Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
210241000 | WITH MOVABLE SUPPORT | 66 |
20090289004 | VIBRATORY APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING LIQUID FROM LIQUID-LADEN SOLID MATERIAL - A vibratory apparatus for separating a liquid from a liquid-laden solid material includes a trough having a base, a deck attached to the trough, and a vibratory drive attached to the trough. The deck includes a plurality of support members extending longitudinally along the trough, each support member having a solid wall surface with an upwardly oriented apex defining a support point and two edges disposed on opposite sides of the upwardly oriented apex, the apexes being spaced from one another by a distance sufficient to support the solid material above the base, the edges of adjacent support members being spaced to define a passage therebetween, and the apexes being located at an elevation sufficiently above the base to allow liquid to drain from the solid material and flow through the passage to the base. | 11-26-2009 |
20110174716 | Installation For Treating A Biological Liquid - Installation for treating a biological liquid, including a circulation pump ( | 07-21-2011 |
20120055861 | APPARATUS FOR DEWATERING SOLIDS-LADEN LIQUIDS - An apparatus for dewatering slurry utilizes a vertical skeletal retainer framework, having a top end and a bottom end, into which rigid filter plates, a geotextile filter bag, and/or other filter is installed. The vertical orientation employs gravity to induce maximum drainage, with water in the slurry filtering through the plates or bag and falling downwardly. At the bottom end of the framework, doors or gates facilitate selective holding, and emptying of, dewatered solids. A support structure permits a transport vehicle or hopper to be positioned under the framework for collection and removal of dewatered solids. After removal of its contents, the bag can be pressure washed from the outside and potentially reused. The apparatus may be portable, with the framework being pivotable on a wheeled base. | 03-08-2012 |
20120152816 | MOBILE WATER TREATMENT - A mobile water treatment apparatus to on-load a dirty fluid into a storage container attached to a motor vehicle and transport the fluid in the storage container from a first location and to a second location where the fluid is filtered by a filtration system attached to the motor vehicle. The filtered fluid is discharged from the mobile water treatment apparatus at the second location. | 06-21-2012 |
20120248025 | Installation For Treating A Biological Liquid - The invention concerns an installation for treating biological liquid comprising a platform provided with an edge running front-to-back, a pump ( | 10-04-2012 |
20120325733 | Reverse osmosis and de-ionized water supply for window cleaning - A water filtering system for supplying filtered water for washing the windows or other surfaces of a building includes a cart having a frame and a plurality of wheels for allowing the cart to be easily moved around. A plurality of filters for filtering water are mounted on the cart and including an inlet that is adapted to connected to a conventional spigot supplying water from a public or private water system. The plurality of filters includes a reverse osmosis unit having a membrane therein. The reverse osmosis unit has a first outlet for clean water that has entered the unit and has passed through the membrane and a second outlet for dirty water that has entered the unit but has not passed through the membrane. A hose is connected to the first outlet for supplying clean water to a spray nozzle for cleaning the windows. Additional filters such as a de-ionization unit, a sediment filter and a charcoal filter can be used in front of the reverse osmosis unit to further purify the water. A collection pan located beneath the reverse osmosis unit captures the dirty water from the second outlet. A second hose and a pump carried by the cart utilize the dirty water to prewash the window before being cleaned by the clean water. | 12-27-2012 |
20130037477 | MOBILE WATER TREATMENT AND RESIN TRANSFER HUB - A system and method for providing mobile or temporary water treatment involving ion exchange resins includes a service centre, one or more treatment vehicles, a resin transfer hub and one or more resin transport vehicles. The service centre can be used to regenerate one or more types of ion exchange resins. The treatment vehicle carries water treatment equipment including a tank holding ion exchange resin. The resin transfer hub facilitates moving resin between a treatment vehicle and a resin transport vehicle. The resin transport vehicle is adapted for carrying resin by one or more of land, sea and air between the resin forwarding centre and the service centre. In operation, a treatment vehicle brings resin requiring regeneration to the resin transfer hub, where it is emptied and then re-filled with regenerated resin. Resin requiring regeneration is transferred to a resin transport vehicle for transport to the service centre. The resin transport vehicle is re-filled there with regenerated resin, which is taken back to the resin transfer hub for transferred to a treatment vehicle. | 02-14-2013 |
