VACUUM SKIMMING APPARATUS FOR REMOVING LIQUID CONTAMINANTS FLOATING IN CONFINED BODIES OF WATER

摘要

A boat-mounted vacuum system for removing floating liquid contaminants, such as oil spills, particularly from confined bodies of waters such as harbors, bays, and the like. The system employs one or more water jet eductors for creating a vacuum in a vacuum tank located between the suction heads and the pump supplying high pressure water to the eductors so that the pump does not lose its prime when the suction heads are lifted off the water surface from which it is collecting the contaminants.