Vertical Vortex Generating Sluice/Slurry Separator

摘要

A sluice box separator apparatus having a curved partition wall to shape the water flow into a horizontal vortex, inducing lighter material to exit the vortex with the water, and the denser materials to settle into a well located beneath the location of the induced vortex, including a selectively openable gate between the well and a valuable material recovery chamber.

主权项

1. A material separator orientable within a sluice channel defined by a box floor and box sides comprising:
a vortex generator having a curved vortex wall oriented so as to smoothly curve at least a portion of a directional flow of water in the sluice channel back into a subsequent flow of water so as to create a water vortex with a vertical axis of rotation; and the vertical axis of rotation passing through a recessed collection well in the box floor.