CA2059793A1 - Watercraft bucket for collecting floating materials - Google Patents
Watercraft bucket for collecting floating materialsInfo
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- CA2059793A1 CA2059793A1 CA 2059793 CA2059793A CA2059793A1 CA 2059793 A1 CA2059793 A1 CA 2059793A1 CA 2059793 CA2059793 CA 2059793 CA 2059793 A CA2059793 A CA 2059793A CA 2059793 A1 CA2059793 A1 CA 2059793A1
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- Prior art keywords
- watercraft
- bucket according
- loader
- sieve
- bucket
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Landscapes
- Cleaning Or Clearing Of The Surface Of Open Water (AREA)
- Removal Of Floating Material (AREA)
Abstract
WATERCRAFT BUCKET FOR COLLECTING FLOATING MATERIALS
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
Watercraft bucket including a loader which is arrangeable on the watercraft so that it is partially submerged under the water surface during the advancement thereof. The loader has a sieve-like bottom and a lower section configured like a depression chamber with at least one ejector which continuously expels the conveyed water.
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
Watercraft bucket including a loader which is arrangeable on the watercraft so that it is partially submerged under the water surface during the advancement thereof. The loader has a sieve-like bottom and a lower section configured like a depression chamber with at least one ejector which continuously expels the conveyed water.
Description
2 ~ 3 WATE:~.C~FT BUC~:T FO~ COLL~C~ING ~LO~.TING ~ TEP~IALS
The present invention relates to a watercra~t bucket for collecting floating materials.
It is known that the need to eliminate the causes of the pollution of waters, b~ they marine surfaces or inland 5 waters of basins or rivers, is currently very urgent and strongly felt.
This need is all the more felt in recent times, due to a considerable algal florescence which occurs particularly in summer periods on the surface of the Adriatic sea and of 10 the Venetian lagoon, causing considerable problems from the point of view of both navigation and bathing.
These algae furthermore form a film on the surface of the water which prevents the exchange o~ oxygen betw~oen the air and the water and ultimately causes havoc in the 15 environment, ~reventing the life of aquatic flora and fauna.
The aim of the present invention is to pro~ide a device which can collect algae or other floating materials and deposit them in a collection container.
A conse~uent primary obj~ct is to provide a de~ice 20 which is capable of separating the collected substances from the water.
Not least object is to provide a device which is structurally simple and easy to install.
: This aim, these objects and others which will become apparent hereinafter are achieved by a watercraft bucket for collecting floating materials, characterized in that it comprises a loader which is arranged at the bow or in another position on the watercraft and is suitable for being arrangad so that it is p~rtially submerged during the advancement of said craft; said loader having a sieve-like bottom and a lower section configured like a deprsssion chamber with at least one ejector suitable for expelling the 5 conveyed water.
. . .
Further characteristics and advantages of the invention will become apparent ~rom the detailed description of an embodiment thereof, illustrated only by way of non-limitative example in the accompanying drawings, wherein:
figure 1 is a schematic side view of a watercraft for collecting floating materials which is provided, at the bow, with the ~ucket according to ~he invention;
figure 2 is an enlarged side view of a detail of the watercraft of figure 1, with the ~ucket according to th~
invent~on;
figure 3 is a partially sectional perspective view of the bucket a~cording to the invention;
figure 4 is a top view of the bucket according to the invention;
figure 5 is a view of a possible variation of the bucket according to the invention;
figure 6 is a schematic view of the bucket ~ccording to the invention, equipped with a device for sepa.rating oil-like sub~tances from water.
With reference to the above figures 1 to 4, the bucket according to the invention comprises a loader l pro~ided with arms 2 which are articulated to a bow region of a watercraft 3 suitable for c~llecting floating materialsO
4 ~ 9 ~
Articulation is performed about a transver~e axis ~o that the loader 1 can be overturned b~ suitable actuation means, according to the movements indicated by the broken lines in figure 2, parallel to the axis of the watercraft 3.