20130087492 | Slurry drip dryer - This device is designed to separate liquid from matter, or water from ground up cement or concrete. Water is recycled from the bi-product heavy grey mud or slurry, drying up the left-over matter. This process is possible through absorption containment liquid gravity filtration, This makes the water follow toward the adsorption gravite route of exite, or drip drying. The slurry liquid or matter is suspended in an absorbent filtration by using gravity to push the water out. The filter is designed in such a way that the water drips into the desired place. | 04-11-2013 |
20130233784 | Leaf Skimming Apparatus - A leaf skimming apparatus includes an elongate pole having first and second ends and defining a tubular configuration. A handle is positioned adjacent the pole first end. A scoop assembly is coupled to the housing second end, the scoop assembly having lower and upper scoop portions pivotally movable between open and closed configurations. A manually operable trigger is attached to the housing adjacent to the handle, the trigger being operatively connected to the scoop assembly and configured to selectively move the lower and upper scoop portions between the open and closed configurations. A linkage is situated in the housing that is operatively connected to the trigger and to the scoop assembly and configured to move the lower and upper scoop portions between the open and closed configurations upon respective operations of the trigger. | 09-12-2013 |
20130240432 | SUCTIONING DEVICE FOR TRAVELLING A TANK BOTTOM - The present invention comprises an efficient filtration process of water from a tank, where the filtration is performed over a small volume of water and not on the totality of the water from the tank; the process comprises the following steps: (a) emitting ultrasonic waves in the tank; (b) adding a flocculant agent to the water; (c) covering the tank bottom with a suctioning device which suctions a water flow with flocculated particles, discharging to a collecting effluent line; (d) filtering the effluent flow of the suctioning device from said collecting effluent line; and (e) returning the filtered flow to the tank. The present invention additionally comprises a suctioning device used in said efficient filtration process. | 09-19-2013 |
20140076791 | APPARATUS FOR CLEANING A SUBMERGED SURFACE WITH A DISCONNECTABLE DIRTY CIRCUIT - The invention relates to a device for cleaning an immersed surface comprising a hollow body and members for driving the body over the immersed surface; a filtration chamber which is provided in the hollow body and which has: a liquid inlet; a liquid outlet; a hydraulic circuit for the flow of liquid between the inlet and the outlet through a filtering device ( | 03-20-2014 |
20140238923 | WORK VEHICLE - A work vehicle includes a work implement and an operating fluid tank. The operating fluid tank has a tank body and a strainer. The tank body is for collecting operating fluid for driving the work implement. The strainer is installed inside the tank body and includes a cylindrical filter and a cover member. The cylindrical filter is disposed with an axis extending in a vertical direction. The cover member includes an upper plate part and a cylindrical part. The upper plate part of the cover member covers an upper surface of the filter. The cylindrical part of the cover member extends downward from an outer edge part of the upper plate part and covers an upper side surface part of the filter with a gap between the side surface of the filter and the cylindrical part, while allowing a lower side surface part of the filter to be exposed. | 08-28-2014 |
20140326652 | POOL CLEANING ROBOT - A pool cleaning robot for cleaning a surface of a swimming pool, said robot comprising: a main housing; main wheels being configured for propelling the robot; an auxiliary brushwheel disposed between said main wheels and configured for being rotated by the robot about an axis of rotation; and at least one inlet being formed in a bottom panel of the housing between said main wheels and being configured for intake of water and debris, wherein said main wheels are configured for being rotated by the robot at a first angular velocity, and said auxiliary brushwheel is configured for being rotated by the robot at a second angular velocity which is greater than the first angular velocity. | 11-06-2014 |
20160001201 | CONSTRUCTION SITE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS - A portable fluid treatment apparatus includes a container with an interior wall between the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe which defines a bottom space between the bottom of the wall and the bottom interior surface of the container. A series of collectors in the container direct the flow of the inlet fluid and promote sedimentation from the fluid. The inlet fluid flows under the wall and up to a discharge pipe equipped with a vent. Multiple sedimentation units are connected together in series and mounted on a trailer for transport to a construction site. | 01-07-2016 |
