Water bottom resource collecting system and collecting method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12012836
APP PUB NO 20240141769A1
SERIAL NO

18280032

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A mining riser pipe is extended from above water toward a water bottom containing water bottom resources, and a lower portion of an insertion pipe connected to a lower portion of the mining riser pipe is inserted into the water bottom. A liquid is supplied into the insertion pipe and a rotation shaft extends axially inside both of pipes is rotated to rotate stirring blades attached to a lower portion of the rotation shaft inside the insertion pipe, thereby drilling and dissolving mud S inside the insertion pipe into a slurry form by is raised to an upper portion of the insertion pipe by a stirring flow generated by the rotation of the stirring blades, and the raised mud is lifted above the water through the mining riser pipe by a lifting force.

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  • DKK-TOA CORPORATION; JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE-EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Akiyama, Keita Yokosuke, JP 11 190
Iida, Hiroshi Tokyo, JP 65 739
Kawamura, Yoshihisa Yokosuka, JP 106 1075
Kyo, Masanori Yokosuka, JP 6 13
Miyazaki, Eigo Yokosuka, JP 26 24
Morisawa, Tomohiro Tokyo, JP 2 0
Murakami, Ryutaro Tokyo, JP 1 0
Omori, Shinya Tokyo, JP 16 101
Sawada, Ikuo Yokosuka, JP 32 992

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