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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2009
M. Thomas Hobson, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Brian Slone, Hammond, LA (US);
Wallace J. Landry, Iii, Metairie, LA (US);
Richard Forbes, Lafitte, LA (US);
M. Thomas Hobson, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Brian Slone, Hammond, LA (US);
Wallace J. Landry, III, Metairie, LA (US);
Richard Forbes, Lafitte, LA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for skimming oil and other liquid hydrocarbons and contaminates floating at the surface of a body of water or other suspending liquid. A rigid skimming surface such as a drum or disc is floatably supported on pontoons. The skimming surface is rotatable about an axis substantially parallel to the water surface. The skimming surface is covered with removably attached sorbent material which improves the efficiency of the oil recovery operation and which, when worn or soggy, can be removed and discarded without discarding the skimming surface.