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E02B 15/04 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1071542
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An improvement is provided in a device for removing and collecting a liquid having a different physical property (e.g. oil) from the surface of a body of water. The oil skimmer device includes a floatable frame, a cylindrical drum-shaped skimmer member rotatably mounted about its axis on the frame and adapted to be partially immersed in the liquids to be separated, means associated with the skimmer member for selectively collecting the liquid having that different physical property, means for releasing the collected liquid in a sump, a throughput barrier secured to the frame downstream of the skimmer member for trapping the liquid which has not been collected by the skimmer member, means for causing the trapped liquid to flow back to the skimmer member, and ice deflecting means for deflecting ice from interference with the throughput barrier, thereby minimizing the interference of said ice with said barrier, such ice deflecting means comprising a cylindrical tumbler positioned downstream of the skimmer member and having its axis parallel to the axis of the skimmer member, and positioned within close proximity to said skimmer member. The improvement in the oil skimmer device comprises: conveyor means downstream of the ice deflecting means, to deflect and to direct, in a downstream direction, any ice passing beneath the ice deflecting means. In this way a more efficient oil skimmer device is provided in which the presence of ice does not materially affect the efficiency of the oil clean up.
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