Oil spill cleanup method and apparatus

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1974-09-09

1976-05-25

Granger, Theodore A.

Liquid purification or separation

With alarm, indicator, register, recorder, signal or...

Responsive to fluid flow

210DIG25, 210242S, B01D 2100, E02B 1504

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039591360

ABSTRACT:
Method and apparatus for removing oil from the surface of a body of water with a skimmer; the apparatus including a skimmer with baffled entry ports arranged on a plane inclined to the direction of current flow or about the periphery of a drum so that oil enters through the baffles into a chamber which is beneath an inverted funnel or within the axle of the drum; the method involving providing a skimmer having submerged baffle entry ports inclined to the direction of current flow, allowing the oil to enter the skimmer, and returning the skimmer to a horizontal position for removal of the oil therefrom through an inverted funnel suspended over the confined oil.

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patent: 3666099 (1972-05-01), Gelling
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patent: 3715034 (1973-02-01), Ivanoff
patent: 3737040 (1973-06-01), Bryday et al.
patent: 3757953 (1973-09-01), Sky-Eagle, Jr.
patent: 3804251 (1975-04-01), Farrell

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