Skimmer system
US9394673B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 14, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 7, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/6966
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method and device for extracting fluid from a body of fluid is has a bellows with a feed system interfaced to a first end of the bellows. A floating head is interfaced to a distal second end of the bellows and has one or more buoyancy elements. The buoyancy elements cause the floating head to float at a surface of the fluid. One or more inlets on a lower surface of the floating head are in fluid communication with the distal second end of the bellows, such that, fluid from a stratum beneath the surface of the fluid is drawn into the inlet(s), passes through the bellows, and into the feed system.
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