The loader 1 is suitable ~or heing arranged so that it is partially submeryed in ~ront of the watercraft 3 during the advancement khereof and so that a surface portion of water is conveyed int~ it.
In a region below the surface 4 of the water, said 10 loader 1 is provided with a sieve-like bo$tsm 5 which nas its concavity directed upward and is constituted for example by a grille, by a net or by fabric.
The ~ieve-like bottom can conveniently be sel~-cl~aning and replaceable.
Beneath the bottom 5, the loader 1 is provided with a lower section 6 which has a concave shape and in which double channel sy~tem 7 is defined at the rear; said channel sy~tem ~orms a sort of depression chamber in which one or more ejactors 8 are installed; said ejectors are suitable 20 for expelling the con~eyed water laterally from the loader 1 or in any other direction.
Each of the ejectors 8 is conveniently constituted by a propeller 9 which is motorized by mean~ of a variable-speed orientatable hydraulic motor 10.
In~tead of being fixed, the blades of each propeller 9 can have a variable pitoh so as to be able to vary the amount sf ~xpelled water a~ requi~ed.
- AS regard~ op ration, both when th2 watercraft 3 is moving and when it iæ m~tionless with ~he loader 1 lower~d, 30 wa~er and ~loating sub~tances are csnveyed into said loader.
~ 7~
The continuous expulsion performed by the ejectors 8 causes a concentration on the bottom 5 of substances which are subsequently discharged into the watercra~t 3 by overturning the loader 1.
As can be seen in figures 2 and 3, a continuously- or discontinuously-moving, oleodynamically- or mechanically-actuated cutter 11 is fixed in front o~ the loader l for cutting the algae or other aquatic vegetation so as to facilitate the collection thereof by means of the bucket.
With reference now to the above figure 5, a variation of th~ bucket accordi~g to the invention provides a loader 101 .
Said loader 101 differs from the preceding one in that the recovery of the material can occur with the simpl~
15 movement ~nd subsequent overturning of the internal sieve-like bottom 103 with independent arms 104 or with continuous-discharge system which operates inside ~he bucket, for example by means o~ a conveyor belt.
A further variation illustrated in figure 6 is 20 provided, inside the loader now designated by 201, above the sieve-like hottom 202, with a known unit 203 with partially submerged rotating disks for separating oil-like substance~.
Conveniently, said disk unit 203 may al80 be arr~ng~d wi~hin the coll-ction containar arranged on the watercraft.
In practice it has thus been observed that the bucket according to the invention has achieved the intend~d aim and objects, since it is capable of collecting floating substances, such as alga~ nr others, separating them from the water and then discharging them into a collection 30 container.
. , .. . . . ., , . . , . _ _ . _ .. . .. . .
~ 6 2 ~ 3 The buckPt is structurally simple and can thus be manufactured without particular problems.
The invention thus conceived is susceptible to numerous modifications and variations, all o~ which are within the scope of the inventive concept.
All the details may furthermore be replaced with other technically equivalent elements.
In practice, the materials employed, so long as compatible with the contingent use, as well as the dimensions, may be any according to the requirements,
The present invention relates to a watercra~t bucket for collecting floating materials.
It is known that the need to eliminate the causes of the pollution of waters, b~ they marine surfaces or inland 5 waters of basins or rivers, is currently very urgent and strongly felt.
This need is all the more felt in recent times, due to a considerable algal florescence which occurs particularly in summer periods on the surface of the Adriatic sea and of 10 the Venetian lagoon, causing considerable problems from the point of view of both navigation and bathing.
These algae furthermore form a film on the surface of the water which prevents the exchange o~ oxygen betw~oen the air and the water and ultimately causes havoc in the 15 environment, ~reventing the life of aquatic flora and fauna.
The aim of the present invention is to pro~ide a device which can collect algae or other floating materials and deposit them in a collection container.
