Spill containment device for a ship

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1990-12-20

1991-11-19

Corbin, David H.

Hydraulic and earth engineering

Fluid control, treatment, or containment

Floatable matter containment

210923, 405 63, E02B 1506

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050661647

ABSTRACT:
A spill containment device for a ship such as an oil tanker includes a pouch which is mounted on the outer, uppermost hull section. The pouch completely encircles the hull. A flexible fluid-impervious skirt is affixed along one edge to the interior of the pouch. The skirt is folded and stored within the pouch, which is held shut by a releasable closure device such as a zipper. When activated, the pouch is caused to fully open about its bottom by a deployment mechanism enabling the skirt to drop and depend down from the hull into the water. The skirt is preferably weighted about its bottom and provides an impervious barrier to the leaking contaminant, trapping the contaminant with its periphery. Rescue vessels can then pump the oil out from within the skirt into a removal vessel.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3599434 (1971-08-01), Missud
patent: 4249834 (1981-02-01), Bouvier
patent: 4282822 (1981-08-01), Jackson

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