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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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
6818127 Rain collection system  
A rain collection system for collecting and storing rainwater. The rain collection system includes a collection assembly being designed for being positioned on a support surface. The collection...
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...
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...
6112769 Rose end assembly  
A hose end assembly comprises an adaptor (30) connected to one end of a cable conduit hose (10) for containing liquid medium. The adaptor comprises a body (32) having a barbed extension (44) and a...
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...
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...
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...
5580185 Oil containment boom  
A system for containing and collecting oil spills and other water surface contaminants is provided. More specifically, the invention comprises a plurality of oil containment boom sections adapted...
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...
5533832 Oil spill containment and recovery system  
A petroleum product spill containment and recovery system is disclosed which comprises circumventing an off-shore spill with multiple containment float/recovery trough sections for collecting the...
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...
5509756 Oil boom end connector  
An end connector for use with oil containment booms, wherein the connector design utilizes a stress distribution technique which avoids the need for proximal end flanges, internal cavity traction...
5269627 Spar for oil spill containing boom  
The boom comprises a series of mesh bands connected end-to-end by buoyant spars to form an oil-containing wall for isolating and oil spill recovery. Bands of the boom are made of oil-impermeable...
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...
5242243 Floating breakwater device  
A floating breakwater device for attenuating waves includes an elongated frame extending vertically between an upper end and a lower end. A buoyant member is attached to the frame to support the...
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...
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...
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...
5190402 Fire resistant connector for oil containment booms  
The present invention relates to a fire resistant boom connector for connecting adjacent oil containment booms. The boom connector includes cooperating connector portions, each of which include a...
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...
5181802 Oil collector  
An absorbent oil collector is used as an oil spill combating apparatus and based on the use of an oil-absorbent material, e.g. a specially prepared wood fiber mass. In order to provide an oil...
5102262 Fence for enclosing impurities floating on water  
A fence for enclosing impurities floating on water including a series of bands of two-ply material with the two plies fused together in selected areas including the entire upper edge and with...
5102261 Floating containment boom  
A floating containment boom for containment and isolation of waterborne pollutants, such as oil, silt, medical waste, bacteria, debris, and suspended particulates. The containment boom is comprised...
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...
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...
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....
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...
4626132 Oil containment barge assembly  
An apparatus for containing an oil spill floating on a body of water, including a plurality of barges attached end-to-end in an endless configuration, or circle, around the oil spill, and in which...
4511285 Oil-clearing element having two or more movable floating bodies  
The present invention provides a flexible, rectangular wall (1) which can be immersed purely vertically in a waterway and kept partially immersed by means of sheet-shaped floating bodies (5-6)...
4472842 Pool skimmer and method of using it  
A pool skimmer having an elongated, floating barrier constructed of a plurality of rigid, elongated floats disposed in end-to-end relation and covered by flexible netting, one end of the barrier...
4425053 Oil fence arrangement  
An oil fence arrangement for effectively preventing oil spills from spreading or diffusing over the surface of the sea. The arrangement is of a double wall construction and can fold into a small...
4422797 Fire resistant oil spill control boom  
A fire resistant spillage containment boom comprising a plurality of units connected together, each of the units comprising a float member and panels extending vertically above and below the float...
4367979 Connector device  
A connector device for joining the ends of oil boom sections comprising two connector members (1, 2) and co-operating oppositely arranged channel portions (9, 9') which are readily interengageable...
4333726 Water barrier flotation curtain  
The present invention relates to a so-called water barrier flotation curtain, i.e., a device for confining floating water contaminants, particularly oil, and is more particularly concerned with a...
4320990 Oil boom  
An oil boom comprises a plurality of collapsible support members, particularly hinged polypropylene mouldings, detachably strung together, apparatus to hold said support members in the non...
4300857 Marine barrier  
A marine barrier adapted for deployment as a curtain to divert the flow of water or for use as an oil containment boom and a method for installation thereof. The barrier typically includes a...
4300856 Compactable, foldable, floatable, boom-fence to quickly control the spread of contaminates over water surfaces  
A compactable, foldable, floatable, continuous, boom-fence is quickly and readily launched, often from the deck of a boat, via accordian-like folded sections, in turn quickly interconnected to like...
4295756 Floating boom end connectors  
A floating boom end connector, for joining the end of an elongated floating material containment boom to the juxtaposed end of a similar boom or to a towing or anchoring plate, incorporates a...
4279538 Anti-pollution and antifire floating barrier  
The barrier of this invention is formed by barrier sections and each of them can be wound up about a reel or bobbin, which is pivotably mounted within a main floating hollow element, which not only...
4269538 Barrier attached to the side of a ship  
A barrier is attached to the side of a ship and extends outwardly therefrom. The barrier, in a transition region at the side of the ship, increases in height toward the side of the ship, thus...
4258640 Large-scale protective device for tabular icebergs or floating structures  
A large-scale protective device in accordance with the invention comprises an assembly of two types of unit, rigid cylindrical floating towers (3 to 6) and elastic connecting units (7, 8, 9)...
4249834 Oil spill containment device for aquatic vessels  
Disclosed herein is an oil spill containment device for aquatic vessels including a flotation collar structure surrounding the periphery of the vessel to be contained, apparatus for deploying this...
4208287 Oil spill skimmer  
A floating vessel is provided with an oil-receiving tank, the front of which has a horizontal sill near the top of the tank. The tank is provided with a chamber for water ballast, to which water is...
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