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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. 07, 1996
Filed:
May. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin J O'Brien, Victoria, AU;
Gavan J Prendergast, Victoria, AU;
Assignee:
Conoco Specialty Products Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; E02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210167 ; 2101951 ; 2102212 ; 2102421 ; 2102423 ; 210252 ; 210258 ; 210259 ; 2105121 ; 210538 ; 210923 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for treating contaminated, e.g. oily, water including a floating skimmer (3) for skimming the surface of the contaminated water (2). The contaminated water from the skimmer is fed to a hydrocyclone (6) for separation of the water and contaminant. The hydrocarbon rich stream from the hydrocyclone undergoes further separation using a spear (8).