Patents by Inventor Aly Gomaa

Aly Gomaa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tailings recovery system
    Patent number: 10864464
    Abstract: A method for recovering fine tailings from a tailings pond includes selecting a desired density of fine tailings to be removed from the tailings pond. Positioning a hollow shell having a closed bottom and holes formed through a sidewall of the shell within the tailings pond such that the holes are located at a depth of a layer of the fine tailings of the desired density and such that a top of the shell is disposed above a free water surface of the pond. Causing a flow of the fine tailings of the desired density through the holes into into the shell and removing the fine tailings of the desired density from within the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventor: Aly Gomaa
  • TAILINGS RECOVERY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200001209
    Abstract: A method for recovering fine tailings from a tailings pond includes selecting a desired density of fine tailings to be removed from the tailings pond. Positioning a hollow shell having a closed bottom and holes formed through a sidewall of the shell within the tailings pond such that the holes are located at a depth of a layer of the fine tailings of the desired density and such that a top of the shell is disposed above a free water surface of the pond. Causing a flow of the fine tailings of the desired density through the holes into into the shell and removing the fine tailings of the desired density from within the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventor: Aly Gomaa