Device for cleaning a fluid contaminated with oil
OwnerWolfgang ZACHERTinventor
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Abstract
A device (1) for cleaning a fluid (3) contaminated with oil, comprising a filling (7) made of a material that absorbs the oil (2), which filling is located inside a container (4) and is arranged between an inlet and an outlet (5, 6) of the container (4). According to the invention, the absorption property and handling of the filling (7) is increased by virtue of the fact that the filling is formed by a package-type tangle of keratin structures (8) that are randomly arranged and stochastically distributed in all three dimensions, which in the operating state of the device (1), comprise a closed container edge (9) between the inlet and the outlet (5, 6), and rest thereon in a liquid-tight manner.
Claims12
A device for cleaning a fluid contaminated with oil, comprising a container having an inlet for a contaminated fluid and an outlet for a cleaned fluid, wherein the container contains a packing of a material that can absorb the oil, through which material the contaminated fluid can flow in an intentional use state of the device to leave the contaminants behind, characterized in that said packing is formed by a package-like tangle of keratin structures that have a three-dimensionally irregular orientation and are randomly distributed in all three dimensions, which keratin structures are enclosed by a closed container edge between the inlet and the outlet and fit against it in a fluid-tight way in the intentional use state of the device.
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