Liquid purification or separation – With movable support – Float
Patent
1988-03-21
1989-06-27
Hart, Charles
Liquid purification or separation
With movable support
Float
210923, F02B 1504
Patent
active
048427357
ABSTRACT:
An oil skimming apparatus for removing a film of oil from the surface of a water body, which apparatus includes a watercraft such as a barge, provided with an oil collection tank and a skimming boom slidably mounted in angular relationship on one end of the barge. A conveyor is provided in the skimming boom, in order to convey the skimmed oil to elevated oil drain chutes located on the rear end of the skimming boom, where the oil drains into the oil collection tank. In a preferred embodiment, a skimming plate is provided in the skimming boom for location at the oil-water interface on the surface of the water body and skimming the oil responsive to adjustment of the skimming boom upwardly or downwardly, using a winch.
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Hollis Calvin L.
Taylor James L.
Harrison John M.
Hart Charles
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