Patent ID: 6290897
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: C22B,Y02P

Abstract:
A pumpless system for recovering silver ions from a solution comprising:a reservoir container for holding a quantity of solution containing silver ions, the reservoir container having an outlet;a first processing container having an interior cavity sized to receive a silver recovery filler material, the processing container having an inlet positioned below the level of the filler material and an outlet in a side wall thereof positioned above the level of the filler material;an outlet pipe positioned within the first processing container and in communication with the outlet thereof, the outlet pipe extending generally horizontally into the interior cavity and terminating in a downturned end having a downwardly opening mouth;a conduit connected between the reservoir container outlet and processing container inlet, the processing container being positioned below the reservoir container to establish gravity flow through the conduit; anda manual valve positioned in the conduit having variable positions for metering the flow of solution through the conduit.