Hydraulic and earth engineering – Fluid control – treatment – or containment – Floatable matter containment
Patent
1993-02-18
1994-05-03
Reese, Randolph A.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Fluid control, treatment, or containment
Floatable matter containment
405 66, 405 63, E02B 1504
Patent
active
053081919
ABSTRACT:
A boom for collecting material floating on the surface of a body of water which, by its configuration, requires considerably less inflation air to achieve the required degree of buoyancy to float the boom than is normally required. One embodiment incorporates an elongated collapsible first tube compartmentalized into a series of sequential compartments. Within such compartments are located inflatable flotation tubing which expands the walls of these compartments thus displacing water, thereby increasing the buoyancy of the boom. Such inflatable floatation tubing may be configured as a longitudinal sequence of inflatable annular rings within these compartments; or, the inflatable floatation tubing may be configured as a spiral coil disposed along the length of the compartments biasing the walls of the compartments outwardly. The inflation tubing can be connected by a conduit to a tube secured to and extending the length of the first tube for providing inflation gas thereto.
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Bode George A.
McBee J. Russell
Oil Stop, Inc.
Reese Randolph A.
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