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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1999
Gérard Marbach, Cernay, FR;
Sevylor International, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Abstract
A water catchment device floating at the surface (,) of a basin comprising: a floating support (,) having a support base (,); and a skimmer (,) retained on the base (,) and comprising a skimmer body (,) which can be vertically displaced above the base (,), the skimmer body (,) having a base (,) which has at least one auxiliary passage (,) designed to be closed off by the base (,) when the skimmer body (,) is resting thereon, and a floating dish (,) which sits at the top of the skimmer body (,) during abnormal operation due to excessive buoyancy caused by inadequate filling with water, in which case the skimmer body becomes buoyant and rises above the base releasing the auxiliary passage (,) by which the water enters the skimmer body, from where it is pumped.