20160016762 | LIFTING APPARATUS, LIFTING SET, AND WATER TREATMENT FACILITY - A lifting apparatus capable of engaging with and disengaging from a water treatment device which is to be lifted without cumbersome manual operations is provided. The lifting apparatus includes a frame and an engaging portion pivotably attached to the frame by an upper portion thereof in a vertical position. The engaging potion is capable of engaging with an engageable portion of the water treatment device. The engaging portion is configured to be set to a first operation state in which the engaging portion pivots by contacting the engageable portion as the lifting apparatus approaches the water treatment device from above, and then pivots back to the vertical position as the lifting apparatus further approaches the water treatment device to become closer thereto, whereby the engaging portion and the engageable portion become engageable with each other. | 01-21-2016 |
20160067631 | POLYMER SURFACES HAVING A SILOXANE FUNCTIONAL GROUP - An apparatus for collecting mineral particles in a slurry or the tailings is disclosed, including a collection area or tank having one or more collection surfaces configured to contact with a mixture having water and valuable material, the valuable material having a plurality of mineral particles of interest; and a synthetic material provided at least on the one or more collection surfaces, the synthetic material having plurality of molecules with a siloxane functional group configured to attract the mineral particles of interest to the collection surfaces. The one or more collection surfaces includes a conveyor belt that is driven through the collection area or tank, through a release area or tank, back through the collection area or tank. The mixture includes a pulp slurry having ground ore with mineral particles of interest forming part thereof, including mineral particles of interest of about 500 microns or larger. | 03-10-2016 |
20160115062 | MOBILE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM - A mobile wastewater treatment facility, comprising a first vehicle having one or more first water treatment systems, a second vehicle having one or more second water treatment systems and wherein the first vehicle and the second vehicle are modular, and the first water treatment systems and second water treatment systems are configurable in combination to process contaminated water as a function of the type of contamination. | 04-28-2016 |
210242100 | Float | 49 |
20090166281 | FLOATING DEVICE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF A LIQUID OR PASTY MEDIUM PLACED IN A CONTAINER - A floating device ( | 07-02-2009 |
20100032363 | Floating skimmer apparatus with up-flow filter - The present invention is a storm water filter system for filtering floatable debris and non-floating pollutants from storm water passing through a storm water drain system. The storm water filtering system has a floatable skimmer therein for capturing floatable debris and trash from the storm water and a separate filtration system to filter non-floatable pollutants from water passing therethrough. | 02-11-2010 |
20100059432 | FLOATING SUCTION HEAD ASSEMBLY - A floating suction head assembly for use with a hose, for drawing liquid into the hose. The assembly includes a float and a strainer rotatably mounted to the float. The strainer has a coupling portion for coupling to a hose. | 03-11-2010 |
20100065488 | Apparatus For Buoyancy Driven Filtration - An apparatus for buoyancy driven filtration includes a tank and a filter assembly. The tank preferably includes a cylindrical sidewall, a circular base and a roof. The sidewall extends upward from the perimeter of the base wall and the roof extends across the top of the sidewall. A travel stop extends downward from the roof. A liquid feedstock flows through a storm water inlet. At least one overflow port is provided through the sidewall. The filter assembly includes a filter element and at least one buoyancy element disposed on a bottom of the filter medium. As water flows through the storm water inlet, the water finds its level above the filter medium to provide a liquid feedstock, some of which penetrates the filter medium to create a filtrate. As the tank fills, the filter assembly rises on top of the filtrate as provided by the buoyancy element. | 03-18-2010 |
20110266206 | Integrated Blood Specimen Processor - A blood specimen processor by means of which blood specimens are collected into a collection tube containing an anticoagulant and a molded buoy of predetermined density between 1.045 and 1.084 with an embedded water swellable o-ring that expands to form a robust seal in a leucocyte density gradient between the buoy's outer surface and tube's inner surface. The buoy is made of a first resin and a second resin, the first resin having a lower density than the second resin, the first resin and the second resin being present in such amounts and relative proportions so that the body has an overall density between 1.045 and 1.084 and preferably, a center of gravity below a geometric center of the body. When the blood specimen contained in the processor is centrifuged, the buoy is thrust through the separating blood and the developing interface of erythrocytes, leucocytes, and plasma. A reproducible gradient develops that builds a reproducible buffy coat ring around the upper trough at the junction of the edge of the separator buoy and the tube wall. The relative proportions of resin are controlled to create a separator buoy of a desired density so that after centrifugation the buffy coat or other cells of interest will be above the water swellable o-ring. | 11-03-2011 |
