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7618214 Containment boom guide system and method  
A containment boom guide system for guiding and containing a floating containment boom to a fixed structure such as a pier, ship, column, dock, sea wall, or other like structure. The guide system...
7472501 Method and system for building up land in a water-covered or water-surrounded area and land body formed by use of same  
An article of manufacture produced by a process comprising the steps of: erecting a sediment-containment structure comprising a plurality of floating boom segments; and introducing sediment into...
7451499 Pool barrier apparatus  
A pool barrier apparatus for providing a barrier between a deep end and a shallow end of a pool includes a netting having an upper edge, a lower edge and a pair of lateral edges. The netting has a...
7407341 Floating barrier wall  
A floating barrier wall includes a number of individual barrier units each comprising a housing formed in the general shape of a highway barrier having a top wall, a bottom wall, opposed end walls,...
7329360 Oil recovery and environmental cleanup compositions comprising a polyethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer  
This invention relates to improvements in products and processes for cleaning up oil, chemical, or other hydrocarbon spills, and cleaning up the environment where such spills have occurred. In one...
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...
7172367 Inflatable hose system  
An inflatable hose system which may act as a boom for rescue purposes or for controlling the flow of surface borne contaminants of rivers, lakes and seas and comprising first and second hose...
7097767 Method of controlling contaminant flow into water reservoir  
The present invention relates to methods of controlling contaminant flow into a water reservoir, reducing bacterial counts in a water reservoir, and reducing a count of dissolved constituents in a...
7056059 Boom with ramped or horizontal skirt structure for slowing the flow speed of buoyant fluids on moving water for fluid, containment, fluid containment system and method  
A flow slowing boom for slowing the speed of a buoyant fluid floating on moving water having a direction of water movement and a water surface includes a support structure for positioning at the...
7008139 Oil boom and use thereof  
A boom ( 1 A) is described, especially for containing oil spills and/or other similar pollution at sea, in rivers or on water surfaces, comprising an elongate body consisting of an element having...
6994048 Floating low density concrete barrier  
A barrier for small boats has a plurality of flotation modules on lines extending across a waterway. The flotation modules are cast from a buoyant concrete mixture of cement, water, beaded forms of...
6942422 Multi-chamber oil boom valve  
A multi-chamber oil boom includes a first bladder and a second bladder, each having an inflatable interior. A valve includes an air passage that communicates between the interior of the first...
6932540 Permeable water reservoir covers  
Potable and process water reservoir covers are provided that exhibit an advantageous balance of rainwater drainage and light transmittance properties. The reservoir covers generally include one or...
6922922 Amphibious dredging vehicle and method for restoring wetlands using same  
An amphibious dredging vehicle includes a base including a pair of floatable pontoons linked together in essentially parallel relation; a cutterhead dredge system that is mounted on the base and...
6860677 Floating river debris skimmer  
A skimmer for removing debris off the surface of a river includes a float line installed across the river at an angle with respect to the river current, and a collecting net installed at the...
6854927 Containment boom  
In order to provide a containment boom capable of functioning as a barrier for certainly preventing the containment of oil spill in no concern to momentary violent movements of waves and currents,...
6848861 Y-panel anchoring system for boom installation  
The present invention relates to an anchoring system for a containment/exclusion boom, the anchoring system including: a Y-panel member which is adapted to be connected to a curtain of a...
6827618 Safety boom  
A buoyant boom having: an elongate band extending across a water surface; floats rotatably mounted to the band with rotary bearings between each float and the band; and anchors securing the band at...
6743367 Boom curtain with expandable pleated panels, containment boom containing the same, and use thereof  
A boom curtain includes: an upper portion that is adapted and configured for connection to a support system and a main portion formed of a sheet of flexible material that allows the flow of water...
6739801 Boom curtain with zipper connections and method of assembling boom  
Modular boom curtain sections are disclosed, including zipper elements for connection of adjacent modular boom curtain sections. Boom curtains assembled from the boom curtain sections, boom systems...
6729798 Flow diverter system and method  
A flow-diverter apparatus includes two hull and foil assemblies pivotally connected by rigid members and attached to control lines. Several flow-diverter apparatus may be joined by lines, cables or...
6695535 Fluid cooled high temperature resistant floating barrier  
A float boom for confining material floatable on a liquid surface during high temperature conditions, comprising: an elongated floatable tube formed of fluid impervious material; a source of fluid...
6663772 Oil skimming apparatus  
A system for recovering oil spilled on a body of water includes a buoyant containment boom of sufficient length to surround at least a portion of the spilled oil, the boom having a plurality of...
6655872 Method, system, and device for deploying a containment boom  
A method, system, and device for deploying an oil spill containment boom at the side of a ship, barge, or other steel structure. Each end of the boom is connected to its own device that is...
6641328 Fish protective water extraction method and apparatus  
An apparatus and method for extracting liquid from a body of liquid. The apparatus includes a conduit terminator operable to terminate a conduit, the conduit terminator having an inlet opening to...
