Vertical barrier for instantaneous placement in the water and immediately unfoldable, permitting the screening-off or enclosing of a layer of oil or hydrocarbon spread on the surface of the water.

摘要

1. Vertical barrier intended to arrest or shift a hydrocarbon layer floating on water and comprising a skirt (1) of flexible material connected to elongate floats (2) provided with a ballast (5) at one end thereof so as to float vertically in water and maintain the skirt in a vertical position, characterized in that the floats (2) are connected to one another by a flexible connecting means (3, 4, 6), independent from the skirt (1), and which, during towing, is taught while the skirt is not so.