20110303601 | DEVICE FOR PICKING UP OBJECTS FLOATING ON THE WATER, SUCH AS HYDROCARBONS - A device for picking up floating objects on the water, such as hydrocarbons, has an envelope made of a flexible material impervious to water and to the floating objects, having a mouth at the upstream end and a discharge orifice at the downstream end, a folding rigid framework, arranged inside the envelope and attached thereto at the mouth and at the discharge orifice, at least one inflatable tube attached to the envelope and running along the length of the envelope, and a compressed-gas generation device designed to inflate the or each inflatable tube. | 12-15-2011 |
20120012516 | FLOATING CELL AND ISLAND WITH A FLOATING MACROPHYTE FILTER - A floating cell with a floating macrophyte filter that can be installed in a chamber containing a volume of fluid to be filtered. The cell has: a layer with a floating macrophyte filter between a perimeter and a centre of the island; supporting means with peripheral structural means for defining a periphery; internal structural means for defining a framework; a central node; peripheral connecting means; internal connecting means; central flotation means and peripheral flotation means. | 01-19-2012 |
20120067806 | APPARATUS FOR PICKING UP PARTICLES FROM THE SURFACE OF A WATER SYSTEM - The invention relates to an apparatus for picking up particles from the surface of a water system, in particular particles of dirt, with a float ( | 03-22-2012 |
20120305465 | SIEVING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a sieving device | 12-06-2012 |
20130015116 | DRAINAGE DEVICE FOR CLOSED CHAMBER CONTAINING LIQUIDAANM YANG; MING-LUAACI Tu-ChengAACO TWAAGP YANG; MING-LU Tu-Cheng TWAANM ZHANG; YA-DONGAACI Shenzhen CityAACO CNAAGP ZHANG; YA-DONG Shenzhen City CNAANM DU; GAO-FENGAACI Shenzhen CityAACO CNAAGP DU; GAO-FENG Shenzhen City CNAANM LI; YUEAACI Shenzhen CityAACO CNAAGP LI; YUE Shenzhen City CN - A drainage device for draining liquid out of a closed chamber includes a main body, a piston assembly, and a transmission assembly. The main body defines a receiving chamber and a liquid inlet communicating with the receiving chamber to the closed chamber. The piston assembly is fixed in the receiving chamber of the main body. The transmission assembly is partially received in the receiving chamber. The transmission assembly and the piston assembly cooperatively separate the receiving chamber to a first chamber adjacent to the liquid inlet and a second chamber away from the liquid inlet. The transmission assembly is slidably received in the receiving chamber, thereby causing air pressure differences between the first chamber and the second chamber, to pump the liquid from the closed chamber to the second chamber. The main body further defines a plurality of discharge holes for draining liquid out of the second chamber. | 01-17-2013 |
20130015117 | DRAINAGE DEVICE FOR CLOSED CHAMBER CONTAINING LIQUIDAANM YANG; MING-LUAACI Tu-ChengAACO TWAAGP YANG; MING-LU Tu-Cheng TWAANM ZHANG; YA-DONGAACI Shenzhen CityAACO CNAAGP ZHANG; YA-DONG Shenzhen City CNAANM ZHANG; TIAN-ENAACI Shenzhen CityAACO CNAAGP ZHANG; TIAN-EN Shenzhen City CNAANM LI; YUEAACI Shenzhen CityAACO CNAAGP LI; YUE Shenzhen City CN - A drainage device includes a closed chamber, a liquid pumping mechanism, and a liquid discharge mechanism. The drainage device can also include a controller. The closed chamber may be filled with liquid and gas for discharge. The liquid pumping mechanism pumps the liquid in the closed chamber, and prevents the liquid in the liquid pumping mechanism from flowing back to the closed chamber. The liquid discharge mechanism discharges the liquid in the liquid pumping mechanism to the outside, and prevents outside air from flowing into the closed chamber. | 01-17-2013 |
20130146519 | DEVICE FOR COLLECTING POLLUTION ON A WATER SURFACE - The invention relates to a collecting device ( | 06-13-2013 |
20130284657 | System for Collection of Chemical Spill - A collecting system for chemical spills is described, comprising an extended, protruding collector arm equipped with, at least, one pontoon ( | 10-31-2013 |
20130341262 | DEVICE FOR COLLECTING POLLUTION ON A WATER SURFACE - The invention relates to a collecting device ( | 12-26-2013 |
