US 11,987,509 B2
Apparatuses for extracting rare earth metals and other materials from wastewater
David Keith Fisher, Heathsville, VA (US)
Assigned to FisherH2O, LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed by FisherH2O, LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/577,539.
Application 16/750,937 is a division of application No. 16/446,270, filed on Jun. 19, 2019, granted, now 10,662,089, issued on May 26, 2020.
Application 17/577,539 is a continuation of application No. 16/750,937, filed on Jan. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,261,108.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/687,092, filed on Jun. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0135448 A1, May 5, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C02F 1/46 (2023.01); C02F 1/461 (2023.01); C02F 101/20 (2006.01); C02F 103/26 (2006.01)
CPC C02F 1/46109 (2013.01) [C02F 2001/46171 (2013.01); C02F 2101/20 (2013.01); C02F 2103/26 (2013.01); C02F 2201/002 (2013.01); C02F 2201/483 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An immersible water cleaning device comprising:
a magnet or electromagnet that generates a magnetic field; and
an array of electrodes that, when energized, converts water to hydrogen gas that bubbles up to a surface of the water,
wherein the at least one magnet or electromagnet and the array of electrodes interact to create vortices within and on the surface of the water,
wherein the array of electrodes are arranged around a periphery of the magnet or electromagnet.