| 摘要 |
An apparatus for skimming floating debris from an enclosed vessel of water wherein a circular current of water occurs, said apparatus comprising a frame defining an inlet portion positioned upstream and an outlet portion covered with netting positioned downstream. A collection area, also covered with netting and located at one end of the inlet portion, extends upstream from and with its open end perpendicular to the inlet portion so that the leading edge of the collection area sufficiently impedes the current along its permeable leading edge. This impediment induces a lateral current internal to the apparatus which causes a substantial portion of the floating debris entering the apparatus to be accumulated in the collection area out of the main flow of the current, rather than accumulating at the netting-covered outlet portion of the apparatus. This lateral collection area with its accompanying lateral current flow improves the ability of the apparatus to prevent debris from leaving the apparatus once captured.
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