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Crouse big mouth barge skimmer

a barge skimmer and big mouth technology, applied in special-purpose vessels, water cleaning, transportation and packaging, etc., can solve the problems that other tools and equipment currently used, such as dispersant, can actually do more harm to the environment than they are meant to solve, and achieve the effect of improving water and oil separation

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-12-08
CROUSE TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN
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This is a non-provisional utility patent application for a Barge Skimmer 107, called the Crouse Big Mouth Barge Skimmer (referred to as Barge Skimmer in this application) which is a new invention that can be used in the oil spill clean-up and or response industry. The Barge Skimmer can be used by itself or alongside other response measures, equipment, and or techniques to clean up oil spills in any body of water such as: oceans, rivers, lakes, marshes, swamps, ditches, canals, etc. The Barge Skimmer 107 can be used to skim or collect oil floating on the surface of the water; and it can be used to keep or contain the oil while using procedures, equipment added, and or gravity inside the collection tanks along with pumps, drains, and piping on or in the Barge Skimmer in a way to separate the oil from the water so that a higher concentration of oil is contained while a cleaner and more pure water is returned to the ocean, river, lake, etc. Additional equipment may be added to the barge so to further enhance the water and oil separation after initial skimming.

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Other tools and equipment currently used, such as dispersant, can actually do more much harm to the environment than they are meant to solve.
There are obvious deficiencies in the efforts used to date.

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This is a non-provisional utility patent application for a new type of barge skimmer 107. Though there have been barge skimmers before, none have worked quite like this one. This barge skimmer 107 is meant for efficient collection and containment of oil 101 which helps in overall effectiveness in oil collection. This barge differs from existing barge skimmer in the intake 110 area on the front end 111 of the barge skimmer, which is the rear end or stem 203 of the barge. Though this type of rigging can be placed on the Stem 203 or Bow 202, the drawings in this application will present a front end 111 collection intake which uses the whole area of the front end 111 of the skimmer to help funnel the oily water into a bulkhead, where the oil on the surface spills over into a collection tank 120, and then vacuum pumping systems 104 pump the oily water into another collection tank 120 where the oil and water separation process begins. In the tank(s), the lighter oil 101 rises to the top w...

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This is a oil skimming barge 107 with the optional front end 111 and intake area 110 at the stern 203 of the barge skimmer 107, whereby oil 101 is funnel into the intake area 110, then suctioned to collection tanks 120 where the oil separates from the water using basically gravity with the help of equipment than can be added, and then the water 102 is pumped or drained overboard while a higher concentration of oil 101 remains or gets pumped into the main collection tanks.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONField of The InventionThis is a non-provisional utility patent for a new invention, for a Barge Oil Skimmer, which is for use in the oil spill response and or oil spill clean-up or collection / skimming industry; and it shall be usable for use in cleaning up oil spills in any body of water where applicable.SUMMARY OF INVENTIONThis is a non-provisional utility patent application for a Barge Skimmer 107, called the Crouse Big Mouth Barge Skimmer (referred to as Barge Skimmer in this application) which is a new invention that can be used in the oil spill clean-up and or response industry. The Barge Skimmer can be used by itself or alongside other response measures, equipment, and or techniques to clean up oil spills in any body of water such as: oceans, rivers, lakes, marshes, swamps, ditches, canals, etc. The Barge Skimmer 107 can be used to skim or collect oil floating on the surface of the water; and it can be used to keep or contain the oil while using proc...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): E02B15/04
CPCE02B15/046B63B35/32B63B35/28E02B15/048Y02A20/204
Inventor CROUSE, TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN
Owner CROUSE TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN
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