Marine vessel fuel spill prevention device
OwnerHerbert W. Hollandinventor
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Abstract
A device to capture, contain and collect hydrocarbon fuels such as gasoline and diesel before they can be spilled or leaked from the ventilation valve or fuel intake port of the fuel tank of a vessel and on to the surface of the water during fueling operations at marine fueling facilities. The device is formed as a low-profile box with a floor section and upright wall sections having stratified layers of a textile material and a solidifying polymer enclosed within a outer envelope of textile material. A seamed area at the center of the device with slits in the textile material allows the device to circumscribe the annular conduit of a device passing through the seamed area.
Claims24
A spill containment device comprising:
- a pillow having a plurality of chambers formed in stratification therein by internal layers of textile material;
- a polymer material disposed in the pillow chambers having a property of acting to absorb and solidify liquid hydrocarbon substances coming into contact with the device migrating to its interior;
- a plurality of quilting seams in the pillow defining a multiplicity of hydrocarbon absorption consolidation points therein and subdividing each pillow into distinct hydrocarbon absorption units within the device;
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- a seamed area at the center of the pillow, the textile material within the seamed area at the center of the pillow being void of solidifying polymer and being slit to allow the pillow to circumscribe an annular conduit adapted to pass through the center of the device.
A spill containment device comprising:
- a pillow having a plurality of stacked layers of textile material, said plurality of stacked layers of textile material forming a plurality of chambers in stratification so as to dispersively conduct liquid hydrocarbons under capillary attraction substantially throughout the interior of the pillow;
- a polymer material contained within the pillow to absorb and solidify liquid hydrocarbon substances, said polymer material being suspended within the fibers of the textile material;
- a series of seams formed in the pillow, at least one of which is located parallel to the longitudinal center axis of the pillow and others being located substantially laterally in a perpendicular orientation to the center axis of the pillow, the seams providing consolidation points of the internally stratified chambers so as to promote dispersion of liquid hydrocarbons throughout the interior of the pillow for contact with the polymer material;
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- a seamed area at the center of the pillow, the textile material within the seamed area at the center of the pillow being void of solidifying polymer and being slit to allow the pillow to circumscribe an annular conduit adapted to pass through the center of the pillow.
A spill containment device comprising:
- a pillow having an outer envelope of textile material;
- a plurality of chambers formed within the outer envelope in stratification therein by internal layers of textile material;
- a polymer material disposed in the pillow chambers having a property of acting to absorb and solidify liquid hydrocarbon substances coming into contact with the device migrating to its interior;
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- a seam joinder of the envelope and the stacked layers of internally stratified textile material providing for the consolidation of the stacked layers of textile material and the outer envelope wherein said stacked textile material layers dispersively conduct liquid hydrocarbons under capillary attraction throughout the interior of said envelope for absorption and solidification by said polymer.
A spill containment device comprising:
- a pillow having an outer envelope of textile material;
- a plurality of chambers formed within the outer envelope in stratification therein by internal layers of textile material;
- a polymer material contained within the pillow to absorb and solidify liquid hydrocarbon substances, said polymer material being suspended within the fibers of the textile material;
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- a seam joinder of the envelope and the stacked layers of internally stratified textile material providing for the consolidation of the stacked layers of textile material and the outer envelope wherein said stacked textile material layers dispersively conduct liquid hydrocarbons under capillary attraction throughout the interior of said envelope for absorption and solidification by said polymer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.