Skimmer having a retractable dynamic inclined plane

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1993-05-27

1995-01-24

Upton, Christopher

Liquid purification or separation

With movable support

Float

210923, E02B 1504

Patent

active

053840437

ABSTRACT:
An oil skimmer (10) employs a dynamic-inclined-plane module (22) that is retractable so that it can be kept suspended above the water during skimmer travel to and from oil-spill sites. The thrust required of the skimmer's propulsion system to achieve a given transit speed is thus much lower than that required by conventional dynamic-inclined-plane systems. When the skimmer (10) reaches the oil-recovery site, the retracting mechanism (26) lowers the dynamic-inclined plane module to its operating depth. To enable the skimmer to operate dose to shore, its primary buoyancy is provided by inflatable pontoons (12), which result in shallow draft and relatively low vulnerability to hull damage.

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