Liquid purification or separation – With movable support – Float
Reexamination Certificate
2007-11-20
2007-11-20
Upton, Christopher (Department: 1724)
Liquid purification or separation
With movable support
Float
C210S923000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10542469
ABSTRACT:
A device for cleaning up oil spills attachable to a ship for cleaning up crude, has a pair of arms coupleable to a side of a hull of the ship at a water line level, each of the arms having a casing with a substantial semi-circular configuration, and an open top, and a front edge extending into a baffle positioned downwards and forwards to facilitate access to floating crude into the casing, a containment partition projecting upwardly forwardly with a sufficient height to prevent the crude from rising above each of the arms, a screw housed in the casing and with its movement causing the crude to move, a collection tank arranged on an end of each of the arms and into which the crude is caused to move by the screw, the collection tank being connectable to the hull of the ship from where the crude is aspirated toward an inside of the ship.
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Striker Michael J.
Upton Christopher
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