Device for collecting materials as for example oil floating on a water surface
OwnerKnud H. Nyfeldt, Klas T. Y. Bernhardssoninventors
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Abstract
An apparatus is described for collecting materials, such as oil floating on water, wherein the materials are funnelled into a collecting device by floating walls towed through the water, the collecting device being a succession of hose-shaped sections detachably interconnected to each other so that the trailing end section may be pursed sealed and detached when a sufficient amount of the collected material is received thereby.
Claims3
A device for collecting materials, including oil floating on water, said device having two upright floating walls converging on a collecting means to guide the materials into said collecting means during towing of the device, said collecting means comprising detachably interconnected hose-shaped sections capable of retaining collected material and including a forward section and a last trailing section constructed of a mesh dimensioned sufficiently small to retain said oil therewithin, the most forward section being connected to said floating walls and the last trailing section being pursed and sealed at the trailing end thereof during towing, means for coupling said hose-shaped sections in succession, including means for pursing and sealing the last trailing section and its contiguous section when the last trailing section has collected sufficient material to be removed, and means for separating said last trailing section after pursing and sealing thereof, designed to enable complete disconnection of said last trailing section from the remainder of said device after said pursing and sealing.
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