DE1634130A1 - Device for removing pools of water on water surfaces - Google Patents

Description

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Patent Attorneys Dipi.-ing. Linen weaver Dipl.-ing. Carpenter

Munich 2, Rosental 7 Tel. 261989

Al »ov.

Jakob Müller Roggwil (Switzerland)

Device for removing oily spots on water surfaces

The present invention relates to a device for removing spots of oil on water surfaces.

Previously known devices for this purpose work in such a way that on the oil pools a binding agent is applied and then the bound oil is pumped away from the water surface will. It is already known to be outdoors

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Water swimming pools of oil for the time being between beams, struts or the like on the The height of the water level from the device to capture “This mostly from the bow of a Beams or struts protruding from the ship naturally make it difficult to maneuver the ship and they also serve their purpose poorly or not at all in the swell, because the pool of oil to be caught is then either above or below the bar sloshes away.

Another disadvantage of the known devices that cannot be overlooked is that they pump large amounts of water away from the surface of the water at the same time as the bound oil. The pumped away liquid has to be transported around for the complete destruction of the oil but in particular it usually has to be brought ashore first. To do this, it has to be on the Ship can be collected, which requires large containers and a corresponding load-bearing capacity of the ship. The previously known devices for Work on removing oil spills from water surfaces

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therefore very uneconomical.

The present invention avoids the aforementioned disadvantages of known devices. The device according to the invention is for this purpose for removing oil spots on water surfaces, with two struts protruding from a ship, between which the oil puddles are caught and mixed with a binding agent in containers be spent on the ship, characterized in that the ship is an endless, through a fine net or sieve formed, inclined transportbani carries, the lower The reversal point between the struts penetrates below the water level and at its upper reversal point a rotating brush is pressed against the outer surface of the belt, through which the Netting or sieve stuck, bound oil is brushed into a container.

The net or sieve thus actually only picks up the bound oil, while water passes through the net

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or sieve can escape «As a result, only effectively bound oil will enter the Container moved with the result that the ship is not charged for oversized containers has to be but also relatively small ships with low carrying capacity with inventive Devices can be provided.

According to a preferred embodiment of the subject matter of the invention it is provided that the struts are but half of the water surface and approximated are formed parallel to the same V-shaped, the spray openings obliquely inward against the water level are directed between the struts.

Is carried, for example, by one carried by the ship Pump supplied with water to the spray tubes, so the large number of push through the spray openings the rays impinging on the surface of the water Qelieche in the middle between the struts where you can then economically with the ship

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Binder can be added and also reaches the conveyor belt in a concentrated manner. This driving together the pool of sources between the. Strive regardless of the swell and the struts do not hinder the maneuverability of the ship in any way, since they do do not protrude into the water.

The accompanying drawing shows an exemplary embodiment of one according to the invention Device shown. 1 shows a side view, and FIG. 2 shows a plan view of this embodiment.

With 1 the hull of a ship is generally referred to. This fuselage is U-shaped, i.e. it has a cutout 2 which is open towards the bow and in which an inclined, the entire width of the cutout 2 filling endless conveyor 3 is arranged is. The arrangement is made so that the bow-side below the reversal point 4 of the conveyor, device 3 is just below the water level

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The entrainment members of the conveying device are transversely arranged by means of spaced apart ones Web (not shown) formed, for example, opposing links of two to the Connect the sides of the conveyor with chains running in parallel. As the actual conveyor belt serves a fine-meshed sieve or net 5, z, B. a nylon fabric, which is so loose over the webs It is curious that the straight stretches of the conveyor track between the webs are pocket-shaped Form hollows. These troughs are stretched at the reversal points of the conveyor device 3 because at these points there are also the distances between successive edges of the transverse webs enlarge.

