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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1976
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sven Gunnar Fast, Sandviken, SW;
Assignee:
Sandco Limited, Ottawa, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2102 / ; 210D / ; 210400 ; 210526 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to apparatus for collecting oil or other floating substances from a water surface, comprising a boat having a holding tank and at least one belt conveyor having its lower end submerged and its upper end in communication with the holding tank so that oil or other floating substances are removed from the water and conveyed to the holding tank as the boat progresses through the water.