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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:
Nov. 16, 1976
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eldon L Grimes, Seattle, WA (US);
David W Lerch, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Marine Construction & Design Co., Seattle, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; E02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210 / ; 210D / ; 2102 / ;
Abstract
An oil spill recovery method and apparatus utilizing a low-resistance flow-through endless belt of reticular oleophilic, hydrophobic material and forced flow of water with oil through the belt through induction effected by propulsion means operating at a position immediately behind and beneath the submerged active portion of the belt.