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Oil containment system

US5071287A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 21, 1990
Grant dateDec 10, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 21, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02A20/204
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An oil containment system includes an inflatable boom for encircling an oil containing vessel. A spreader runs parallel with the inflatable boom and is filled with pressurized water to cause the inflatable boom to assume a particular shape and position around the vessel.

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