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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5087152 | Boom for containing oil spills and methods of deploying and retrieving same A boom includes a plurality of boom sections joined end to end. Each boom section includes two or more parallel inflatable chambers which are joined with a weighted curtain which is reinforced for strength. Boom sections are stored compactly on respective... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5071286 | Floating boom for confining waterborne contaminates A horizontally elongate floating boom for confining contaminate material floating on the surface of a body of water. There is a flotation section having a substantially vertical contaminate impervious skirt section extending downwardly therefrom. The skir... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4993871 | Oil catching boom An oil catching boom which comprises, on the one hand, an upper part in the form of a floating, flexible hose and, on the other hand, a skirt (3) attached under it and extending into the water. With the purpose of providing a boom the flexibility of which... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4988438 | Oil spill corral A elongated accordion pleated member is provided and includes inner and outer longitudinal sides. The tubular member is composed of individually inflated buoyant side-by-side alternating continuous periphery and brokenn periphery frame-type members and ea... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4676696 | Apparatus for installing a flowline section near the seabed An apparatus for securing a flowline to a structure near the seabed comprises a vertically oriented guide funnel placed atop a guide tube that is provided with a helical shoulder cooperating with an alignment key mounted on the flowline. During installati... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4626132 | Oil containment barge assembly An apparatus for containing an oil spill floating on a body of water, including a plurality of barges attached end-to-end in an endless configuration, or circle, around the oil spill, and in which the open spaces between the adjacent end portions of the b... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4511285 | Oil-clearing element having two or more movable floating bodies The present invention provides a flexible, rectangular wall (1) which can be immersed purely vertically in a waterway and kept partially immersed by means of sheet-shaped floating bodies (5-6) arranged perpendicular to the wall element (1) on both sides t... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4472842 | Pool skimmer and method of using it A pool skimmer having an elongated, floating barrier constructed of a plurality of rigid, elongated floats disposed in end-to-end relation and covered by flexible netting, one end of the barrier having a member for anchoring the one end in engagement with... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4425053 | Oil fence arrangement An oil fence arrangement for effectively preventing oil spills from spreading or diffusing over the surface of the sea. The arrangement is of a double wall construction and can fold into a small space.... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4422797 | Fire resistant oil spill control boom A fire resistant spillage containment boom comprising a plurality of units connected together, each of the units comprising a float member and panels extending vertically above and below the float member, a corrugated panel having vertically disposed corr... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4367979 | Connector device A connector device for joining the ends of oil boom sections comprising two connector members (1, 2) and co-operating oppositely arranged channel portions (9, 9') which are readily interengageable but which are shaped so they have to execute parallel rela... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4333726 | Water barrier flotation curtain The present invention relates to a so-called water barrier flotation curtain, i.e., a device for confining floating water contaminants, particularly oil, and is more particularly concerned with a curtain of the type comprising an elongated barrier provide... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4320990 | Oil boom An oil boom comprises a plurality of collapsible support members, particularly hinged polypropylene mouldings, detachably strung together, apparatus to hold said support members in the non collapsed state, and a sleeving of water-resistant oil-absorbent m... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4300856 | Compactable, foldable, floatable, boom-fence to quickly control the spread of contaminates over water surfaces A compactable, foldable, floatable, continuous, boom-fence is quickly and readily launched, often from the deck of a boat, via accordian-like folded sections, in turn quickly interconnected to like sections, to form an overall boom-fence projecting above ... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4300857 | Marine barrier A marine barrier adapted for deployment as a curtain to divert the flow of water or for use as an oil containment boom and a method for installation thereof. The barrier typically includes a vertically disposed curtain having floats positioned in opposed ... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4295756 | Floating boom end connectors A floating boom end connector, for joining the end of an elongated floating material containment boom to the juxtaposed end of a similar boom or to a towing or anchoring plate, incorporates a vertically elongated extrusion having a central web portion joi... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4279538 | Anti-pollution and antifire floating barrier The barrier of this invention is formed by barrier sections and each of them can be wound up about a reel or bobbin, which is pivotably mounted within a main floating hollow element, which not only has the task of receiving, transporting, towing, launchin... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4269538 | Barrier attached to the side of a ship A barrier is attached to the side of a ship and extends outwardly therefrom. The barrier, in a transition region at the side of the ship, increases in height toward the side of the ship, thus forming a barrier sail which preferably extends from the height... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4258640 | Large-scale protective device for tabular icebergs or floating structures A large-scale protective device in accordance with the invention comprises an assembly of two types of unit, rigid cylindrical floating towers (3 to 6) and elastic connecting units (7, 8, 9) consisting of elastomer tubes. The generatrices of these elastic... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4249834 | Oil spill containment device for aquatic vessels Disclosed herein is an oil spill containment device for aquatic vessels including a flotation collar structure surrounding the periphery of the vessel to be contained, apparatus for deploying this collar including in one embodiment compressed air dispensi... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4208287 | Oil spill skimmer A floating vessel is provided with an oil-receiving tank, the front of which has a horizontal sill near the top of the tank. The tank is provided with a chamber for water ballast, to which water is added or from which it is withdrawn to submerge the vesse... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4201495 | Protected aquatic sports area Aquatic sports zones are reclaimed or made by bounding non-shore areas of the zone with a plurality of end-to-end connected water impervious flotation boom sections, anchoring the formed boom in the bound zone, and attaching the ends of the boom to pier b... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4155664 | End connector for floating oil boom An end connector for joining with a similar connector to connect two fence sections of a floating oil boom having a central channel and wing so that the wing of one connector is received within the channel of another connector and shoulders to allow for l... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4143987 | Connector for sections of oil containment boom A connecting assembly comprising a pair of substantially identical connecting members having a base ring connected to an upper tubular inflatable portion of an oil containment boom, and a depending arm adapted to engage a depending skirt of an oil contain... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4129989 | Ballasted floating barrier boom A floating ballasted oil containment boom provides a stable continuous barrier to the passage of petroleum or other contaminants floating on the surface of water. Boom elements are connected end to end by an overlapping joint.... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4124981 | Flotation means for barrier for water carried pollutants and method of making same A barrier for water carried pollutants comprises a series of end to end connectable boom sections containing a flotable material; fluid impervious connectors for the ends of the boom sections; flexible draft members and associated connectors for maintaini... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4100746 | Protected aquatic sports area Aquatic sports zones are reclaimed or made by bounding non-shore areas of the zone with a plurality of end-to-end connected water impervious flotation boom sections, anchoring the formed boom in the bound zone, and attaching the ends of the boom to pier b... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4084380 | Oil fence Oil fence especially adapted for the defining of impurities on a water surface and made of a web of cloth shaped material. The web exhibits alternating connected portions and multiple layer portions made in such a manner that between the layers of the mul... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4073143 | Barrier for water carried pollutants A barrier for water carried pollutants comprises a series of end to end connectable boom sections containing a flotable material; fluid impervious connectors for the ends of the boom sections; flexible draft members and associated connectors for maintaini... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4065923 | Barrier construction for water carried pollutants A barrier for water carried pollutants comprises a series of end to end connectable boom sections containing a floatable material which may comprise an oleophilic-hydrophobic-lighter than water composition which will selectively absorb hydrocarbons; fluid... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4045962 | Cable connector assembly for oil containment boom A barrier for water carried pollutants consists of a series of end-to-end connected boom sections with each boom section including a tubular sleeve portion containing flotation means and a depending skirt. The entire series of boom sections are connected ... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4043131 | Oil slick retaining boom for off-shore oil wells An oil-retaining boom structure for disposition upon a body of water, preferably surrounding an off-shore oil well has a plurality of bouyant float members movably connected together by a connecting cable which extends through the body structure of each f... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4037416 | Cable connector assembly for oil boom A barrier for water carried pollutants consists of a series of end to end connected boom sections with each boom section including a tubular sleeve portion containing flotation means and a depending skirt. The entire series of boom sections are connected ... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4015431 | Floatable oil fence A floatable oil fence or boom for limiting the extent to which oil or other matter floating on a body of water can spread. The floatable boom includes an elongated tubular structure for containing air under pressure so as to be rendered floatable. An uppe... | 04/05/1977 |
| 4008575 | Lightweight end connectors for pollution containment boom A connector for elements of floating pollution containment booms having a sliding tongue-in-groove joint with members formed to direct transverse forces, generated by tension in the joint, inwardly of the joint to affect stronger interconnection between t... | 02/22/1977 |
| 4003206 | Universal end connector for floating boom A universal end connector for releasably coupling together aligned ends of a floating boom or the like is disclosed. The end connector is formed with a normally vertically extending body having a first side adapted for mounting to the end of the boom and ... | 01/18/1977 |
| 4000532 | Fending device for oil containment boom A fending device for oil containment booms. A floating, open structure with vertical fenders extending above and below the waterline breasts oil boom away from vessels and other structures.... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3998060 | Barrier for water carried pollutants A barrier for water carried pollutants comprises a series of end to end connectable boom sections containing a floatable material which may comprise an oleophilic-hydrophobic-lighter than water composition which will selectively absorb hydrocarbons; fluid... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3973406 | Containment boom A collapsible, quickly deployable floating boom barrier comprises an elongated curtain-like partition of strong, flexible, impervious material supported in a substantially vertical position in the water by a plurality of outrigger-type flotation units spa... | 08/10/1976 |