The upper reversal point 6 of the conveyor 3 protrudes into a housing 7 in which a rotating brush 8 is suspended pendulum. This brush will yield to the outside of the Net or sieve 5 pressed, as can be seen at the point where the in Metz or

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SiecKt pockets formed by the crossbar. By going counterclockwise attached brush 8 will axles what is on the net or sieve, so what is on the bottom Uff-KehrpunKt 4 taken from the water level and transported to the upper reversal point 6 was brushed away and passes through the funnel-shaped lower part 9 of the housing 7 into a container

By contrast, water carried away by, sieve or net has on the way vci »lower zuit. top dead center Time through the net or sieve directly back into the one under the transport device Abziv-fHessen water area.

At the front ends of the two legs 11 of the U-shaped hull is a strut at 12 each hinged. These struts 13 are optionally Extensible spray tubes that connect via lines 14 to the pressure side of a pump 15 are connected, the suction nozzle 16 protrudes at the stern of the ship 1 below the water level.

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The spray pipes 13 run from their rear end, which is located above the lower reversal point 4 of the conveying device 3 above the water level and approximately parallel to it in a V-shape away from the bow. The advantage is that Angular position of these spray pipes as well as their height above the water level, at least in a certain range adjustable.

The spray openings of the tubes 13 are directed and designed so that the pump 15 into the Pipes conveyed water as shown in the drawing in the form of a veil 17 that is as dense as possible is directed, so to speak, as a jet wall obliquely inward against the water level between the pipes 13.

The device shown and described operates as follows. When one is on the water When the driving oil pool is identified, it is controlled in such a way that it enters the opening of the Tubes 13 formed Vs. The water flowing out of the pipes causes the pool of oil to become in

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concentrated in the middle of the V-shaped opening, regardless of the height of the swell of pipes 13 above the water level variexi .. In the source pool, which has been rounded up in this way, is turned from the boat in a known manner as shown Injected binder. As the ship moves forward, the bound oil becomes inevitable the conveying device at the narrowest point between the tubes 13. In the pockets of at this point From the net or sieve 5 emerging from the water, this bound oil is now continuously skimmed off. on On the way to the upper reversal point 5, entrained water flows off through the net or sieve during the bound oil gets stuck in the mesh of the net or sieve and now at the upper reversal point 5 is conveyed in concentrated form by the brush 8 into the container 10. This is advantageous Container made of combustible material so that it can be burned directly with the oil it contains. It is particularly economical if the empty binder containers are used to catch the bound OeI can be used.

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Claims (7)

PATENT CLAIMS 1. Device for removing pools of water on bodies of water, with two struts extending away from a ship, between which the pools of water are caught and with a binding agent placed in containers on the ship, characterized in that the Ship an endless, inclined, formed by a fine mesh or sieve (5) Conveyor belt carries, whose lower reversal point (4) penetrates between the struts (13) below the water level and at its upper reversal point (6) a rotating brush (B) against the Band outer surface is printed through which the bound oil that has remained hanging on the net or sieve is brushed into a container (10) will. -10- 109809/0524 BATH ORIGINAL 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the struts (13) above the water surface approximately parallel to the same V-shaped protrude from the bow and through Spray tubes are formed whose spray openings are inclined inwards against the water level between the pursuit are directed. 3. Apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the spray tubes are extendable and are adjustable in their angular position and height above the water level. 4. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the sieve or net (5} in Distances over transverse webs is guided between which there are pocket-shaped troughs forms. 5. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the conveyor belt over a Opening (2) of the hull is arranged, so that water drips off the net or sieve 109809/0524 BAD ORIGINAU 16 3 Λ13 Q falls into the water surface below. 6. The device according to claim 4, characterized in that at the upper reversal point (6) of the conveyor belt said troughs are stretched and at this point the rotating brush (B), which is suspended pendulously and resiliently printed against the conveyor belt, engages. 7. Device according to MMWUBIt claim G, characterized in that the upper reversal point of the conveyor belt lies in a funnel-shaped housing (7) in which the rotating brush yelötifc! u is and which opens into a container for receiving the abbreviation, ce : εη bound OeXs. For: Jakob Müller -12- 109809/0524 BATH ORIGINAL