Oil skimming apparatus
AssigneeMiller Environmental Group, Inc.
InventorRobert Governale
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Abstract
A floating waste oil skimming device comprising a pair of hulls between which is suspended a skimmer box containing a plurality of oleophilic discs. The skimmer box has an outwardly opening bottom door which promotes a draft of water through the skimmer box when the device is in forward motion. Alternately the device can be operated in a stationary mode wherein water is evacuated from the skimmer box by means of a stand pipe inside the box. The skimmer box and oleophilic disc array are demountable and the pair of hulls can be folded together for transportation.
Claims26
An oil skimming apparatus compromising a plurality of flotation means with canted keel and bow elements, a demountable containment structure including side, rear, and bottom panels and situated between said flotation means, an oil collection means situated within said containment structure, and a plurality of forwardly projecting containment booms attached to the bow elements of said flotation means.
An oil skimming apparatus comprising two flotation hulls with canted bow and keel elements,
- a containment structure mounted between said flotation hulls and including side, rear, and bottom panels,
- a front panel of said containment structure configured as a bi-fold panel with hinged attachments along the leading edge of said bottom panel,
- a transverse inner partition dividing said containment structure into a front and a rear chamber,
- an outwardly opening door situated in said bottom panel within the limits of said front chamber which promotes a downward and outward draft of water when said skimming apparatus is in forward motion,
- a demountable oil collection means mounted within said containment structure, and
- two forwardly projecting containment booms attached to the bow elements of said flotation hulls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.