Panning device and methods
OwnerMark Franciskovichinventor
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Abstract
A panning tool is described and comprises a sifting scoop comprising an elongated half sphere of proportional dimensions. The elongated half sphere can be a one-piece main body comprising a floor with a front edge, a left side wall curving upwardly along the floor's left side, a right side wall curving upwardly along the floor's right side, and a back wall curving upwardly from the floor's back side. The left side wall, right side wall, and back wall define a reservoir. The floor extends forwardly from the back side. The panning tool comprises a connection body. The connection body is affixed to an interior face of the sifting scoop. Methods of using the panning tool and manufacturing the sifting scoop are also described.
Claims17
A panning tool, comprising:
- a sifting scoop comprising an elongated half sphere of proportional dimensions comprising a top edge extending on a downward angle from a back end to a front end of the sifting scoop, wherein the sifting scoop further comprises a one-piece main body having an internal face and an external face, wherein the main body of the sifting scoop comprises a floor with a front edge, a left side wall curving upwardly along a left side of the floor, a right side wall curving upwardly from a right side of the floor, and a back wall curving upwardly from a back side of the floor, and the left side wall, right side wall, and back wall cooperate to define a reservoir and the floor extends forwardly from the back side;
- and riffles molded into the floor and transverse the one-piece main body from the left side wall to the right side wall, starting from the back end and extending forward to a central region of the sifting scoop;
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- a connection body comprising a top end, a bottom end, a central throughbore being adapted to receive a fastener, and at least two openings for accepting a setting screw threaded through an external face of the connection body, wherein the connection body is affixed to an interior face of the sifting scoop.
A method of manufacturing a sifting scoop, the method comprising:
- machining the sifting scoop being an elongated half sphere, wherein the sifting scoop comprises a front edge, a left side wall curving upwardly along a left side of a floor, a right side wall curving upwardly from a right side of the floor, and a back wall curving upwardly from a back side of the floor, and the left side wall, right side wall, and back wall cooperate to define a reservoir and the floor extends forwardly from the back side;
- molding riffles into the floor, and traversing the one-piece main body from the left side wall to the right side wall, starting from a back end and extending forward to a central region of the sifting scoop;
- forming an opening into an internal face of the back end of the sifting scoop;
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- affixing a connection body comprising a top end, a bottom end, a central throughbore adapted to receive a fastener, and at least two openings for accepting a setting screw threaded through an external face of the connection body,
- into the opening located at the internal face of the back end of the sifting scoop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.