Hydraulic and earth engineering – Fluid control – treatment – or containment – Floatable matter containment
Patent
1991-08-29
1993-03-23
Reese, Randolph A.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Fluid control, treatment, or containment
Floatable matter containment
405 68, 441 31, E02B 1506
Patent
active
051958449
ABSTRACT:
A boom for collecting material floating on the surface of a body of water comprises a first collapsible tube which can be stored either as flat layers of folded material or by rolling it on a roller. Transverse seals are provided along the length of the tube to provide a longitudinal sequence of compartments. A reactant body is disposed in at least one compartment, and being capable of producing an inflating gas. The reactant body is disposed within a pouch which is frangible under pressures applied by rollers or the like during the deployment of the boom from its stored condition. In a modification, a small collapsable tube is provided in longitudinally secured relationship to the first tube and the interior of the small tube is provided with fluid connection to each of the successive compartments. Pressured air is then applied to the first off end of the small tube to supply pressured gas to all of the compartments, thus inflating any compartment that is underinflated by the gas produced by the reactant body.
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Bode George A.
Oil Stop, Inc.
Olsen Arlen L.
Reese Randolph A.
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