Floating liquid intake
AssigneeTurret IP Pty Ltd
InventorRobert Bruce Hair
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Abstract
A floating liquid intake for a liquid suction removal system, the liquid intake comprising housing defining an internal cavity. The housing has a hollow and buoyant annular body, an upper cover and a lower cover. The internal cavity is formed between the upper and lower covers. A substantially annular inlet is formed in the annular body for ingress of liquid into the cavity. The annular body has a buoyancy sufficient for the liquid intake to float in a liquid with the annular inlet submerged below the surface of the liquid in which the liquid intake is floating. A pipe extends into the cavity and the pipe includes an inlet that in use is open below the surface of the liquid within the cavity. The pipe extends outside of the cavity for connection to a liquid suction removal system.
Claims20
A floating liquid intake for a liquid suction removal system, the liquid intake comprising a housing defining an internal cavity, the housing having:
- a buoyant annular body,
- an upper cover extending from the annular body,
- a lower cover extending from the annular body,
- the internal cavity being formed between the upper and lower covers,
- a substantially annular inlet formed in the annular body for ingress of liquid into the cavity, and
- a pipe extending into the cavity, the pipe including an inlet that in use is open below an upper surface of the liquid within the cavity, the pipe extending outside of the cavity for connection to a liquid suction removal system,
- wherein
- the annular body has a buoyancy sufficient for the liquid intake to float in a liquid with the annular inlet submerged below the surface of the liquid in which the liquid intake is floating, so that liquid entry into the cavity is by suction through the annular inlet from below the surface of the liquid.
A floating liquid intake for a liquid suction removal system, the liquid intake comprising housing defining an internal cavity, the housing having:
- a hollow and buoyant annular body,
- an upper cover extending from the annular body,
- a lower cover extending from the annular body,
- the internal cavity being formed between the upper and lower covers,
- a substantially annular inlet formed in the annular body for ingress of liquid into the cavity,
- the annular body having a buoyancy sufficient for the liquid intake to float in a liquid with the annular inlet submerged below an upper surface of the liquid in which the liquid intake is floating, and
- a submersible pump within the cavity and having an inlet which in use is submerged below the surface of the liquid in which the liquid intake is floating,
- the submersible pump having a discharge outlet in connection with a pipe that extends into the cavity, the pipe extending outside of the cavity for connection to a liquid suction removal system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.