Ships – Building – Freighters
Patent
1990-07-05
1992-04-28
Basinger, Sherman
Ships
Building
Freighters
220403, 383119, 428116, B63B 2512
Patent
active
051077825
ABSTRACT:
A device for impeding the flow of liquid cargo from a storage compartment of a water-traveling vessel upon damage to a hull of the vessel comprising a barrier member including (a) a sheet of fabric material resistant to the liquid cargo and having a predetermined limited degree of permeability thereto, and (b) reinforcement elements attached to the sheet for strengthening the fabric material and for at least inhibiting a tear from spreading in the sheet more than a predetermined distance from a point of perforation of the sheet. The flow impedance device also comprises support members for supporting the barrier member inside the storage compartment of the water-traveling vessel. The reinforcement elements take the form of a multiplicity of ribs disposed at a plurality of different angles with respect to each other. A related method for minimizing petroleum spillage into the environment upon damage to a petroleum-carrying water-traveling vessel on a body of water comprises the steps of (i) providing a bag constructed of fabric material having reinforcement ribs of synthetic resin material permeating the fabric material along the lengths of the respective ribs, (ii) unfolding the bag from a folded configuration, (iii) placing the bag on the surface of the body of water, (iv) pumping petroleum from a compartment of the vessel into the bag, (v) temporarily retaining the pumped petroleum in the bag, and (vi) removing the petroleum from the bag.
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Basinger Sherman
Coleman Henry D.
Environmental Innovations, Inc.
Sudol R. Neil
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