Spill containment boom
AssigneeHARBO Technologies Ltd.
InventorsArnon Shany, Haim Greenberg, Boaz Ur
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Abstract
Some embodiments of the invention relate to a spill containment boom unit for deployment in ambient water, using water absorbing material, such as SAP, to encourage expansion of a chamber thereof. Some embodiments provide boom units which comprise one or more surfaces which form at least one hollow chamber, wherein at least one wall of the hollow chamber comprises at least one fillable compartment.
Claims46
A spill containment boom unit for deployment in ambient water in an axially extending arrangement, comprising:
- one or more surfaces configured to form at least one hollow chamber with said one or more surfaces substantially surrounding the hollow chamber in a plane transverse to an axis of said axially extending arrangement, wherein a profile of said hollow chamber is defined by meeting points, where said meeting points are meeting points between said plurality of surfaces;
- wherein a plurality of said one or more surfaces each define a wall of a compartment filled with gas;
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- wherein sponge material is provided at a location exposed to the ambient water when said boom unit is deployed, said sponge material suitable for assisting in setting a shape of said boom unit when said boom unit is deployed, said sponge material configured for absorbing a portion of the ambient water and changing shape thereby providing said assisting, said sponge material provided one or both of (a) within at least a compartment having a wall thereof defined by one of said one or more surfaces;
- and (b) between compartments each of which has a wall thereof defined by one of said one or more surfaces;
- wherein when said boom unit is deployed, said hollow chamber defines one or more openings through which ambient water can flow.
A spill containment boom unit for deployment in ambient water in an axially extending arrangement, comprising:
- one or more surfaces configured to form at least one hollow chamber with said one or more surfaces substantially surrounding the hollow chamber in a plane transverse to an axis of said axially extending arrangement;
- wherein a plurality of said one or more surfaces each define a wall of a compartment filled with gas;
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- wherein sponge material is provided at a location exposed to the ambient water when said boom unit is deployed, —said sponge material suitable for assisting in setting a shape of said boom unit when said boom unit is deployed, said sponge material configured for absorbing a portion of the ambient water and changing shape thereby providing said assisting, said sponge material provided one or both of (a) within at least a compartment;
- and (b) between compartments;
- wherein when said boom unit is deployed, said hollow chamber defines one or more openings through which ambient water can flow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.