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US 5,176,467 AGranted
Oil boom
AssigneeAtlantic Richfield Company
InventorLloyd A. Baillie
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Abstract
An oil boom for containing floating oil spills having an hose with a plurality of tubing members mounted to the periphery of the hose. Each tubing member has a nozzle assembly for directing an air jet stream against an oil spill along the top surface of the water. The oil boom is preferably connected to a tow line by a pair of connecting lines which are in a criss-cross pattern, allowing the hose to form a wave-like configuration so that the air hose may rise and fall with the movement of the surface of the water independent of the tow line.
Claims10
An oil boom comprising:
- a. a hose having a main conduit;
- b. a plurality of tubing members having a secondary conduit, said tubing member having a first end vertically mounted on said hose and a second end bent downward;
- c. an air compressor to provide air through said main and said secondary conduits;
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- d. a nozzle assembly attached to said bent second end, so that said nozzle assembly is directed toward the oil spill on the top surface of the water.
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An oil boom comprising:
- a. a hose having a main conduit;
- b. a plurality of tubing members having a secondary conduit, each said tubing member having a first end mounted on said hose;
- c. an air compressor to provide air through said main and said secondary conduits;
- d. a nozzle assembly attached to a second end of said tubing member so that said nozzle assembly is directed toward the oil spill on the top surface of the water;
- e. a tow line;
- f. a first connecting line and second connecting line, wherein said first and said second connecting lines are attached in a crisscross pattern between said tow line and said hose so as to allow said hose to form a wave-line configuration behind said tow line to provide flexibility to ride along the top surface of the water.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.