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8025460 |
Ocean oil spill and contaminated sea ice containment, separation and removal system
A method for containing and cleaning up oil or other contaminants from an area of water containing mixture of ice and water is disclosed. A net having at least one folded extension is deployed into...
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7828494 |
Buoy assembly
A buoy assembly for at least partially containing a floating material on a surface of a body of water in a selected area thereon. The buoy assembly includes a roll subassembly with a core element...
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7637224 |
Command inflatable boat stopping barrier
An inflatable barrier system halts an approaching boat. A barrier support platform houses a pressurized gas source and a power supply and has a winch connected to a pair of cables. An inflatable...
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7381696 |
Aqueous foamable concentrates and methods
Novel aqueous foamable concentrates are disclosed. When mixed with a non-neutral pH aqueous liquid and foamed, the resulting foam is suitable for blanketing and neutralizing non-neutral pH...
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7261492 |
Method for rapidly deploying a fabric panel edge for flood control
An anchoring method of fabric panels for flood control and water control, wherein the anchoring method comprises the steps of: attaching a plurality of anchors. Each anchor has a base, a first wall...
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7090432 |
Spill response system
A spill containment and remediation system. A reel for a boom is mounted in the upper part of a weatherproof housing. The lower region of the housing is leakproof and can store recovered liquid...
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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...
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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 diameter than...
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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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6221256 |
Portable apparatus for preventing diffusion and landing of outflow oil
A transportable apparatus for preventing the spreading and coming ashore of spilled oil that is easily transportable to a sea area where spilled oil is spread and that can perform the operation of...
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5957196 |
Apparatus for enhanced bioremediation of underground contaminants
A tall cylindrical silicone rubber gas permeable tube is adapted to fit in an injection well at least partly below the water table for the bioremediation of organic contaminants and to contain...
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5860252 |
Arrangement at self expanding booms
A valve mechanism for self-expanding booms. The mechanism is preferably a mechanical expansion device that folds out the boom so that air flows into the boom to fill the boom. When the boom is...
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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...
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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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5702203 |
Floating "V" shaped breakwater
The present invention pertains to a floating breakwater structure in the pe of a "V". This breakwater design allows for a wide range of wave periods, unlike previous floating breakwaters. The...
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5688074 |
Oil barrier
In order to control oil accidents and to prevent the oil film drifting on the water from spreading, an oil adsorber 1 is provided, in particular shaped as a barrier 2. This barrier 2 is designed in...
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5667338 |
Spill containment system
A spill containment system for vessels comprises a curtain capable of extending continuously around the entire vessel and having a vertical dimension sufficient to extend from a height above the...
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5584604 |
Apparatus for winding-up a self-expanding boom
An apparatus for booms, preferably so-called self-expanding booms, which includes a plate arranged on a platform, which plate is rotatable by a motor unit. The apparatus also includes a winder for...
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5575586 |
Oil spill recovery system
A system for deploying a cover over an oil spill, to collect the spilled oil, uses a plurality of gas propelled rockets are attached to lines arranged around the periphery of the cover. Outward...
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5538359 |
Quick release boom connector
A remotely disconnectable floating containment boom includes male and female portions of a connector and a release element which holds the male and female portions together when they are...
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5532679 |
Oil spill detection system
An oil spill detection system to detect and track oil spills and transmit data to a remote monitoring center comprising a buoyant detection platform including at least one detection sensor to...
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5522674 |
Self-inflatable containment boom and method of making
A containment boom (10) includes a plurality of self-inflatable units (12) each having a plurality of chambers (26) connected end to end. Each chamber (26) has an air valve (28) at each end...
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5480262 |
Oil containment boom
A continuous oil containment boom foldable to a compact configuration for storage in standard size 8' by 8' by 20' shipping containers, arranged for quick deployment. The containment boom...
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5480261 |
Heat resistant contamination control boom
An improved heat-resistant surface contaminant containment boom is described, which has a floatation section incorporating refractory materials and spacing materials providing an air-gap around an...
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5372455 |
Oil spill containment system
A boom assembly is carried on board a vessel for automatic deployment around the vessel to contain an oil spill. The boom assembly comprises endless inflatable tubes supporting a skirt whose bottom...
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5362180 |
Floatation boom with collapsible floatation casing
A containment boom having the shape of an elongated floatable flexible wall member which is capable of being wound on a spool and deployed therefrom as described. The floatable flexible wall member...
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5338464 |
Oil spill recovery apparatus and method
An oil spill recovery barge utilizes a tank that will pivot about an axis from an upper position to a lower position. The barge has a pair of pontoons, with the tanks located between them. The tank...
