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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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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...
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7134807 |
Submersible boom gate
A submersible boom that includes: a support system containing a substantially horizontal support member; a boom curtain formed of a flexible fabric material, the boom curtain being suspended from...
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7114879 |
Water control gate and actuator therefore
The invention relates to improved water control gates and related inflatable actuators, and associated sealing, manufacture and operation apparatus and methods. Advancements in technologies related...
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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...
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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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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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5810512 |
Method and apparatus for containment and treatment of oil and other pollutants
A marine containment boom for oil spillage body of water surrounding a cargo vessel at a dock in which the boom is selectively dropped to the sea bed by flooding the boom with an anti-freeze...
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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...
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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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5540521 |
Inflatable cushion for culturing and movement of aquatic organisms
An aqua culture facility and method using a pneumatic pump for displacement of water or other liquid located in a confined space having rigid bottom and side walls which form an interior surface of...
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5478168 |
Pollutant containment boom
An arrangement for containing oil spillage comprises an inflatable boom and suspended in the water therefrom an anti-pollution skirt and/or a deformable tube, cables and a generally horizontal...
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5470467 |
Oil spill containment and recovery system
The present invention relates to an oil containment and recovery system for confining and collecting oil spills wherein the oil spill is surrounded and contained within a floating barrier and the...
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5387055 |
Oil recovery apparatus and method
An oil recovery system includes an inflatable boom wall, a plurality of inflatable storage tanks at spaced intervals along the boom wall, and a plurality of oil catchers adjacent to each of the...
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5385427 |
Method and apparatus for containment of oil and other pollutants
A containment boom has at least a portion of a semi-flexible pipe on which a containment skirt is mounted. The boom is permanently anchored to anchors on the sea bottom. A compressor is connected...
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5374133 |
High temperature resistant floating barrier
A high temperature resistant oil containment boom having a protective cover, the cover comprising, in laminar combination, an outer layer of high temperature resistant metallic fabric, a first...
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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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5346329 |
Floating barrier method and apparatus
A float boom for retaining a floatable material, such as hydrocarbons, floating upon a liquid surface. This float boom consists of separate and sequentially arranged buoyancy chambers having...
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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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5253953 |
Boom for containing oil spills
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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5252001 |
Oil spill inflatable barrier
An apparatus for containing oil spills or the likes in a body of water. The apparatus is formed of high strength lightweight plastic material. The apparatus is filled by air and water so as to...
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5238327 |
Dual-chamber inflatable oil boom
Floating oil are containment boom sections are provided with one or a plurality of collapsible and inflatable bladders or buoyancy chambers, extending along the upper edge of the boom section's...
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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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5201607 |
Value assembly for inflating and deflating chambers of a floatable 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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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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5195842 |
Oil spill tent
An apparatus for containing and cleaning up an oil spill at an offshore oil platform in a body of water includes a hollow circular ring surrounding the oil rig and supporting a depending...
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5176467 |
Oil boom
An oil boom for containing floating oil spills having an hose with a plurality of tubing members mounted to the periphery of the hose. Each tubing member has a nozzle assembly for directing an air...
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5173008 |
Floating barrier
The invention relates to an elongated floating barrier for use in controlling and concentrating substances floating on a liquid surface, preferably oil floating on a water surface. The barrier...
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5152636 |
Reel mountable boom apparatus
A contamination containment boom section of the type adapted to contain a contaminant in a preselected location on a body of liquid, the boom having an elongated flotation body adapted to float on...
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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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5087152 |
Boom for containing oil spills and methods of deploying and retrieving same
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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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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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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5064309 |
Dockside spill containment system
A system for containing spillage from a tanker at a moorage. The system in its deflated stated state remains submerged so as not to obstruct the passage of a vessel thereover. Once a vessel is...
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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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5056958 |
Method and apparatus for recovering floating petroleum
A method and apparatus of recovering a petroleum product floating on water comprising an elongate containment barrier, having keel means, being positioned completely around the floating product to...
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5051029 |
Marine spill containment method and apparatus
Material containment apparatus and method for effectively containing spilt material floating in water around a structure such as an oil transport ship. Primary components include a protective...
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5035536 |
Oil spill retrieval system
An oil retrieval system comprising a large sheet which is adapted to be spread over an oil spill, having weights provided at the respective corners of the sheet and air bags attached to the...
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5020940 |
Water-ballasted oil spill containment boom
An elongated water ballasted oil spill containment boom made of flexible, compact, and easily storable material and having an inner and an outer chambers. When inflated with water the inner chamber...
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5004372 |
Spill containment system
A system carried aboard tankers which upon deployment serves to positively contain oil leaking therefrom. A boot sealingly engages the hull while a buoyant boom supports the periphery of an...
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4993871 |
Oil catching boom
An oil catching boom which comprises, on the one hand, an upper part in the form of a floating, flexible hose and, on the other hand, a skirt (3) attached under it and extending into the water....
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4988438 |
Oil spill corral
A elongated accordion pleated member is provided and includes inner and outer longitudinal sides. The tubular member is composed of individually inflated buoyant side-by-side alternating continuous...
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4981391 |
Inflatable portable dam for containment of hazardous liquids
An inflatable portable dam apparatus for the containment and/or collection of hazardous liquids leakage and spills. The dam will prevent damage to the environment, reduce clean-up costs, and render...
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4964758 |
Floating oil enclosure barriers an dispensing means aboard an oil tanker for discharging without the aid of surface vessels
In order to confine oil spills from a tanker quickly to prevent spreading out over the surface of water as an environmental hazard, enough barrier material is stored on the tanker for discharge to...
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4935152 |
Collector apparatus and method for recovery of oil spills, and the like
Spills such as from oil, chemicals, and the like on a body of water are recovered by overlaying the spill, or a portion thereof, with an inflatable, weighted collector. The collector may be...
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4908127 |
Device for the collection of various substances present in a liquid
Devices enabling to collect substances dispersed in a liquid or floating on the surface of a liquid. The device may be configured as a floating barrier, for example a boat or a buoy. It comprises...
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4790936 |
Collapsable oil spillage recovery system
A system for collecting an oil slick from the surface of a body of water, pumping the confined and concentrated oil to an oil/water separator balloon partially submerged in the body of water, and...
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