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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:
May. 14, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
J David Eller, Deerfield Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
M & W Pump Corporation, Deerfield Beach, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210776 ; 2102423 ; 210258 ; 210923 ;
Abstract
There are disclosed a method of and system including a ship for recovery of oil from an oil spill. The system includes an ocean-going ship having a floating intake device with large submersible pumps; a clarifier system in the ship for separating the oil form the water; a discharge system for discharging the separated water; a bow thruster for laterally positioning the bow; a plurality of other vessels using floatable oil recovery booms for containing the spill and urging it toward the oil recovery ship, and pumps for pumping the processed oil back to shore or to another ship.