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US 2014/0231362 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for removing oil from a body of water
OwnerWilliam R. Beckerinventor
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for capturing and removing oil from a body of water with equipment using rod and film technology, which includes a streamlined oil tank that moves in the water and collects surface oil from an attached skimmer, arrays of inverted funnels lowered into the water to concentrate oil for removal, and containment tents to capture leaking fuel or cargo oil from a sunken ship or any underwater oil leak and channel it into a partially submerged rod and film storage tank at the surface.
Claims15
1-22. (canceled)
A dipping trap apparatus for removing oil from the surface of a body of water comprising:
- an array of one or more inverted funnels, each funnel having a wide base and a narrow neck;
- a frame coupled to the array, the frame supporting the inverted funnels, the frame including rods disposed at the base of the funnels, the rods being connected together at their intersections;
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- a support structure coupled to the array;
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- a funnel movement assembly coupled to the funnels to lower and raise the array into and out of the water.
3 more elements
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30-31. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.