Lightweight, rapid deployment oil spill containment boom
US5197821A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 16, 1991 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 16, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02A20/204
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An emergency, lightweight marine containment system is comprised of a containment crate in which is flatly accordion folded an uninflated boom curtain. The boom curtain is comprised of a self-inflating flotation chamber on one longitudinal edge with an integral depending curtain terminating in a self-inflating ballast chamber on the opposing longitudinal edge. The flotation chamber is inflated by gas and the ballast chamber is inflated by the water or sea water into which the boom curtain is disposed. The boom curtain is made of lightweight single-ply or multiple-ply sheet material.
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