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Boom as a barrier for oil slicks and the like on the surface of water

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7365231
The boom is designed to serve as a barrier around or along an area of water to confine oil slicks or any other water surface pollutants against spreading. The boom comprises a number of non-pneumatic floats arranged in spaced alignment and a flexible web wrapped completely around the floats and bridging the spaces between. The side sections of the web beyond the floats are secured together face to face and weights are attached to the web near the marginal edge of these side sections to form a downward extending weighted ballasting fin. The fin forms a hinge connection near the floats to permit the fin to swing about the hinge axis without transmitting its movements to the floats.
Assignee:
Metropolitan Petroleum Petrochemicals Co., Inc.
Patent Number(s):
US 3839869
OSTI ID:
7365231
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020900 -- Petroleum-- Environmental Aspects
520200* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CONFINEMENT
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
OIL SPILLS
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
POLLUTION
WATER POLLUTION