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7597811 |
Method and apparatus for subsurface oil recovery using a submersible unit
Pollutants such as hydrocarbons which have settled on the bed of a body of water are removed to the surface using a submersible vehicle positioned above the bed of a diver supported on a platform...
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7553425 |
Screen for swimming pool skimmer and method of using same
A skimming screen for a swimming pool filtration system is disclosed. The skimming according to the invention includes a support frame having a central opening and a mesh fabric or screen material...
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7513972 |
Portable brine evaporator unit, process, and system
The present invention discloses a comprehensive, efficient, and cost effective portable evaporator unit, method, and system for the treatment of brine. The evaporator unit, method, and system...
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7507344 |
Method for recycling of oil based drilling fluid contaminated with water and water contaminated with oil based drilling fluid
A mobile apparatus and method for recycling an invert emulsion based drilling fluid, in which the invert emulsion based drilling fluid includes an oleaginous component and an aqueous component. The...
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7504037 |
Oil and vapor recovery system
An oil and vapor recovery system having a float system for adjusting the height of oil and vapor recovery intakes. The float system is preferably adjustable to allow connection of additional floats...
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7485235 |
Waste collection system
A transportable waste collection system for collecting waste found in a body of flowing water, including non-navigable waters, the system having a flotation platform adapted to floating in the body...
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7449121 |
Method and arrangement for removal of surface scum
A method for removal of surface scum in an apparatus, which includes at least a first surface chute arrangement that exists in a liquid basin and which is meant for removal of surface scum. Surface...
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7445719 |
Method and apparatus for collecting pollutants in a body of water
During collection of pollutants having a density lower than that of water and carried by a surface layer of a body of water, water of the surface layer is caused to flow into and through a...
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7384548 |
Manually controlled skimming of industrial oil contaminants
The present invention provides a method for removing an oil contaminant from a surface of an aqueous solution, comprising manually controlling a surface skimmer from a remote location to remove a...
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7347945 |
Method and an installation for separating out multiphase effluents
The invention relates to a method and to an installation for separating out an effluent made up of a multi-phase fluid mixture. According to the invention, said installation includes gravity...
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7338602 |
Grease trap waste treatment and fat, oil, and grease (FOG) recovery system
A method to process grease trap waste or refuse and remove organic matter, and reclaim fats, oils, and grease (FOG) found in it. The process is initiated after dewatering the grease trap material...
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7326354 |
Active barrier for polluted waters and method for its installation
The invention relates to an active barrier ( 1 ) and a method for its use. The active barrier ( 1 ) is used to contain and to collect polluting material floating over bodies of water, such as...
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7314571 |
Methods and systems for removing floating solid waste from the surface of a watercourse
A floating pond skimmer is coupled by a fluid conduit to a remote filter/aerating apparatus. The skimmer sucks a mixture of solids and water, grinds/chops the solids, and pumps the reduced solids...
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7309443 |
Skimmer and filter
The present invention provides a skimmer and filter unit for use with a body of water. The unit comprises a housing, a basket for collecting debris, and a partitioning baffle with upper openings...
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7303688 |
Oil skimmer and method of operating same
A skimmer used to remove both heavy and light oil from a body of water or for the removal of either light or heavy oil and a method of operation of the skimmer. The heavier oil is removed from a...
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7264714 |
Protein skimmer
A protein skimmer for use in purification of water by culture of fish or other water organisms in a reservoir, aquarium or ( 2 ) with a circulation system comprising one or more discharge tubes ( 4...
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7186346 |
Low cost indoor grease trap
An oil/grease removal assembly includes a container having an inlet to receive effluent from a kitchen sink. A drain connection spaced above the container bottom defines a static water level for...
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7185766 |
Skimmer
A skimmer device and a method for skimming a liquid, foam, fat or other solid or liquid material or anything else that a user wants to remove or separate from a remaining liquid or solid that is...
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7182860 |
Oil collecting apparatus and a method for collecting oil or the like
An oil collecting apparatus ( 1 ) and a method for collecting oil or the like comprises a frame ( 5 ) designed to form a restricted space with the surface of water or ice (VL), and a discharge...
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7179373 |
Removing foreign matter from aquarium water
Apparatus and method for removing foreign matter from water at selected levels in an aquarium utilize a valving mechanism placed between a skimmer adjacent the upper surface of the water and a...
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7163637 |
Apparatus and process for taking up particles from a water surface
The invention relates to an apparatus and a process for taking up particles, in particular particles of oil, algae or dirt, from a water surface ( 2 ). A hull structure ( 1 ) is moved over the...
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7156988 |
Floating product removal
A system and method for removing floating product from an aquifer. The system includes a groundwater-depressing mechanism configured to create a depression in a groundwater surface that encourages...
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7150835 |
Arrangement and method for collecting oil
The invention relates to an arrangement and a method for collecting oil from water in open water and/or winter conditions, whereby a vessel's ( 1 ) hull ( 2 ) and an oil collecting equipment ( 4 )...
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7060189 |
Method and apparatus for recycling wash chemicals
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for recycling a wash solution used in powder coating which uses filters. The invention also relates to methods and apparatuses for recycling wash...
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7025888 |
Floating decanter
A floating decanter and method for charging supernatant from a vesel without drawing floating solids or scum into the discharge. The decanter includes a weir ( 16 ) having a central opening, and a...
