US3186546A
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Flotation separation of particulate materials in non-aqueous media
Assignee: General Mills Inc
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Filing: 1962-03-12
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Granted: 1965-06-01
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Expires: 1982-03-12
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 James L Keen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 16:00
CPC Classifications
C; C01; C01B; C01B35/00; C01B35/08; C01B35/10; B; B03; B03D; B03D1/00; B03D1/001; B03D1/004; B03D1/008; B03D1/01; C01B35/06; C01B35/12; B03D2201/00; B03D2201/02; B03D2203/00; B03D2203/02; B03D2203/04; B03D2203/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
72 words
THE METHOD WHICH COMPRISES: ADDING A FLUORINATED ORGANIC COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF FLUORINATED ALIPHATIC ACIDS, AMINES, ALCOHOLS AND ALDEHYDES TO A MISCIBLE NON-FLUORINATED LIQUID ORGANIC MEDIUM CONTAINING PARTICULATE MATERIALS, THE AMOUNT OF SAID FLUORINATED ORGANIC COMPOUND BEING SUFFICIENT TO RENDER AT LEAST ONE OF SAID PARTICULATE MATERIALS ORGANOPHOBIC; FLOATING SAID PARTICULATE MATERIAL BY BUBBLING A GAS THROUGH THE ORGANIC MEDIUM; AND SEPARATING THE PARTICULATE MATERIAL FROM THE ORGANIC MEDIUM.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
72 words
THE METHOD WHICH COMPRISES: ADDING A FLUORINATED ORGANIC COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF FLUORINATED ALIPHATIC ACIDS, AMINES, ALCOHOLS AND ALDEHYDES TO A MISCIBLE NON-FLUORINATED LIQUID ORGANIC MEDIUM CONTAINING PARTICULATE MATERIALS, THE AMOUNT OF SAID FLUORINATED ORGANIC COMPOUND BEING SUFFICIENT TO RENDER AT LEAST ONE OF SAID PARTICULATE MATERIALS ORGANOPHOBIC; FLOATING SAID PARTICULATE MATERIAL BY BUBBLING A GAS THROUGH THE ORGANIC MEDIUM; AND SEPARATING THE PARTICULATE MATERIAL FROM THE ORGANIC MEDIUM.
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