Floating barrier

Patent · Tue Feb 19 04:00:00 EDT 1974

OSTI ID:7078501

Sayles, J A

A boom is described for collecting material floating on the surface of a body of water which can be deployed and recovered expeditiously and without damage to the structure of the boom. It is made to be stored in a compact condition either as flat layers of folded material or by rolling it on a roller. The boom is made with inflatable flotation chambers from which the air is released when the boom is retrieved and stored and all of the elements of the combination that make up the boom such as the stress cables, stress plates and ballast weights are placed between and within the impervious sides of the boom so that when the air chambers are collapsed the boom has a thickness throughout its total area which is not substantially greater than the thickness of the folded impregnated fabric of which it is made. (10 claims)

• Assignee: Chevron Research Co.
• Patent Number(s): US 3792589
• OSTI ID: 7078501
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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