6637135 Contaminated sediment removal vessel  
A method is described for removing sediments during dredging operations to minimize the release of contaminants at marine locations containing sediments that are deemed contaminated and require...
6616376 Bagging icebergs  
A flexible, waterproof bag is used to contain a iceberg. The bag has an opening that can be closed and an edge around the opening. At least one float is attached to the edge of the bag and a drain...
6609853 Spillage recovery device and method of use  
A recovery device ( 10 ) for containing a material ( 16 ) floating on the surface of a liquid ( 12 ) comprises a shroud ( 26 ) having an open top and an open bottom, the top being of smaller...
6576141 Apparatus and method for collecting floating debris  
A floating system for collecting floatable debris is provided with curtains that direct the flow of water that contains floatables into the traps of the system while functioning as a pressure...
6554534 Flexible structure and method for controlling the quality of liquids  
A flexible structure assembled of impermeable modules surrounds a constant volume of liquid so as to control its quality. The modules may join together so that they can adjust to changing water...
6514010 Containment/exclusion boom with bird deterrent  
A containment/exclusion boom including a support system which can be positioned in a body of water, a curtain made of a flexible fabric that allows movement of water therethrough, the curtain being...
6488445 Method and device for oil spill response operation  
A method and a device for performing the methods, for response to a spill on water whereby one end of an oil boom is towed from the shore of a watercourse with flowing water, at an angle to the...
6485229 Containment/exclusion boom and methods of using the same  
The present invention relates to a method of controlling movement of suspended particulates or marine life in a body of water. The method includes introducing into the body of water containing...
6341920 System for collecting oil on water  
A system for collecting oil on water comprises an oil boom ( 1 ) and a floating collection container ( 2 ), which is connected to an opening ( 4 ) in the boom by a pumping hose ( 3 ). The pumping...
6332737 Waterway pollution control apparatus  
A portable pollution control apparatus designed to span a creek or other small waterway. The apparatus includes an adjustable length boom which extends across the creek; an elongated,...
6269763 Autonomous marine vehicle  
An autonomous marine vehicle is disclosed, the vehicle comprising a rigid hull having an interior and a periphery, a deck joining the rigid hull at the periphery; and a rigid mast pivotally...
6089789 Barrier for water treatment  
A barrier which can be easily deployed in a lagoon, pool or other containment structure to partition and provide isolation between adjacent bodies of water or other liquid. As a result, different...
6024512 Oil slick barrier device  
A new oil slick barrier device for preventing an oil slick on the surface of a body of water from spreading. The inventive device includes a pair of attachment members and a barrier member. Each...
6017452 Oil retention barrier with anti-splashing means  
5971659 Oil spill recovery articles and method  
Hollow tubular segments, preferably in the form of pretreated hollow core fiber segments, and a method, for gathering or collecting and removing an oil spill floating atop a body of water. The...
5927899 Device in connection with a floating body  
The present invention relates to an arrangement for a floating body consisting of containers made from a flexible material positioned laterally in relation to one another and capable of being...
5893978 Purifying method and purification system for lakes and marshes  
A purification system is provided for purifying the water of eutrophic lakes and marshes by partitioning the target lake/marsh to form a specified water treating area therein. For this purpose, a...
5871305 Active cooling system boom  
Provided in accordance with the present invention, is a preferred embodiment of a boom for use in or containing, concentrating, and burning oil on the surface of a body of water. The boom includes...
RE35906 Remote control floatation boom  
A floatable boom for concentrating brine shrimp eggs which are floating at or near the surface of a body of water. The floatable boom comprises a rigid, floatable tube, a skirt affixed to the lower...
5785455 Shore seal tidal barrier containment boom  
A shore seal boom having a buoyancy chamber and a ballast chamber is employed to contain hazardous material within a confined area. An end connector bar is employed to connect the ends of the...
5779392 Systems for containing and collecting oil spills  
A method for capturing ecologically harmful substances in the nature of hydrocarbons from the surface of a body of water or from the ground adjacent a landfill or waste dump or from a shoreline of...
5727902 Method and apparatus for maintaining the position of a containment boom in a fast flowing waterway  
A method for maintaining the position of a containment boom in a fast flowing waterway. Firstly, providing an elongate containment boom having a first side, a second side, a first end, a second end...
5722794 Float for floating flexible pipes  
A float (1) for floating flexible pipes has a multilayered foam body (3) that surrounds the floating flexible pipe (2), a textile cover (4) arranged on the foam body (3) and having in particular...
5713697 Oil-extraction station  
An apparatus for collecting floatable liquids such as oil and gasoline, in particular in the case of oil-contaminated or gasoline-contaminated water surfaces. The apparatus includes a collecting...
5711634 Arrangement for a boom  
An arrangement for a boom for confining and collecting escaped oil, or the like, having a tubular casing and a shield part attached thereto. A plurality of spaced dividing walls are disposed within...
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