20140138300 | SELF-CLEANING SCREEN ASSEMBLY FOR FILTERING IRRIGATION WATER - A self-cleaning screen includes a rotatable drum made of mesh material and an inlet pipe extending through a front end of the drum. A flotation structure supports the drum with the inlet pipe and the lower part of the drum submerged during use. A cleaning spray system located within the drum receives cleaning water through a hollow shaft supporting a rear end of the drum. Spray nozzles located within an upper part of the drum above the water level direct the cleaning water radially outward to dislodge debris from the screen. The front end of the drum includes an annular ring and a rubber seal extending radially inwardly from the annular ring to engage the inlet pipe. A drive belt extends around the annular ring to rotate the drum. A plurality of rollers engage a surface of the annular ring to support the drum for rotation about a horizontal axis. | 05-22-2014 |
20140175001 | AQUATIC REMEDIATION APPARATUS - A low power treatment device for the in-situ remediation of aquatic infrastructure is disclosed. Water is pumped up from the surface, directly, or indirectly trickled down through multiple elevated and cascaded stages containing bio-media, into the accumulation base of which is floating on the surface of a body of water. Clean water accumulated is automatically flushed released through a drain hose, aerating the bottom sediment, thereby biologically reducing, sludge buildup, pollution, and disrupting the stratified layers within the body of water with a minimal of turbidity. Water may be pumped up or flush released at any level within the body of water, thereby allowing the up and down skimming of surface for subsequent harvesting of surface vegetation and movement of water. | 06-26-2014 |
20140197088 | SKIMMER - A self-floating skimmer that can operate remotely from a vessel. Pontoons allow the skimmer to float at the surface of a body of water. An inclined belt conveyor whose lower end is submerged just below the surface of the water conveys material to be collected up the incline to the upper end where it is dumped from the surface of the belt into a collection tank below. For convenience in storage or transit, the skimmers can be stacked atop one another. The belt conveyor can include a bidirectional conveyor belt that is driven in either direction by a selectively reversible drive motor. | 07-17-2014 |
20140291224 | INDEFINITE FORM FILTER MEDIUM LAYER AND FILTER DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME - An indefinite form filter medium layer includes filter media configured to capture suspended solids contained in a liquid to be treated and filtering aids configured to allow the suspended solids contained in the liquid to be treated to pass through the filtering aids. The filter media and the filtering aids are mixed together and the liquid to be treated is filtered by being passed through the filter media and the filtering aids as mixed together. A filter device includes the indefinite form filter medium layer and a filter tank configured to accommodate the indefinite form filter medium layer. | 10-02-2014 |
20140332457 | FLOATING TANK BLANKETS AND METHODS FOR CREATING THE SAME ON A SURFACE OF A LIQUID - According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of floating tank blankets. Also disclosed are exemplary embodiments of methods and floats that may be used for creating a floating blanket, cover, or barrier on a surface of a liquid. | 11-13-2014 |
20160024810 | Floating Pool Skimmer - An invention for cleaning the surface and near surface of pools and ponds is disclosed. The invention comprises a floating skimmer with a screening medium that can easily be controlled by an operator and maneuvered above and below the surface of the pool or attached to the side of the pool. | 01-28-2016 |
20160053455 | A SKIMMING AND SEPARATION DEVICE - A skimming and separation device comprising an outer casing ( | 02-25-2016 |
20190145074 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPERSING OIL ON WATER | 05-16-2019 |
210242200 | With aerating means | 4 |
20090014376 | APPARATUS FOR THE COOLING, CONDENSATION; AERATION AND/OR MIXING OF WATER - The apparatus is used for the cooling and/or condensation and/or aeration and/or mixing of water. The apparatus has a shaft and a propeller to withdraw water from below and feed the water upwardly. The propeller is surrounded by a pipe through which the water withdrawn by the propeller flows upwardly. The inner diameter of the pipe is considerably larger than the diameter of the propeller, a flange to guide water to the sides, and a motor that rotates the propeller. | 01-15-2009 |
20100126925 | FLOTATION DEVICE - Flotation device for the separation (purification or removal) of dispersed particles in a fluid, in particular removal of dispersed oil in water. The device includes a flotation cell ( | 05-27-2010 |
20100300953 | Perfected Flotation Cell for Purifying Fibrous Suspensions - The invention concerns a flotation cell ( | 12-02-2010 |
