Mobile metal reclamation soil processing apparatus and related methods
OwnerThomas F. Tuiteinventor
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Abstract
Mobile metal scrap recovery apparatuses and methods of operating them to remove scrap metal from scrap metal-contaminated soil are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a mobile metal scrap recovery apparatus comprises first and second wheeled components, each of which is road transportable. The first wheeled component comprises a unit for screening the metal scrap-contaminated soil into at least a coarser fraction and a finer fraction. The second wheeled component comprises a magnet separator, an eddy current separator, and a manual picking station. Methods for conducting the business of scrap metal recovery are also disclosed. Such business methods involve the use of a mobile metal scrap recovery apparatus to remove scrap metal from scrap metal-contaminated soil.
Claims48
A mobile scrap metal recovery apparatus adapted to recover scrap metal from scrap metal-contaminated soils, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a first wheeled component having a screener adapted to separate scrap metal-contaminated soil into at least a coarser fraction and a finer fraction;
- (b) a second wheeled component having a magnetic separator, an eddy current separator, a manual picking station, and a first conveyor belt adapted to transport at least one of said coarser fraction and said finer fraction from said eddy current separator to said manual picking station;
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- (c) a second conveyor belt adapted to transport at least one of said coarser fraction and said finer fraction from said first wheeled component to said second wheeled component;
- wherein each of said first and said second wheeled components is configured to be road transportable and said magnetic separator is adapted to remove magnet attractable scrap metal from at least one of said coarser fraction and said finer fraction.
A method for removing scrap metal from scrap metal-contaminated soils, said method comprising:
- a) moving a mobile scrap metal recovery apparatus to a first location which is a predetermined distance from a first quantity of scrap metal-contaminated soil, said mobile scrap metal recovery apparatus having:
- i) a first wheeled component having a screener adapted to separate scrap metal-contaminated soil into at least a coarser fraction and a finer fraction;
- ii) a second wheeled component having a magnetic separator, an eddy current separator, a manual picking station, and a first conveyor belt adapted to transport at least one of said coarser fraction and said finer fraction from said eddy current separator to said manual picking station;
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- iii) a second conveyor belt adapted to transport at least one of said coarser fraction and said finer fraction from said first wheeled component to said second wheeled component;
- wherein each of said first and said second wheeled components is configured to be road transportable and said magnetic separator is adapted to remove magnet attractable scrap metal from at least one of said coarser fraction and said finer fraction;
- b) feeding scrap metal-contaminated soil from said first quantity into said mobile scrap metal recovery apparatus;
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- c) operating said mobile scrap metal recovery apparatus so as to remove at a least some of the scrap metal from said scrap-metal-contaminated soil.
A method for conducting the business of scrap metal recovery, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) acquiring the use of a mobile scrap metal recovery apparatus having:
- i) a first wheeled component having a screener adapted to separate scrap metal-contaminated soil into at least a coarser fraction and a finer fraction;
- ii) a second wheeled component having a magnetic separator, an eddy current separator, a manual picking station, and a first conveyor belt adapted to transport at least one of said coarser fraction and said finer fraction from said eddy current separator to said manual picking station;
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- iii) a second conveyor belt adapted to transport at least one of said coarser fraction and said finer fraction from said first wheeled component to said second wheeled component;
- wherein each of said first and said second wheeled components is configured to be road transportable and said magnetic separator is adapted to remove magnet attractable scrap metal from at least one of said coarser fraction and said finer fraction;
- b) obtaining the right to remove scrap metal from a first quantity of scrap metal-contaminated soil;
- c) moving said mobile scrap metal recovery apparatus to a first location which is a predetermined distance from said first quantity of scrap metal-contaminated soil;
- d) operating said mobile scrap metal recovery apparatus to remove scrap metal from said first quantity of scrap metal-contaminated soil;
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- e) obtaining economic value from the performance of step (d).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.