Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Buffer system for mining deep seafloor mineral resource
- Patent Title (中): 用于开采深海底矿资源的缓冲系统
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Application No.: US14512989Application Date: 2014-10-13
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Publication No.: US09334625B2Publication Date: 2016-05-10
- Inventor: Sup Hong , Jong-Su Choi , Hyung-Woo Kim , Tae-Kyeong Yeu , Cheon-Hong Min
- Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- Applicant Address: KR Ansan-si
- Assignee: Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
- Current Assignee: Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
- Current Assignee Address: KR Ansan-si
- Agency: Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
- Priority: KR10-2013-0123635 20131016
- Main IPC: B03B9/00
- IPC: B03B9/00 ; E02F7/00 ; E21C50/00 ; B07C5/36 ; E02F7/02 ; E02F7/06

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
- US20150101963A1 BUFFER SYSTEM FOR MINING DEEP SEAFLOOR MINERAL RESOURCE Public/Granted day:2015-04-16
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