Oil slick skimmer

Patent · Tue Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:6511446

Karterman, D S

A craft for removing an oil slick from a body of water is described comprising: a pair of spacedly arranged paralleled positioned elongated floats, a platform mounted on and extending between said floats, a weir mounted on said platform between said floats and being movable independently and substantially vertical of the longitudinal axis of said floats to a position below the surface of said body of water, a submersible oil receiving and storage means detachedly mounted to said platform between said floats and having an inlet port at one level and comprising a substantially enclosed oil accumulator having an outlet port at a lower level, said weir comprising a sluice gate constructed and arranged to admit into said inlet port of said oil receiving and storage means under the effects of gravity a portion of an oil stick comprising a water and oil mixture skimmed from said body of water, and a first pump connected to said outlet port of said accumulator to control the movement of water from the inside lower level of said accumulator out of said accumulator to thereby control the amount of the oil slick flowing into said accumulator.

• Assignee: C. R. Lewis Co., Inc., Anchorage, AK (United States)
• Patent Number(s): A; US 5215654
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-846840
• OSTI ID: 6511446
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CLEANING
CONTROL
DESIGN
DISPERSIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS RECOVERY
MIXTURES
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OPERATION
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PETROLEUM
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
PROCESSING
PUMPS
SKIMMERS
STORAGE FACILITIES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WATER
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL