Patent ID: 6363873
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: B63B,E02B,Y02A

Abstract:
Ship for recovering petroleum products floating on the surface of the sea, characterized in that it comprises:an open front part equipped with a rotary collecting drum (24) which is partially submerged and comprises longitudinal elements (32) that can be moved with respect to the external surface of this drum (24) between two positions, one projecting, one retracted, a hopper (40) situated behind the said drum (24) for collecting and recovering the petroleum products removed by this drum (24), and means (45) for transferring these petroleum products from the hopper (40) to at least one settling and storage tank (46), and in that the collecting drum (24) comprises a cylindrical outer (25) driven in rotation and equipped, at regular intervals, with longitudinal slots (28) each containing one of the said elements (32) formed of a vane (32) sliding in the corresponding slot (28) and connected to means (33, 35, 36) of movement between the projecting position for scooping up the petroleum products and the retracted position in the region of the hopper (40) for tipping these products out into the said hopper (40), the means of moving the sliding vanes (32) being formed, on the one hand, of at least one stationary cam (33) having a cylindrical portion concentric with the outer (25) and corresponding to the projecting position of the vanes (32) and a position curved in towards the centre of the outer (25) and corresponding to the retracted position of the said vanes (32) and, on the other hand, of a guide rail (35) mounted on the edge face of the said cam (33) and intended to collaborate with carriages (36) each connected to the foot (32a) of a vane (32).