Invention Application
- Patent Title: BUFFER SYSTEM FOR MINING DEEP SEAFLOOR MINERAL RESOURCE
- Patent Title (中): 采矿深海矿产资源缓冲系统
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Application No.: US14512989Application Date: 2014-10-13
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Publication No.: US20150101963A1Publication Date: 2015-04-16
- Inventor: Sup HONG , Jong-Su CHOI , Hyung-Woo KIM , Tae-Kyeong YEU , Cheon-Hong MIN
- Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- Priority: KR10-2013-0123635 20131016
- Main IPC: E02F7/00
- IPC: E02F7/00 ; E02F7/02 ; B07C5/36

Abstract:
Disclosed is a buffer system for mining a deep seafloor mineral resource. The buffer system includes a hopper part that introduces and stores a crushed mineral resource to discharge the crushed mineral resource upward, a first pipe that communicates with an upper portion of the hopper part to introduce the mineral resource, a feeder part provided under the hopper part to discharge the mineral resources upward, a second pipe that communicates with the feeder part and lifts the mineral resource, a hydraulic part provided under the hopper part to convert power received from a surface boat into hydraulic power to operate at least one actuator and a driving motor to introduce the mineral resource into the first pipe, and a structure frame coupled to a lifting pipe to transmit an external load applied to the buffer system, and constituting an external frame of the buffer system to protect internal units.
Public/Granted literature
- US09334625B2 Buffer system for mining deep seafloor mineral resource Public/Granted day:2016-05-10
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