APPARATUS FOR REMOVING OIL FROM A BODY OF WATER

摘要

Apparatus and method for removing a liquid hydrocarbon material, such as oil, from a water surface wherein the apparatus includes a collection surface which is moved into and out of the water, the collection surface being made of a material including a high molecular weight solid hydrocarbon which is wettable with oil so that when the surface emerges from the water the oil collected by adsorption is wiped from the surface and collected.