A conse~uent primary obj~ct is to provide a de~ice 20 which is capable of separating the collected substances from the water.
Not least object is to provide a device which is structurally simple and easy to install.
: This aim, these objects and others which will become apparent hereinafter are achieved by a watercraft bucket for collecting floating materials, characterized in that it comprises a loader which is arranged at the bow or in another position on the watercraft and is suitable for being arrangad so that it is p~rtially submerged during the advancement of said craft; said loader having a sieve-like bottom and a lower section configured like a deprsssion chamber with at least one ejector suitable for expelling the 5 conveyed water.
. . .
Further characteristics and advantages of the invention will become apparent ~rom the detailed description of an embodiment thereof, illustrated only by way of non-limitative example in the accompanying drawings, wherein:
figure 1 is a schematic side view of a watercraft for collecting floating materials which is provided, at the bow, with the ~ucket according to ~he invention;
figure 2 is an enlarged side view of a detail of the watercraft of figure 1, with the ~ucket according to th~
invent~on;
figure 3 is a partially sectional perspective view of the bucket a~cording to the invention;
figure 4 is a top view of the bucket according to the invention;
figure 5 is a view of a possible variation of the bucket according to the invention;
figure 6 is a schematic view of the bucket ~ccording to the invention, equipped with a device for sepa.rating oil-like sub~tances from water.
With reference to the above figures 1 to 4, the bucket according to the invention comprises a loader l pro~ided with arms 2 which are articulated to a bow region of a watercraft 3 suitable for c~llecting floating materialsO
4 ~ 9 ~
Articulation is performed about a transver~e axis ~o that the loader 1 can be overturned b~ suitable actuation means, according to the movements indicated by the broken lines in figure 2, parallel to the axis of the watercraft 3.
The loader 1 is suitable ~or heing arranged so that it is partially submeryed in ~ront of the watercraft 3 during the advancement khereof and so that a surface portion of water is conveyed int~ it.
In a region below the surface 4 of the water, said 10 loader 1 is provided with a sieve-like bo$tsm 5 which nas its concavity directed upward and is constituted for example by a grille, by a net or by fabric.
The ~ieve-like bottom can conveniently be sel~-cl~aning and replaceable.
Beneath the bottom 5, the loader 1 is provided with a lower section 6 which has a concave shape and in which double channel sy~tem 7 is defined at the rear; said channel sy~tem ~orms a sort of depression chamber in which one or more ejactors 8 are installed; said ejectors are suitable 20 for expelling the con~eyed water laterally from the loader 1 or in any other direction.
Each of the ejectors 8 is conveniently constituted by a propeller 9 which is motorized by mean~ of a variable-speed orientatable hydraulic motor 10.
In~tead of being fixed, the blades of each propeller 9 can have a variable pitoh so as to be able to vary the amount sf ~xpelled water a~ requi~ed.
- AS regard~ op ration, both when th2 watercraft 3 is moving and when it iæ m~tionless with ~he loader 1 lower~d, 30 wa~er and ~loating sub~tances are csnveyed into said loader.
~ 7~
The continuous expulsion performed by the ejectors 8 causes a concentration on the bottom 5 of substances which are subsequently discharged into the watercra~t 3 by overturning the loader 1.
As can be seen in figures 2 and 3, a continuously- or discontinuously-moving, oleodynamically- or mechanically-actuated cutter 11 is fixed in front o~ the loader l for cutting the algae or other aquatic vegetation so as to facilitate the collection thereof by means of the bucket.
With reference now to the above figure 5, a variation of th~ bucket accordi~g to the invention provides a loader 101 .
Said loader 101 differs from the preceding one in that the recovery of the material can occur with the simpl~
15 movement ~nd subsequent overturning of the internal sieve-like bottom 103 with independent arms 104 or with continuous-discharge system which operates inside ~he bucket, for example by means o~ a conveyor belt.
