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公开(公告)号:US3732161A
公开(公告)日:1973-05-08
申请号:US3732161D
申请日:1971-01-22
Applicant: STANDARD OIL CO
CPC classification number: E02B15/104 , Y02A20/204 , Y10S210/923 , Y10S210/924
Abstract: OIL, SOLID PARTICLES SUCH AS BIOLOGICAL SLIME AND FLOATING DEBRIS, ETC., ARE REMOVED FROM WATER BY AN APPARATUS INCLUDING ENDLESS CHAIN MEANS MADE UP OF A SERIES OF INTERCONNECTED FORAMINOUS CHAMBERS HOLDING A REGENERABLE POROUS FILTER MATERIAL SUCH AS POLYURETHANE. PREFERABLY, THE FILTER MATERIAL HAS AN OUTER LARGE PORE SECTION AND AN INNER SMALL PORE SECTION. A PLURALITY OF BUCKETS ARE ATTACHED TO THE CHAIN MEANS AND, AS THE CHAIN MEANS MOVES THROUGH A CLOSED LOOP PATH, THESE BUCKETS CATCH DEBRIS AND DUMP IT INTO A HOLDING BIN. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE FILTER MARIAL ABSORBS SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE OIL AND THE LIKE FROM WATER TRAVELING THROUGH THE FILTER MATERIAL. THE FILTER MATERIAL IS REGENERATED BY SQEEZING THE FILTER MATERIAL TO RELEASE THE OIL.