Gold pan stand
OwnerGeorge Edward Tubbs, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A traditional gold pan 10 with a flat center base 11 with a spiral sidewall guide 20 from the pan rim 13 to the pan base 11 is pivotably mounted to a stand at its top, adjustably secured in a selective tilt orientation, and continuously rotated by a drive motor.
Claims16
A gold pan stand disposed to engage a ground or a river bed and having left and right sides and a top and adapted for a traditional frustum gold pan to be mounted thereon, the pan including a flat base at its smaller end and a sidewall inclined from the pan base to a pan rim defining a concave pan front and a pan back and a sidewall guide on the pan front with an inner side and an outer side in a spiral progression around the sidewall from the rim to the base, the improvement to the stand comprising,
- front and back diverging legs downwardly-extending apart from each stand side,
- means for pivotably mounting the pan on the stand, adjustably secured in a selective lean orientation.
- means for turning the pan on the stand, and
A combination of a gold pan stand and a traditional frustum gold pan mounted thereon with the pan in a lean orientation, the pan including a flat base at its smaller end and a sidewall inclined from the pan base to a pan rim defining a concave pan front, the improvement comprising,
- a sidewall guide on the pan front in a spiral progression around the sidewall from the rim to the base,
- front and rear legs mounted on a stand top and diverging apart as they extend downwardly from said stand top,
- means for mounting the pan to the stand at the stand top.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.