A further variation illustrated in figure 6 is 20 provided, inside the loader now designated by 201, above the sieve-like hottom 202, with a known unit 203 with partially submerged rotating disks for separating oil-like substance~.
Conveniently, said disk unit 203 may al80 be arr~ng~d wi~hin the coll-ction containar arranged on the watercraft.
In practice it has thus been observed that the bucket according to the invention has achieved the intend~d aim and objects, since it is capable of collecting floating substances, such as alga~ nr others, separating them from the water and then discharging them into a collection 30 container.
. , .. . . . ., , . . , . _ _ . _ .. . .. . .
~ 6 2 ~ 3 The buckPt is structurally simple and can thus be manufactured without particular problems.
The invention thus conceived is susceptible to numerous modifications and variations, all o~ which are within the scope of the inventive concept.
All the details may furthermore be replaced with other technically equivalent elements.
In practice, the materials employed, so long as compatible with the contingent use, as well as the dimensions, may be any according to the requirements,
Claims (13)
1. Watercraft bucket for collecting floating materials, comprising a loader which is arrangeable on the watercraft so that it is partially submerged under the water surface, said loader having a sieve-like bottom and a lower section configured like a depression chamber for at least one ejector suitable for expelling the conveyed water.
2. Bucket according to claim 1, wherein said loader is articulated to the watercraft and is suitable for discharging the collected materials into said watercraft.
3. Bucket according to claim 1, wherein said loader is rigidly associated with the watercraft, said sieve-like bottom being provided with arms for articulation to said watercraft and being suitable for discharging into said watercraft the materials deposited thereon.
4. Bucket according to claim 1, wherein said loader and said sieve-like bottom are fixed to said watercraft and are associated with means, for example conveyor belt means, which are suitable for removing the deposited materials from their interior and for discharging them inside said watercraft.
5. Bucket according to claim 1, wherein said sieve-like bottom is made of a grille, a net, fabric or the like.
6. Bucket according to claim 1, wherein said sieve-like bottom is of the self-cleaning type.
7. Bucket according to claim 1, wherein said sieve-like bottom is replaceable.
8. Bucket according to claim 1, wherein said lower section has a concave shape and in that a channel system for at least one ejector is defined therein.
9. Bucket according to claim 1, wherein each ejector is constituted by a propeller which is coupled to an orientatable variable-speed hydraulic motor.
10. Bucket according to claim 9, wherein the blades of said propeller of each ejector have a variable pitch.
11. Bucket according to claim 1, wherein a unit with partially submerged disks is arranged above said bottom in order to separate oil-like substances.
12. Bucket according to claim 1, wherein a unit with partially submerged disks is arranged in the container for collecting the floating substances which is arranged inside the watercraft, in order to separate oil-like substances.
13. Bucket according to claim 1, wherein it is provided at the front with an oleodynamically- or mechanically-actuated cutter with continuous or discontinuous movement for cutting algae and/or other aquatic vegetation.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| ITPD91A000015 | 1991-01-22 | ||
| ITRD910015 | 1991-01-22 |
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| CA2059793A1 true CA2059793A1 (en) | 1992-07-23 |
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| CA 2059793 Abandoned CA2059793A1 (en) | 1991-01-22 | 1992-01-22 | Watercraft bucket for collecting floating materials |
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Cited By (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN112095570A (en) * | 2020-09-25 | 2020-12-18 | 芜湖禧来旺农业科技有限公司 | Aquaculture floater fishing device |
| CN115961600A (en) * | 2023-03-14 | 2023-04-14 | 四川东方水利智能装备工程股份有限公司 | Algae cleaning robot and algae cleaning method |
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Cited By (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN112095570A (en) * | 2020-09-25 | 2020-12-18 | 芜湖禧来旺农业科技有限公司 | Aquaculture floater fishing device |
| CN115961600A (en) * | 2023-03-14 | 2023-04-14 | 四川东方水利智能装备工程股份有限公司 | Algae cleaning robot and algae cleaning method |
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