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7014779 |
Vacuum separation, transport and collection system for immiscible liquids
A vacuum separation, transport and collection system for immiscible liquids includes a separator ( 12 ) for separating two immiscible liquids such as oil and a water-based coolant, and for...
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6989103 |
Method for separating fluids
Methods of treatment of fluids produced by an oil or gas well following a stimulation operation, allowing separation from the fluids and re-injection of oil and gas hydrocarbons in a production...
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6942791 |
Apparatus and method for recycling of dross in a soldering apparatus
An apparatus and method for eliminating dross in a solder pot of a soldering machine by converting the dross into usable solder. The conversion apparatus is comprised of an impeller, a shroud, an...
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6905611 |
Device for separating a surface layer of a liquid
The invention refers to a device for separating a surface layer of a liquid by a container submerged in the liquid. The container includes a bottom, a wall member, connected to the bottom and...
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6887387 |
Oil and chip skimmer
A skimmer for removing oil and paramagnetic chips from a contaminated body of machine tool coolant. The skimmer includes a frame and an endless tube partially trained within the frame that defines...
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6852234 |
Apparatus and method for in situ burning of oil spills
A method for in-situ burning of oil slicks on water, including the steps of: 1) providing a plurality of individual floating wicks; 2) positioning the wicks in the oil slick; and 3) igniting the...
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6676833 |
Apparatus for removing grit and grease from water
A grit-and-grease removal system includes a grit channel for degritting water by promoting settling of grit to the bottom of the channel, the grit being removed from the bottom of the channel by a...
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6627090 |
Submersion drum skimmer
An apparatus for collecting oil from a surface of a water body comprising a drum, the drum rotatably mounted on a vessel such that a lower portion of the drum is positioned below a waterline of the...
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6613237 |
Apparatus and method for removing matter on a fluid surface of a tank
It is desired to remove matter on a fluid surface of a tank. The tank defines a circular tank orifice comprising a tank orifice rim, the tank orifice rim containing a fluid surface of a fluid, the...
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6592765 |
Method and device for collecting oil mixed with ice blocks
A method and a device for separating oil from ice. In the method, ice is pressed under the water along an inclined surface formed by a bar screen ( 3 ) or a grating. The oil is separated from the...
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6565758 |
Systems and methods for dispensing, collecting and processing wash fluid
A system for dispensing, collecting, and processing wash fluid includes a first movable support frame including a first tank that stores clean wash fluid, a first pump that pressurizes the clean...
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6551516 |
Methods for removing grit and grease from water
A grit-and-grease removal system includes a grit channel for degritting water by promoting settling of grit to the bottom of the channel, the grit being removed from the bottom of the channel by a...
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6540925 |
Oil recovery method and oil recovery apparatus
An apparatus for recovering oil has a bucket for skimming and collecting water and oil floating on the surface of the water. The bucket has a base plate having apertures for draining water...
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6527960 |
Jet pump treatment of heavy oil production sand
A process for separating oily films from sand particles carried in a solvent free water stream includes the use of a jet pump scrubber in a density classification tank to treat such oily coated...
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6458282 |
Method and apparatus for separating floating pollutants
Method and apparatus for cleaning an open surface of a body liquid, especially for recovering oil spills or other floating pollutants. A surface portion of the water carrying pollutants is caused...
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6436295 |
Protein skimmer
A protein skimmer for removal of protein contaminates from protein contaminated water. An injector is used for spraying protein contaminated water into a water bubble chamber. The spraying motion...
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6436289 |
Vertical membrane storage system and method of storing liquids using the same
A vertical membrane storage system including a flexible membrane housing having an upper enclosed portion capable of storing a fluid and a lower open portion for receiving the fluid is disclosed....
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6398878 |
Automatic pool cleaner including motion sensor and repositioning means
An automatic swimming pool cleaning system including a cleaner body intended to travel in a forward direction along a wall surface or on the water surface to substantially randomly traverse a...
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6372134 |
Cleaning device for removing oil
A cleaning device ( 1 ), which is attached to a collecting device comprising a body and wheels ( 3 ) in which device a V-shaped brush ( 2 ) secured to a belt ( 7 ) moves in a groove, whereby the...
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6355180 |
Swimming pool covering, heating, and cleaning system
A covering, cleaning and heating system, which includes a solar cover dimensioned for covering a swimming pool and effectively heating the water therein using solar energy. The solar cover has a...
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6315911 |
Self-tending, multi-position debris deflector for pools
A swimming pool debris deflector apparatus having a floating deflector arm and two adjustable orthogonal members which provide a mating to existing swimming pool skimmer entrance ports. A pair of...
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6280639 |
Method and apparatus for automatic cleaning of a swimming pool
A self-cleaning swimming pool with an improved skimmer and floor drain design. Two skimmers are preferably located approximately across the pool from each other, and each skimmer is located...
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6277287 |
Self leveling suction skimming device
A suction skimmer with a vertically adjustable inlet for removing preferred upper portions of a liquid from a fluid body under substantially laminar flow conditions and which is self leveling in...
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6270683 |
Swimming pool skimming apparatus
An apparatus for skimming floating debris from an enclosed pool of water wherein a circular current of water occurs, said apparatus comprising a frame defining an inlet portion positioned upstream...
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6251286 |
Accumulating automatic skimmer
A floating skimmer is used for automatically removing oil and other floating matter from the surface of liquid surrounding the skimmer, preferably in a basin or sump. Floats around the periphery...
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