Oil skimming apparatus
Patent
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OSTI ID:5693233
Apparatus for removing a film of oil from a large body of water consists of a pair of generally similar funnel assemblies, one positioned behind and in the wake of the other with a harness for towing them along their common central axis. Each funnel assembly has an impermeable cover with spaced floats to support its wide leading edge above the water to capture the oil with the rest of the cover being supported on the floating oil. Depending skirts are located at the tapered trailing edges of the cover to funnel the oil inward toward its apex. An enclosing sack of reinforcing netting covers the top and bottom of the apparatus. A sump receives the oil from the apex of the rearward assembly, and a pump is provided to transfer the oil from the sump to a storage barge. (8 claims)
- Assignee:
- Ocean Pollution Contr. Inc.
- Patent Number(s):
- US 3557960
- OSTI ID:
- 5693233
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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