Device and method for cleaning up spilled oil and other liquids

Details Device and method for cleaning up spilled oil and other liquids Device and method for cleaning up spilled oil and other liquids

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E02B 15/04 (2006.01) B63B 35/32 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2618248

A device for cleaning up spilled oil from the surface of a body of water, comprising, a vessel adapted to float on the water and to pass over the spilled oil, an oil/water separation column supported by the vessel, and having a lower end in fluid communication with the water and spilled oil, and having an upper end, an air pump in airtight engagement with, and proximate the upper end of the oil/water separation column and adapted to draw water and oil into the oil/water separation column, an oil pump in liquid tight engagement with and proximate the upper end of the oil/water separation column and adapted to draw oil from the oil/water separation column, wherein as the vessel passes over the spilled oil and water, the air pump draws spilled oil and water into the oil/water separation column, the spilled oil thereafter rising in the oil/water separation column to a position proximate the upper end of the oil/water separation column for removal therefrom by the oil pump.

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