Patent ID: 9464395
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: B63B,E02B,Y02A

Claim Text:
1. An oil skimmer assembly for collecting an oil and water mixture found in the surface layer of a body of water and for use with a water vessel having a hull and deck forming a bow section, a mid-section and a stern section, at least one of the bow section or the stern section having an rake exterior wall surface, said surface having an upper edge section and a lower edge section, the oil skimmer comprising: a. a pair of separated side walls, each side wall affixable to the rake exterior wall surface and each side wall having an upper edge section and a lower edge section, wherein each side wall is structured to permit its lower edge section to be affixed to the exterior rake wall surface lower edge section and to permit its upper edge section to extend above the surface layer of the body of water; b. a skimmer bottom plate extending between and affixed to the pair of separated side walls, the skimmer bottom plate having with a rearward edge at least one opening; c. an adjustable weir assembly comprising a weir affixed to and extending upward between the at least one opening and the rearward edge; d. wherein the side walls, the skimmer bottom plate and the weir assembly when affixed to the rake exterior wall surface form a skimming entrance into which the oil and water mixture can enter; and e. wherein said skimmer bottom plate is affixed to the side walls at about the same depth that the side walls are affixed to the exterior rake wall surface lower edge section.