovered values. The ac “tier being spaced apart and the tiers being spaced
cumulated magnetic sand and silt may be quickly from‘ one another, and means extending trans
and thoroughly discharged from the apparatus versely of the frame for the support of said mag
and deposited in the receptacle by simply oper~ net supporting members, and electro-magnets'2,094,616 3
mounted on the supporting members at intervals and electro-magnets mounted in said transverse
along the same. openings of the supporting members, the up
5. An apparatus of the class described includ stream end of each of the magnet supporting
ing a frame adapted to be arranged in a stream members having an opening therein and an elec
in the path of sand and silt traveling down the tro-magnet disposed in each of the last men "it
stream, said frame including a plurality of lon tioned openings.
gitudinally disposed magnet supporting members 9. An apparatus of the class described, includ
arranged in vertical tiers, the members of each ing a frame adapted to be arranged in a stream
tier being spaced apart and the tiers being spaced in the path of sand and silt traveling down the
10 from one another, means extending transversely stream, said frame comprising a plurality of ion 10'
of'the frame and transverselythrough said mag gitudinally disposed magnet supporting members,
net supporting members to' support the magnet spaced vertically and horizontally and forming '
supporting members, and electro-magnets car an, approximately rectangular group, vertical
ried by the supporting members and arranged at standards located at opposite sides of the group
intervals along the same. of supporting members, means for connecting
6. An apparatus of theclass described includ the supporting members with the standards,
ing a frame adapted to be arranged in a stream transverse rods disposed in angular relation
in the path of sand and silt traveling down the I with the supporting members and connecting op
stream, said frame including a plurality of lon posite standards, and electro-magnets carried by
20 gitudinally disposed magnet supporting members the supporting members. 20
arranged in vertical tiers, the members of each 10. An apparatus of the class described includ
tier being spaced apart and the tiers being spaced ing a frame adapted to be arranged in a stream
from one another, means extending transversely in the path of sand and silt traveling down the
of the frame and transversely through said mag stream, said frame comprising a plurality of lon
25 net supporting members tosupport the magnet gitudinally disposed magnet supporting members
supporting members, said magnet supporting spaced vertically and horizontally and forming
members having openings therein, and electro an approximately rectangular group, vertical
magnets disposed in said openings. standards located at opposite sides of the group
'7. An apparatus of the class described includ of supporting members, means for connecting
ing a frame adapted to be arranged in a stream the supporting members with the standards,
in the path of the sand and silt traveling down transverse rods connecting the standards, elec
the stream, said frameincluding a plurality of tro-magnets carried by the supporting members,
longitudinally disposed magnet supporting mem-_ and a grizzly of approximately V-shape having
bers, arranged in vertical tiers, the members of angularly related sides adapted to de?ect debris
each tier being spaced apart and the tiers being and prevent the same from lodging in the device,
spaced from one another, transversely disposed said sides of the grizzly having a grating with
rods having engagement with the longitudinally apertures for the passage of sand andsilt.
disposed magnet supporting members to support 11. An apparatus of the class described includ- ,
the same, the magnet supporting members hav ing a frame adapted to be arranged in a stream
ing transverse openings therein arranged alter in the path of sand and silt traveling down the 40
nately at different angles with relation to one an stream, said frame comprising a plurality of lon-v
other, and electro-magnets mounted in said itudinally disposed magnet supporting members
transverse openings of the supporting members. spaced vertically and horizontally and forming
8. An apparatus of the class described includ an approximately rectangular group, rods ex
ing a frame adapted to be arranged in a stream in tending transversely across the frame and having 45
the path of the sand and silt traveling down the engagement with said magnet supporting mem
stream, said frame including a plurality of lon bers to support the latter effectively in‘the frame,
gitudinally disposed magnet supporting mem electro-magnets carried by the supporting mem
bers, arranged in vertical tiers, the members of bers and arranged at intervals along the same,
each tier being spaced apart and the tiers being and an apertured grizzly connected to the frame 50
spaced from one another, transversely disposed at the upstream end of the latter to prevent de
rods having engagement with the longitudinally bris from gaining access to the interior of the
disposed magnet supporting, members to support frame and yet permit of the passage of sand and
the same, the magnet supporting members having silt to the interior of the frame.
transverse openings therein arranged alternately
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