Patent · US Expired

Floating oil skimmer

US4172036A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 15, 1977
Grant dateOct 23, 1979
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 15, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S210/924
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An apparatus for removing oil floating on the water comprising: floats for floating the apparatus on the water; at least one set of rotatable discs comprising a plurality of spaced apart, generally parallel, vertically oriented discs having generally collinear centers. The sets of discs are mounted on the floats so that the discs are partly submerged when the apparatus is floating on the water.

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