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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4106303 | Marine oil storage installation A marine oil storage installation includes at least one floating type oil storage tank having a double bottom and double walls and is provided with shore connection means. Protector means composed of at least one line of floating members surrounds each oi... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4096700 | Oil boom for damming and collecting a floating oil slick An oil boom is disclosed which comprises two rows of upper and lower stream side; a flexible base sheet connected across base portions of the two rows of floats and hanging down therefrom into the water in a gently curved shape. A plurality of inlet openi... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4078513 | Tow plate for floating boom A tow plate is provided which is suitable for use with a floatable oil boom. The tow plate comprises a vertically planar central plate, a pair of skis facing the front of the tow plate and attached to the top portion of the central plate, a buoyant materi... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4057498 | Concentrators for recovering liquid pollutant floating on the surface of a sheet of water This invention relates to a concentrator for the recovery of a water-immiscible liquid pollutant floating on the surface of a sheet of water, which comprises a duct of flexible material having an inlet orifice with a larger and a small dimension along mut... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4014795 | Oil boom for collecting and skimming oil on a water surface An oil boom for sweeping and collecting oil from the surface of a body of water is constructed of a framework of structural members arranged in the form of a box beam, the framework supporting two parallel rows of floating barrier screen panels and being ... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4006082 | Process for emergency small spill control A process for the collection of lighter than water pollutant spills to a small boat contained emergency collection sump is disclosed. A floating sump is disposed onto the surface of the water near a spill for the collection of pollutants at a surface disp... | 02/01/1977 |
| 3984987 | Silt and pollution control for marine facility Apparatus for a marine facility prevents silt from entering the facility and also provides spill containment. A floating barrier provides the containment and a flexible curtain attached to the barrier and having devices anchoring the curtain to the floor ... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3963617 | Retrieval means for a floating liquid spilling A flexible sheet having weight means adapted for spreading the sheet over a liquid spilling and causing it to collapse into a floating position, thereby confining and concentrating a quantity of the spilling. The sheet has central flotation means and a ve... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3943720 | Floating oil barrier An oil barrier for use in the open sea to contain oil on the surface, comprising a flexible barrier provided with a plurality of flotation means only on the outside of the barrier, thereby avoiding churning of the oil and water on the inside of the barrie... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3939663 | Oil fence having directional control device An oil fence having a directional control device consisting of rudder plates or wind receiver plates secured to vertical plates or skirts of the fence at an angle thereto, which are subjected to a force due to relative movement of water or wind to cause t... | 02/24/1976 |
