# US 10,870,962 B1 · Floating debris remover > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,870,962 B1 - Document ID: US10870962B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/501,440 - Filed: 2019-04-16 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2016-06-24 - Applicants: David Nickelson - Inventors: David Nickelson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10870962B1 ## CPC - E02B 15/106: {Overflow skimmers with suction heads; suction heads} - B63B 1/121: {comprising two hulls (B63B1/107 takes precedence)} - B63B 35/32: for collecting pollution from open water - E02B 15/046: {Collection of oil using vessels, i.e. boats, barges} - E02B 15/10: Devices for removing the material from the surface {(E02B15/041, E02B15/042, E02B15/06 take precedence)} - B63B 21/26: securing to bed - B63B 35/34: Pontoons (floating bridges E01D15/14) - B63H 2020/003: {Arrangements of two, or more outboard propulsion units} - E02B: HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING (ship-lifting E02C; dredging E02F) - B63B: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F9/06) - B63H: MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING (propulsion of air-cushion vehicles B60V1/14; specially adapted for submarines, other than nuclear propulsion, B63G; specially adapted for torpedoes F42B19/00) ## Abstract A floating debris remover having an operator station for directing debris into a debris inlet and a power manipulateable debris scoop for on-the-go separation of the debris from the water through elevation of the debris scoop with the debris remover having an operator station to allow an onboard operator to retrieve and deposit debris at a waste disposal site solely through operator manipulation of the debris scoop. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A floating debris remover including; a frame having flotation support; a chamber located in said frame; a debris inlet located in one end of the debris remover; at least one motor for propelling the debris remover; an open ended debris scoop located in the chamber with the open ended debris scoop extending horizontally forward in a debris capturing position within the debris remover to allow water and debris to flow into an open end of the open ended debris scoop, said the open ended debris scoop having a first solid side and a second solid side each joined to a solid top and to a bottom screen with each joined to an end screen to form a debris compartment therein with openings in the bottom screen and the end screen separating debris from water as water flows through the open ended debris scoop, said open ended debris scoop cycleable from a debris capturing position where water with debris flows into the open end of the open ended debris scoop to a debris emptying position where debris in the open ended debris scoop is dumped out of the open end of the open ended debris scoop; and a first pivot arm and a second pivot arm for lifting and rotating the pen ended debris scoop from the debris capturing position in the debris remover to the debris emptying position aft of the debris remover; and an operator station located at the front of the debris remover. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The floating debris remover of claim 1 wherein the debris scoop includes pivot pins on each side of the debris scoop with the debris scoop operator controllable through a first power cylinder and a second power cylinder located on opposite sides of the debris scoop. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The floating debris remover of claim 2 wherein the pivot pins are offset from a center of gravity of the debris scoop so an end screen on the debris scoop is located below the center of gravity as the debris scoop is lifted upward. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The floating debris remover of claim 2 wherein the debris scoop is located within the debris remover as water and debris flow into the debris scoop. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The floating debris remover of claim 2 including a hydraulic control to allow an operator on the floating debris remover to load and unload debris while sitting on an operator console on the floating debris remover. ### Claim 6 The floating debris remover including; a frame having flotation support; a chamber located in said frame; a debris inlet located in a one end of the debris remover; at least one motor for propelling the debris remover; a debris scoop located in the chamber with the debris scoop having openings in therein for separating debris from water, said debris scoop cycleable from a debris capturing position where water with debris flows into an open end of the debris scoop to a debris emptying position; and a lever arm for lifting and rotating the debris scoop from the debris capturing position in the debris remover to a debris emptying position; with said debris scoop supported on the aft of the floating debris remover with debris scoop rotationally positionable behind the floating debris remover to empty debris in the debris scoop rearward of the floating debris remover. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The floating debris remover of claim 6 wherein the debris scoop has at least two sides each having a screen therein for allowing water to flow through while the debris is retained therein. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The floating debris remover of claim 1 including a set of hydraulic cylinders to rotate the debris scoop to the emptying position. ### Claim 9 The floating debris remover including; a frame having flotation support; a chamber located in said frame; a debris inlet located in a one end of the debris remover; at least one motor for propelling the debris remover; a free hanging debris scoop located in the chamber with the debris scoop having openings therein for separating debris from water, said debris scoop cycleable from a debris capturing position where water with debris flows into an open end of the debris scoop to a debris emptying position; a lever arm for lifting and rotating the debris scoop from the debris capturing position in the debris remover to a debris emptying position; and an operator station located on the debris remover. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The floating debris remover of claim 9 wherein the debris scoop is located between a set of pontoons on the floating debris remover. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The floating debris remover of claim 9 wherein an open end of the debris scoop is located below a water line as water flows through the debris remover.