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US 2015/0034540 A1Published application
Oil collecting apparatus
OwnerJung Ho LEEinventor
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Abstract
An oil collecting apparatus is provided to recover polluted nature environment and to keep nature environment clean in such a way that oil leaked over river or ocean is effectively collected on the spot, and only the oil is removed by separating water and oil, wherein the volume of the water tank configured to separate water and oil can be reduced in half, so the present invention may be applied to a small size ship, and only the oil leaked over river and ocean may be separated and collected on the spot. A water surface cleaner with an excellent oil connecting capacity may be built using the present invention.
Claims7
An oil collecting apparatus, comprising:
- a suction unit which is configured to suck oil floating in ocean or river and is connected through a suction hose to a suction pump;
- a suction pump which provides a suction force to the suction unit;
- a first water tank which is configured to store a mixture of water and oil sucked by the suction unit and includes an oil discharge port on top so as to discharge oil floating on water and a water discharge valve installed in a lower side closer to the bottom and configured to discharge water;
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- a second water tank which is connected to the oil discharge port of the first water tank and to store the oil stored and floating in the first water tank and includes an oil discharge valve installed on top and is installed lower than the height of the oil discharge port of the first water tank for thereby discharging oil to the oil storing tank, and a water discharge valve installed in bottom for discharging water, and
- wherein the suction unit comprises:
- a suction hose connected to the suction pump and configured to receive suction force;
- a length adjusting tube in the interior of which the suction hose is inserted;
- a shutoff support tube into which the length adjusting tube is inserted from above;
- a buoy which provides a buoyancy so that the suction port of the suction hose may float on the same level as the water surface so as to suck the oil floating in ocean or river;
- a shutoff plate which is installed in a lower side of the shutoff plate support tube with a predetermined interval from a front side of the suction port facing downward when the suction port of the suction hose sucks for thereby shutting off a direct suction of water;
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- a fixing means which is configured to fix the length adjusting tube inserted in the shutoff plate support tube.
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An oil collecting apparatus, comprising:
- a suction unit which is configured to suck oil floating in ocean or river and is connected through a suction hose to a suction pump;
- a suction pump which provides a suction force to the suction unit;
- a first water tank which is configured to store a mixture of water and oil sucked by the suction unit and includes an oil discharge port on top so as to discharge oil floating on water and a water discharge valve installed in a lower side closer to the bottom and configured to discharge water;
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- a second water tank which is connected to the oil discharge port of the first water tank and to store the oil stored and floating in the first water tank and includes an oil discharge valve installed on top and is installed lower than the height of the oil discharge port of the first water tank for thereby discharging oil to the oil storing tank, and a water discharge valve installed in bottom for discharging water, and
- wherein a winch is installed on a deck of the moving means which carries the oil collecting apparatus, and a rope roller is installed on top of a side surface of the moving means, and an ascending and descending rope wound on a rotary reel of the winch is connected to the shutoff plate of the suction unit for thereby driving the winch, and the suction unit keeps a predetermined interval from the water surface where oil floats by winding or unwinding the ascending and descending rope.
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An oil collecting apparatus, comprising:
- a suction unit which is configured to suck oil floating in ocean or river and is connected through a suction hose to a suction pump;
- a suction pump which provides a suction force to the suction unit;
- a first water tank which is configured to store a mixture of water and oil sucked by the suction unit and includes an oil discharge port on top so as to discharge oil floating on water and a water discharge valve installed in a lower side closer to the bottom and configured to discharge water;
- and
- a second water tank which is connected to the oil discharge port of the first water tank and to store the oil stored and floating in the first water tank and includes an oil discharge valve installed on top and is installed lower than the height of the oil discharge port of the first water tank for thereby discharging oil to the oil storing tank, and a water discharge valve installed in bottom for discharging water, and
- wherein the first water tank and the second water tank are installed in the third water tank, and the top of the first water tank is higher by “h1” than the top of the second water tank, so the oil filed in the second water tank overflows and does not reversely flow into the first water tank, and an oil discharge port is installed in the bottom surface of the third water tank, so the oil filled in the third water tank flows through the oil discharge port and is stored in the oil storing tank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.