Device for recovering pollutants spilled on water or on the ground

摘要

PCT No. PCT/FR95/00585 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 5, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 5, 1996 PCT Filed May 5, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/30798 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 16, 1995An apparatus for recovering floating materials, including a compartment with a weir for receiving the material to be recovered and a system for emptying the compartment. The weir forms at least one clean float at least partially immersed in the recovery compartment. The apparatus is remarkable in that the weir is connected to at least one float borne by a body of water outside the compartment so that it is sensitive both to changes of the level in the compartment and to the relative movement of the body of water outside. The connection between the weir and the outside float is advantageously provided by an assembly enabling relative motion between the weir and the outside float.