Portable Retort for Separation and Recovery of Mercury from Amalgam

PORTABLE RETORT FOR SEPARATION AND RECOVERY OF MERCURY FROM AMALGAM

Patent Number / Registration Number: 2-2007-000337

Status of Application: Expired

Brief Description / Features of the Technology:

This is a portable retort for separation and recovery of mercury from amalgam which comprises a channel-type base, a glass cooling jar mounted on said base with a holding rail being provided on the opposite side thereof, a stainless steel cooling jar head screw-mounted on said glass cooling jar, the cooling jar head having relief valve to dissipate any pressure build-up therein, a heat resistant glass collecting vessel submerged within the said glass cooling jar with the top end of said heat-resistant glass collecting vessel screwed to said stainless steel cooling jar head, a stainless steel condenser tube having one end connected to said stainless steel cooling jar head, a stainless steel evaporator head connected to the other end of said condenser tube, and a stainless steel evaporator screw-mounted to said evaporator head.

Inventors:

Eduardo M. Deang, Jr.

Maria Gracia M. Peralta