Contaminant recovery device
AssigneeFM Environmental Limited
InventorsCHRISTIAN ATTARD, CORMAC FITZPATRICK, MARIO FARRUGIA
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Abstract
A contaminant recovery device comprising a container sized to hold a body of contaminated liquid. A skimming arrangement adaptable to at least temporarily remove contaminants from the body of contaminated liquid and an assembly for inducing a flow in at least part of the body of contaminated liquid at or about the skimming arrangement. The skimming arrangement is adaptable to at least temporarily remove contaminants from around the surface of the body of contaminated liquid.
Claims20
A contaminant recovery device, comprising:
- a container sized to hold a body of contaminated liquid;
- a skimming means adaptable to at least temporarily remove contaminants from the body of contaminated liquid;
- and
- means for inducing a flow in at least part of the body of contaminated liquid at or about the skimming means.
A method for recovering contaminants from a body of contaminated liquid, comprising the steps of:
- skimming at least part of the body of contaminated liquid to at least temporarily remove contaminants from the body of contaminated liquid;
- and
- inducing a flow in at least part of the body of contaminated liquid at or about the region where the at least part of the body of contaminated liquid is skimmed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.