20150129480 | SYSTEM FOR REMOVAL OF CONTAMINANTS IN WATER - An apparatus for removal of contaminants from water includes an openable enclosure with one or more inlet openings through the sides for admitting water and debris into the enclosure. Intake modules attached to the outer surface of the enclosure draw water from the enclosure through an intake conduit and out an upper port in the side of the intake module. A pump module adjacent to the intake module has a side port corresponding to the upper port of the intake module so that water is drawn by a pump from the intake module and exhausted through an outlet channel of the pump module. A snorkel attached to the pump module with its lower end located adjacent to the pump propeller draws air down into the snorkel and into a fitting disposed below the pump propeller for injection into the enclosure. | 05-14-2015 |
210242300 | With oil water skimmer | 17 |
20080237114 | Oil extracting apparatus - An oil extracting apparatus includes a rigid oil adhering ring having a horizontally disposed ring axis and an oil adhering surface surrounding the ring axis, a driving device coupled to the oil adhering ring for driving rotation of the oil adhering ring about the ring axis, an oil scraping unit, and an oil collecting unit. At least a portion of the oil adhering ring below the ring axis is adapted to be immersed in a water body. Rotation of the oil adhering ring results in separation of the oil from the water body and in adhering of the oil on the oil adhering ring to form an oil film on the oil adhering surface of the oil adhering ring. The oil scraping unit scrapes the oil film from the oil adhering surface of the oil adhering ring. The oil collecting unit collects the oil scraped by the oil scraping unit. | 10-02-2008 |
20080251441 | Oil and vapor recovery system - An oil and vapor recovery system having a float system for adjusting the height of oil and vapor recovery intakes. The float system is preferably adjustable to allow connection of additional floats to maintain buoyancy and keep the vapor intake above the level of the oil in the holding tank and to maintain the oil intake above the level of the water contained in the holding tank. Vapor is drawn out of the holding tank using a vacuum assisted siphon. Oil can be withdrawn from the holding tank by suction or simply by letting the oil flow into an outlet by gravity. | 10-16-2008 |
20090045123 | Environmentally-Neutral Processing With Condensed Phase Cryogenic Fluids - Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for utilizing a substantially condensed phase cryogenic fluid for the purpose of remediation and retrieval of, e.g., spilled crude oil and other “oil spill”—related products from marine/aquatic and terrestrial environments. In some implementations, systems and apparatus are provided for applying a substantially condensed phase cryogenic fluid to a volume of spilled oil, and further having structure for collecting the spilled oil. Some implementations are environmentally-neutral. Substances other than oil may be remediated as well. | 02-19-2009 |
20110011784 | VESSEL FOR COLLECTING PETROLEUM PRODUCTS - The invention relates to a vessel for collecting petroleum products, in which an Archimedean screw ( | 01-20-2011 |
20110297608 | Crouse big mouth barge skimmer - This is a oil skimming barge | 12-08-2011 |
20120031829 | OIL SPILL RECOVERY VESSEL - The oil spill recovery vessel is configured particularly for operations in relatively shallow water. The vessel is of catamaran configuration, with a large number of slowly rotating discs installed on a lateral rotary axle at the bow of the vessel. A wiper bears against each of the two surfaces of each disc, with oil residue running along the wipers being collected in a holding tank or tanks on the vessel. The oil may be pumped to other storage vessels or containers. The lateral axle on which the discs are installed is free to rise upward in the event that the discs contact a solid object or a shallow bottom. Thus, the discs are of relatively large diameter to provide relatively greater surface area across the surface of the water than is the case with vessels operating with smaller diameter discs. | 02-09-2012 |
20120085693 | AUTOMATIC TILTING OIL SKIMMER FRAME - An oil skimmer includes a frame for attaching a porous collection bag. The frame automatically tilts in response to water flow, relative to the frame, and the frame automatically returns to its original (“neutral”) position when the water flow ceases. In the tilted position, the frame orients a portion of the mouth of the bag below the surface of the water, so the bag collects floating contaminants. However, in the neutral position, the frame orients the mouth of the bag upward and such that the mouth is above the surface of the water to prevent previously captured contaminants from escaping from the bag and floating away. Optionally, the frame may be releasably locked in the neutral position to facilitate bag replacement or when no collection is desired. The skimmer may be mounted between hulls of a catamaran. | 04-12-2012 |
20120152817 | Floating Oil Recovery Suppressor And Viscosity Elevator - A system for separating liquids of different densities employs a collector shell ( | 06-21-2012 |
