Patent ID: 8360245

Claim:
Apparatus for flotating mineral slurry, the apparatus comprising: a flotation cell having at least one inlet for feeding mineral slurry into the flotation cell and at least first and second discharge outlets for discharging material flows from the flotation cell, a flotation mechanism including at least a drive shaft, a rotor and a stator, a froth launder system for removing mineral enriched froth, a classifying equipment located above the rotor for receiving a portion of mineral slurry flotated by the flotation mechanism, the classifying equipment including a means for imparting an upward rotary movement to the received portion of the flotated mineral slurry and a means for separating coarser material contained in the received portion of the flotated mineral slurry from finely divided material contained in the received portion of the flotated mineral slurry, and wherein the first discharge outlet is positioned for discharging the finely divided material and the second discharge outlet is positioned for discharging the coarser material.