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US 5,207,901 AGranted
Watercraft bucket for collecting floating materials
AssigneeO.C.S. Officine Costruzioni Speciali S.p.A.
InventorGiancarlo Ravagnan
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Abstract
Watercraft bucket including a loader which is arrangeable on the watercraft so that it is partially submerged under the water surface during the advancement thereof. The loader has a sieve-like bottom and a lower section configured like a depression chamber with at least one ejector which continuously expels the conveyed water.
Claims7
A watercraft bucket for collecting floating materials, comprising:
- a loader bucket having a lower section and a rear wall and side walls extending upwardly from said lower section, said loader bucket also having an open front;
- means for connecting said loader bucket to a powered watercraft so that, when the watercraft is floating on a water surface, said lower section is submerged beneath the water surface and said rear and side walls are partially submerged under the water surface, and the water surfaces passes through said open front of said loader bucket;
- a sieve bottom arranged at said lower section of said loader bucket for collecting floating materials while allowing water to pass therethrough;
- at least one ejector means connector to said loader bucket and arranged below and rearwardly of said sieve bottom for drawing water through said sieve bottom and out of said loader bucket;
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- means for removing material from the loader bucket and into the watercraft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.