20130032524 | OIL SKIMMER BARGE - An oil skimming water vessel having a hull and deck forming one or more interior compartments, wherein the hull comprising a bow or forward section, a mid-section, a stern or aft section, and an oil skimmer assembly. The oil skimmer assembly having first and second separated side walls (SKEG) extending vertically down from the rake bottom shell, a skimmer bottom plate extending between and affixed at the lower end sections of each of the side walls (SKEG) wherein the skimmer bottom plate having at least one discharge opening in its leading edge section, and a weir plate assembly. The weir plate with the side walls, the skimmer bottom plate, and the rake bottom shell forming an entrance to receive skimmed oil-containing water and a rear compartment positioned rearward of the weir plate to collect the skimmed oil-containing water passing over the top edge of the weir plate. | 02-07-2013 |
20130098823 | BUOYANT SKIMMER - A buoyant skimming device includes an enclosure that bounds an interior space that is configured to hold a liquid within the enclosure and to be in fluid communication with means for withdrawing from the interior space the liquid held in the interior space. The enclosure includes a body portion and a weir configured to provide access to the interior space for liquid at the exterior of the enclosure. The weir is mounted with respect to the body portion of the enclosure for pivotal movement inwardly of the body portion of the enclosure into the interior space. | 04-25-2013 |
20140158603 | Open Water Oil Skimmer - An oil spill skimmer for removing heavy hydrocarbons from bodies of water, having a plurality of oleophilic oil separation devices, a housing and frame structure that is suitably supported above a body of water, an adjustable wave damper supported by the housing at a front of the skimmer, an at least one flow inducer supported by the housing at a rear of the skimmer, and ballast-adjustable tanks. The at least one flow inducer for inducing inflow such that water is pulled at the front of the skimmer and directed out a bottom of the skimmer while collecting the spillage in a collection area. The ballast can be moved in and out of the tanks to increase or decrease buoyancy and influence the wave riding or wave heave of the skimmer. | 06-12-2014 |
20140291225 | OIL SPILL RESPONSE SYSTEM - In an oil spill response system, oil on the water surface is collected into an oil combating vessel having at its side an inlet at the water level and a water flow conduit extending from the inlet, the flow conduit having an oil separating unit separating the oil present on the surface, and the flow conduit leading to a return conduit provided with an outlet. The oil separating unit includes a first separator installed in the flow conduit in the flow direction of water and formed by a brush cassette constituting a separating surface obliquely rising from the water in the flow direction of water, and following the brush cassette a framework module disposed in the flow conduit, to which framework module the brush cassette is supported. The framework module has a second separator with a rotating drum brush, and water outlets directing the cleaned water to the return conduit. | 10-02-2014 |
20150048018 | Device For Recovering Floating Materials on the Liquid Surface - The present invention provides a device for recovering floating materials on the liquid surface, arranged as the gate portion for recovering floating materials on the liquid surface is installed at the recovery portion in a state of following vertical movement of the liquid level and being able to move freely in a vertical direction, and the float is composed of
| 02-19-2015 |
20150122718 | FLOATABLE OIL ABSORBER, ITS USES, AND ITS METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A floatable modular device for absorbing oil from a surface, includes a generally disk-shaped floatable cage tapering towards the periphery of the cage in a peripheral region thereof; and a water-repellent strip- or chip-shaped oil absorbent accommodated in the cage, wherein the cage further includes at least one connector, element configured for joining plural ones of the modular devices together, to form an articulate oil absorber in which the individual cages are oriented in parallel to one another. A method of manufacturing the device includes providing a first, grid-like sheet made of plastics, positioning a water-repellent strip- or chip-shaped oil absorbent on the first grid-like sheet, positioning a second sheet on the oil absorbent, and welding the first and second sheets together at their peripheries, with the oil absorbent in between, wherein peripheral regions of the first and second sheets are bent towards one another. | 05-07-2015 |
20150345093 | OIL COLLECTOR - The invention relates to an oil collector including a brush ( | 12-03-2015 |
20160017561 | DEVICE FOR COLLECTING OIL - Provided is a device for collecting oil contained in ice. The device includes a lifting device fixed for example to a vessel, a cage of separation adapted to be lowered into the water between the ice blocks by means of the lifting device and formed by a box which lets water and oil but substantially no ice, and an oil collector for collecting the oil on the water surface in the space defined by the separation of cage. | 01-21-2016 |
