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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7090432 | Spill response system A spill containment and remediation system. A reel for a boom is mounted in the upper part of a weatherproof housing. The lower region of the housing is leakproof and can store recovered liquid spill. A boom or dike is mounted on the reel. The housing has an opening... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6050212 | Apparatus for booms An apparatus for drawing-up and winding-up booms, including self-expanding booms, which are provided with an upper floating body portion and a lower skirt portion, includes a plate arranged on a platform. The plate is rotatable by use of a motor unit, and... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5860252 | Arrangement at self expanding booms A valve mechanism for self-expanding booms. The mechanism is preferably a mechanical expansion device that folds out the boom so that air flows into the boom to fill the boom. When the boom is folded, the air is pressed out of the boom. A novel feature is... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5797348 | Feed method and apparatus for fish farms An apparatus for feeding fish includes a member operable to be disposed in a body of water. The member has a wall for containing fish food and for defining a feeding area and the wall has upper and lower portions. The upper portion is operable to project ... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5532679 | Oil spill detection system An oil spill detection system to detect and track oil spills and transmit data to a remote monitoring center comprising a buoyant detection platform including at least one detection sensor to detect the presence of hydrocarbons in the water adjacent the b... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5338132 | Oil spill containment system An oil spill containment collar system for aquatic vessels. A deployable floatation collar and apron apparatus automatically surrounds the periphery of the vessel to be contained. This continuous collar only takes a few minutes to become full functional. ... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5195844 | Floating barrier method and apparatus A boom for collecting material floating on the surface of a body of water comprises a first collapsible tube which can be stored either as flat layers of folded material or by rolling it on a roller. Transverse seals are provided along the length of the t... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5064310 | Shipboard environmental barrier system and method A system and method are provided for containing a contaminant in the vicinity of a water vehicle. The system comprises a barrier apparatus detachably coupled to the vehicle for operating in a deployed mode to erect a barrier at a perimeter around the vehi... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5022785 | Floating barrier method and apparatus A boom for collecting material floating on the surface of a body of water comprises a first collapsible tube which can be stored either as flat layers of folded material or by rolling it on a roller. Transverse seals are provided along the length of the t... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4652173 | Self-inflating oil spill boom A collapsible boom for use in confining oil spills on water formed of an elongated curtain of flexible material having along the upper edge a tubular portion and along the lower edge a flexible ballast, such as a chain, the curtain containing a plurality ... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4311109 | Fairlead A rotatable fairlead suitable for use in the deployment, control and recovery of anti-pollution booms, comprises two end pieces (1 and 2), two pins, or rollers, 3 and 4, mounted between the end pieces and spaced sufficiently apart that a partially inflate... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4295755 | Reel mountable boom arrangement An improved containment barrier or boom having a flotation means and a skirt section dependent therefrom. The boom may be wound around a reel for storage, and deployed from the reel as required. The flotation means comprises a flexible, longitudinally elo... | 10/20/1981 |
