Abstract: Apparatus for treating a papermaking suspension which includes an elevated receiver mounted at the top of a pedestal structure, there being a plurality of generally vertically oriented cleaners connected at the underside of the receiver and the pedestal structure providing conduit means through which the suspension to be cleaned is conveyed to the cleaners, rejected stock from the cleaners being returned to a subsequent cleaning operation and through which cleaned deaerated stock can be conveyed from the receiver to a point of use such as a papermaking machine.

Abstract: An apparatus for dry placer mining to concentrate recoverable metallic constituents, such as gold or silver, from a dry gravel mix containing same is comprised of a frame for supporting and guiding an endless belt along a path including an upwardly inclined segment for receiving gravel particulate; an endless belt including a woven mesh belt member, a plurality of riffle members disposed in spaced parallel relationship within the intertices of the mesh member, and a composite fabric member disposed in face-to-face contact with the bottom surface of the mesh member; and a fluidizing member for passing a fluidizing gas upwardly through the endless belt along the inclined segment for fluidizing the gravel particulate and for establishing an electrostatic charge proximate the riffle members. The composite fabric member is specially constructed to permit a proper airflow for fluidizing the particulate and for assisting in the establishment of an electrostatic potential proximate the riffle members.