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US 6,743,358 B1Granted
Apparatus for collecting material floating on a body of water
AssigneeSurfcleaner AB
InventorStig Lundbäck
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AssigneeSurfcleaner AB
InventorStig Lundbäck
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A skimmer apparatus for collecting material, particularly oil, floating on the surface of a body of water, comprises collecting vessel with a collection compartment. The collection compartment includes an upper subcompartment delimited laterally by an inner wall having a skimming weir forming an inlet to the collection compartment and a lower subcompartment which is delimited laterally by an outer wall and communicates with a bottom outlet. Connected with the collection compartment is means for discharging water therefrom through the bottom outlet. The inner wall and the outer wall delimit a separation compartment for the floating material. This compartment is in open communication with the upper subcompartment of the collection compartment. A valve is provided at the top of the separation compartment and when in an open position connects the separation compartment with the upper subcompartment of the collection compartment.
Apparatus for collecting material floating on the surface of a body of water, comprising
Apparatus for collecting oil floating on the surface of a body of water, comprising
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