| 摘要 |
A craft of catamaran type for skimming oil from the surface of water comprises a pair of hulls (1,2) having a body (3) of smaller draught therebetween, a generally flat bottom surface of the body being perforated to allow the oil and water to flow into the interior of the body. The hulls (1,2) are each divided into a plurality of compartments by transverse bulkheads (11) having apertures (12) in their lower portions. The interior of body (3) communicates with the foremost compartment in each hull. A suction pump (9) in the aft of the body (3) causes the oil and water to flow from fore to aft through the compartments in each hull (1,2) the oil being skimmed from the water during its passage through the bulkhead apertures (12) and accumulating in the compartments. Water ejected from the rearmost compartments may be fed to ejector means (14) to impart forward motion to the craft. <IMAGE> |
