On-board oil spill prevention and recovery system

Details On-board oil spill prevention and recovery system On-board oil spill prevention and recovery system

1990-02-26

1991-01-01

Basinger, Sherman

Ships

Leak stoppers

Interior

114 74R, 114227, 2102424, 210924, B63B 4316

Patent

active

049810979

ABSTRACT:
An on-board oil spill prevention and recovery system for an oil transporting vessel. The system includes a pillow storage container which releasably houses a plurality of sorbent pillows. The container is fixedly attached to said vessel above a hole cut in the deck of the vessel above an oil holding tank thereby permitting the pillows to be selectively released to the interior of the holding tank. The system further includes a sorbent boom selectively deployable in the waters surrounding the vessel.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4102789 (1978-07-01), Young
patent: 4111813 (1978-09-01), Preus
patent: 4172039 (1979-10-01), Akiyama
patent: 4249834 (1981-02-01), Bouvier
patent: 4301006 (1981-11-01), Davis

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