Device for obtaining dust from minerals

US4558752A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• LUOSSAVAARA-KIIRUNAVAARA AB · SE

Inventors

• Hans Freund · Schweinfurt, DE
• Wolfgang Heide · Darmstadt, DE
• Rolf A. Sieglen · Pocking, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 27, 1980
• Grant date: Dec 17, 1985
• Expiry date: Oct 27, 2000

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2001/2866
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Device for obtaining dust from minerals. The device has an excitation part for mechanical ultrasonic vibrations combined with a chisel. A suction device is provided to collect the dust produced. The device serves in particular to produce dust samples rapidly for quick analysis of minerals in prospecting, in the reconnaissance and evaluation of deposits and in the mining of minerals for the purposes of quality control, monitoring and controlling the mining process.