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5338132 |
Oil spill containment system
An oil spill containment collar system for aquatic vessels. A deployable floatation collar and apron apparatus automatically surrounds the periphery of the vessel to be contained. This continuous...
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5312204 |
Floating barrier apparatus
A boom for collecting material floating on the surface of a body of water comprising: a first collapsible tube which can be stored either as flat layers of folded material or by rolling it on a...
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5299886 |
Spill containment system
A deployable spill containment boom which, when not in use, is stored along a shoreline. Attached to one end of the deployable boom is a floatation device. The boom is deployed into a moving...
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5232310 |
Oil containment boom
An oil containment boom consists of sections each of which includes upper and bottom self supporting battens, oil impervious battens sealed thereto and to an inflatable chamber. The barriers and...
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5203283 |
Method and apparatus for raising ruminants
A gastric resident object having elastic stimulus members, which is admitted into the rumen, functions as a substitute for roughage and stimulates the mucous membrane and the wall of the rumen, so...
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5197821 |
Lightweight, rapid deployment oil spill containment boom
An emergency, lightweight marine containment system is comprised of a containment crate in which is flatly accordion folded an uninflated boom curtain. The boom curtain is comprised of a...
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5190238 |
Reel assembly especially suitable for holding a section of an oil boom
A boom includes a plurality of boom sections joined end to end. Each boom section includes two or more parallel inflatable chambers which are joined with a weighted curtain which is reinforced for...
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5188482 |
Oil confinement device
A device for confining oil floating upon the surface of a large body of water employs a horizontally deployable continuous pliable oil-resistant wall having parallel upper and lower edges. A...
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5169526 |
Rapidly deployable fluid spill containment and recovery system
This is a rapidly deployable system for containing, collecting and storing an oil or other fluid spill occurring in a body of water. A plurality of flexible, cylindrical boom sections with...
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5146996 |
Apparatus and method for thrusting a cover over a target area
Apparatus and method for thrusting a cover onto a target area from a remote location. The target area may be water containing fish or a hazardous condition such as a fire and/or a chemical spill....
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5143479 |
Carrier vessel especially suitable for oil spill containment
A boom includes a plurality of boom sections joined end to end. Each boom section includes two or more parallel inflatable chambers which are joined with a weighted curtain which is reinforced for...
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5135325 |
Emergency boom for use on a tanker
A water pollution containment device comprises a number of uniform assemblies joined to adjacent uniform assemblies around the periphery of a liquid cargo carrying vessel such as an oil tanker. The...
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5120159 |
Oil containment system for emergency use
A system for containing oil or other contaminants which have leaked from an oil tanker or similar structure is disclosed. A protective housing surrounds the structure. A plurality of covers are...
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5114272 |
Detachable boom and method for its use
The present invention discloses a detachable boom for containing and recovering fluids spilled on open water. The invention has a float system using a plurality of floats arrayed along a flexible,...
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5114273 |
Offshore platform pollution containment device
A protective device installed to or around an offshore drilling platform for oil or gas and the device when in operation to encircle or enclose the platform with a floating containment device and...
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5085538 |
Petroleum containment barrier for recovering floating petroleum
The present invention relates to a continuous containment barrier comprising a plurality of compartmentalized inflatable chambers having, attached to the bottom thereof, an impermeable keel which...
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5081582 |
Method of controlling position of on-water water curtain device
A method of controlling the position of an on-water water curtain device for building a water curtain on the water in order to stop or disperse dangerous gas leaking from a ship or to block flame...
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5074709 |
Device and method for containing fluid spills
An elongated floating boom device for containing spilled fluids such as crude oil, is disclosed. The boom device is manufactured from its constituent components at the spill site. At least one...
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5071286 |
Floating boom for confining waterborne contaminates
A horizontally elongate floating boom for confining contaminate material floating on the surface of a body of water. There is a flotation section having a substantially vertical contaminate...
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5071545 |
Ship-mounted oil spill recovery apparatus
A ship-mounted oil spill recovery apparatus includes a spill barrier in the form of a floating boom that can be placed around an oil-carrying ship or vessel to confine oil discharge in an area...
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5071287 |
Oil containment system
An oil containment system includes an inflatable boom for encircling an oil containing vessel. A spreader runs parallel with the inflatable boom and is filled with pressurized water to cause the...
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5066164 |
Spill containment device for a ship
A spill containment device for a ship such as an oil tanker includes a pouch which is mounted on the outer, uppermost hull section. The pouch completely encircles the hull. A flexible...
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5064310 |
Shipboard environmental barrier system and method
A system and method are provided for containing a contaminant in the vicinity of a water vehicle. The system comprises a barrier apparatus detachably coupled to the vehicle for operating in a...
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