US Patent Issued to FREEPORT MINERALS on Sept. 30 for "Systems, devices and methods for improved efficiency of ball mills" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,529, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to FREEPORT MINERALS Corp. (Phoenix).

"Systems, devices and methods for improved efficiency of ball mills" was invented by Dale Coray (Pender Island, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drum assembly for a ball mill system may comprise: a drum having a first flange extending axially forward from a first radial wall, a second flange extending axially aft from a second radial wall, and a cylinder shell extending axially from a first radially outer end of the first radial wall to a second radially outer end of the second radial wall; a frame coupled to the first flange; and an inlet liner coupl...