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Apparatus for collecting oil slick from a body of water

  • US 3,968,041 A
  • Filed: 09/12/1973
  • Issued: 07/06/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1971
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an apparatus for removing oil from a body of water while moving along the water in a forward direction of motion:

  • a conveyor having a surface to which oil tends removably to adhere, said surface being contactible with the top of a slick of oil to be removed while the slick is on the surface of the body of water, and movable rearwardly of the said forward direction and upwardly relative to the water;

    a secondary conveyor formed as a belt having a lower loop beneath the surface of the water, and a length disposed rearwardly of the first-named conveyor, and extending rearwardly and upwardly, whereby to form at the elevation of the oil atop the water an initially wedge-shaped path into which the oil slick tends to be drawn as a consequence of movement of the conveyors relative to one another, the first-named conveyor comprising a drum having a substantial portion of its periphery forming a downwardly-facing region so disposed and arranged as to contact the top of the oil slick.

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