DE1920982U - DEVICE FOR CONTAINING OIL CONTAMINATED WATER SURFACES. - Google Patents

Description

The innovation concerns a device for demarcation and containment of water contaminated with oil by means of floating fences, which are known to be used to discharge in particular the Leakage of oil from rivers or lakes is harmless close.

As a result of the increasing consumption of mineral oils, the resulting dangers to fire safety and the laws have increased considerably. In view of the severe pollution of the waters, these authorities have taken all possible precautions to prevent this oil from spreading further and then to render it completely harmless. The governments have therefore called on the authorities responsible to take measures after mineral oil accidents ¹¹ to ensure that oil that has spilled on water is disposed of as quickly as possible.

When oil leaks bodies of water, the contaminated area is first as quickly as possible and then with

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an agent that absorbs the oil, for example special binding peat, to sprinkle over to bind the oil, to render it harmless and Finally, to skim off or pump out the peat oil mixture or the like and dispose of it at a suitable point.

A floating fence of the type mentioned is already known, the one kept in a ready-made container and in its In the longitudinal direction, the hose is folded up like a bellows and equipped with countersinks attached to it, to the hose in appropriate position to keep on the water surface. However, this known hose construction has the disadvantage that it must be filled with air, for which a corresponding device is required, in addition, such is to inflate Tubing of course also requires a certain amount of time. Another disadvantage of the known device is that it if its supporting air is damaged, it releases and then sinks so that it can at least no longer fulfill its purpose.

It is also known to connect boards to one another by means of connecting links. Such known devices are relatively aufwertlg and cannot be accommodated in the smallest of spaces, so that handling is also unwieldy.

The innovation has set itself the task of creating an easy-to-transport, fast-to-use, cost-saving device of the to create the type mentioned at the beginning, which is unsinkable.

The innovation concerns in detail, a device for delimiting and containment of oil-contaminated water surfaces by means of floating fences which sinkbarenSchwimmkörpern with not and weighting elements are fitted, and consists essentially in that the float and weightings arrival at a fence forming plastic skin ^F also

are ordered. The plastic skin can be made according to the innovation consist of a close-knit plastic thread network, which as a result of its

The tightness of the mesh prevents oil from penetrating. In the whole it is an essential suggestion of the innovation to design the plastic skin or the entire device so that it can be reeled on.

Further advantages and details of the innovation emerge from the now the following description of an embodiment with reference to the drawing. In this show:

Fig. 1 the innovation according to the device as öanzes Fig. 2 shows a single float; 3 shows a floating body with fastening means; Fig. 4 is a plan view of a floating body with fastening igung smitt a.

In the figures are the plastic skins with 1 and the floats denoted by 2. In the illustrated embodiment, the floats are more perpendicular to each other at a constant distance Arranged in a position, however, a completely different arrangement and design of the floating bodies is of course also possible, and also can the distance between them can be far greater or smaller than can be seen in FIG. For example, the floating bodies can only be at a very small distance from one another be arranged top of the plastic skin 1 and so far over the The surface protrudes, as is necessary, whereas the above-mentioned heavy materials 5 are arranged on the lower edge of the plastic skin 1 could be.

Figure 2 illustrates a single floating body 2 with two attached plastic skins 1, which are partially on the circumference of the Float like at 6 and rest with it in not shown Way are connected. The underside of the floating body 2 is loaded with heavy substances 5 so that the floating body is always maintains the vertical position and the plastic skin 1 extends under the water surface, not shown.

Figure 3 illustrates a floating body according to Figure 2, webei a special type of attachment is shown. On the float there are eyelets 3 and hooks 4 on the plastic skin, so that a very quick connection between the floating bodies and the plastic skins can be established. In this embodiment the float has a round shape, but it can also be polygonal Shape can be selected and the heavy materials 5 can be designed as sheet iron.

Figure ¹ I shows a plan view of the arrangement of Figure 3 with the eyelets 3 and the hook 4 to the plastic skins.

A suitable plastic tape or plastic net can be used as desired be long, most expediently 10 to 15 m long, so that any number of tape lengths delimit the oil area. The connection between The individual bands are then carried out by the floating bodies, which are designed as round or angular wooden bodies of the same size could be.

One tape length after the other is used to delimit an oil area dragged around the contaminated area and you have it in your hand, later after the contaminated area has been sprinkled with oil-binding peat by removing one length of tape after the other, the oil surface is restored constrict. Then the oil-binding peat begins to be spread over a wide area using a device similar to a snow blower up to 10m, whereupon from the rare immediately this peat film mixture can be skimmed off. 1 / the rest of this process, the Skin can be shortened, i.e. the area contaminated with oil will always be more narrowed until the danger is completely removed.

The plastic skin according to the innovation can be wound up on reels and can be processed quickly by these in the event of danger.

Claims (8)

Protection claims 1. Device for demarcating and containing oil contaminated Water areas by means of swimming fences, which are equipped with non-sinking floating bodies and weights, thereby gekennzel chnet that the floating bodies and weights are arranged on a plastic skin forming the fence. 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the plastic skin (1) is designed as a close-knit plastic thread network is. 3. Device according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that that the plastic skin or the entire device is designed to be reelable. 4. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the float with heavy material (5) are charged. 5. Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the floating bodies (2) are round or polygonal, on their lower surfaces (5) with Elsen plate weighted and buoy-like between the plastic skins (1) are arranged. 6. Apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that the floating bodies (2) are releasably connected to the plastic skins. 7 · Device according to claim 6, characterized in that between a plastic skin (1) and the next one each a floating body (2) is arranged. 8. The device according to claim 7, characterized in that the releasable connections between the Flastlkhäuten (1) and the Floating bodies through eyelets (3) on the floating body (2) and hooks (4) are formed on the plastic skin.