20160194220 | OIL-WATER SEPARATING STRUCTURE AND OIL-WATER SEPARATING SYSTEM USING THE SAME | 07-07-2016 |
210242400 | With oil water sorption means | 6 |
20110284450 | Reusable Pads For Removing Liquid Contaminants - Quilted absorbent pad panel of cluster or ball fiber that contains: Polyester ball or cluster (spherical) fiber; Cotton/Polyester Water and Oil Permeable Fabrics; and attachment means. The fiber is laid out in a “wave”. Next, the “wave” of ball or cluster fiber must be placed and retained between two layers of cotton/polyester water/oil permeable fabric. To retain the fiber between the two layers of cotton/polyester water/oil permeable fabric a unique quilt is created. Unique quilting creates defined closed compartments in which the fiber and cotton polyester fabrics are affixed. Absorbent pad panels are used to absorb and remove oil from the surface of water. Siliconized polyester ball fibers are locked into the sewn compartments of the absorbent pad panels and passively draw the oil from the surface of the water and at the same time repel water so only oil is absorbed in an uncontaminated state. | 11-24-2011 |
20130313181 | DEVICE FOR SKIMMING OIL FROM THE SURFACE OF WATER - The dock vessel has the tow compartment for placement of tug-boats, and technological compartment. The technological compartment is made as a hangar at the bottom of which a central channel is located, along its upper boundaries, the rack-ledges with symmetrical location to the right and left, toward the hull, are placed on which the technological equipment for the water-oil emulsion treatment is placed. Between the dock-vessel hull walls and side walls of the central channel, the containers for collection of the emulsified oil are placed. The central channel of the technological compartment is equipped with, at least, two bulkheads in which, the hermetically pluggable openings located at different levels are made. The floating boom is made as the sectional net sleeve filled with elastic porous adsorbent and provided with positive buoyancy in the top edge of doubled net forming the net sleeve and negative buoyancy at its lower edge. | 11-28-2013 |
20140014565 | OIL-WATER SEPARATING DEVICE AND FLOATING OIL COLLECTING SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME - The present invention provides an oil-water separating device and a floating oil collecting system. The device comprises an oil gathering chamber ( | 01-16-2014 |
20140202945 | Cleaning Structure for Floating Oil and Substance on Water Surface - A cleaning structure for floating oil and substance on water surface provided by the present invention comprises at least one cleaning ball and a threading rope. The cleaning ball comprises a plurality of yarns arranged in parallel, and a tie is used for bundling the yarns at the middle section to form a ball structure. A fixing ring is threaded with the tie, and the threading rope is threaded through the fixing ring of each of the cleaning balls. The tie of each of the cleaning balls can be threaded with the threading rope in equal intervals beforehand, and the cleaning balls formed by bundling the side by side arranged yarns with the ties are arranged on the threading rope in equal intervals to form the cleaning structure. The yarns of the cleaning ball can be made of water repellent fiber yarn or water repellent reticulated yarn which can be spread as an expanded absorbing surface while floating on water surface, and the gaps of each of the fiber yarns are formed as spaces for absorbing floating oil and substance. The cleaning structure made of the water repellent material can be prevented from absorbing water and sinking. Thereby, floating oil and substance can be cleaned effectively. | 07-24-2014 |
20140217004 | DEVICE FOR OIL SPILL CLEANUP - An absorbent pad for absorption and containment of oil based products. The absorbent pad includes a plurality of absorbent modules contained within a hydrophobic, porous and flexible top and base material, each absorbent module having a hydrophobic, oil absorbent material sealed therein, each of the plurality of absorbent modules being spaced from adjacent absorbent modules by a gap to allow the absorbent modules to flex and twist with respect to each other as well as permitting oil-based products to flow up through the gap between adjacent absorbent modules. | 08-07-2014 |
20140367323 | DURABLE FEATHER OIL ABSORBENT FELT, METHOD FOR FABRICATING OIL SORBENT BOOM, AND OIL SORBENT BOOM STRUCTURE - A method for preparing durable feather oil absorbent felt comprising the following steps: water repelling treatment; rolling and pressing by a roller, and drying and baking operation Also provided is a method for preparing a durable oil absorbent boom comprising: (a) using polyester spun-bonded nonwoven cloth, polyester/polyethylene bi-component spun-bonded nonwoven cloth or vinylon fiber and acrylic ester chemically bonded nonwoven cloth as a raw material to make a cloth bag through ultrasonic bonding or thread sewing; the density of the nonwoven cloth ranges from 10 g/m | 12-18-2014 |