Oil skimming apparatus

Patent · Tue Jun 27 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5625929

Hollis, C L; Taylor, J L

An oil skimming apparatus is described for removing oil from the oil-covered surface of a water body, comprising: (a) a watercraft capable of mounting on a trailer for transportation and adapted for launching and floating on the water body; (b) a skimming boom slidably mounted on one end of the watercraft in angular relationship, the skimming boom having an oil-collecting end an oil-dispensing end, whereby the oil-collecting end of the skimming boom is at least partially immersed in the oil-covered surface of the water body to a selected depth; (c) a skimming plate provided in upward-standing relationship on the oil-collecting end of the skimming boom for skimming the oil from the oil-covered surface of the water body; and (d) a pair of conveyor chains rotatably carried by the skimming boom in spaced, substantially parallel relationship, the conveyor chains oriented substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the watercraft; at least one paddle means carried by the conveyor chains and spanning the skimming boom in transverse relationship.

• Assignee: NOV; EDB-89-142065; NOV-89-074159
• Patent Number(s): US 4842735
• OSTI ID: 5625929
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CONTROL
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
OFFSHORE OPERATIONS
OIL SPILLS
PETROLEUM
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
REMOVAL
SHIPS
SKIMMERS
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL