Patent ID: 6406621
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: B01D,E02B,E04H,Y02E

Abstract:
A skimmer assembly for attachment to a fluid suction device, the fluid suction device to provide for a drawing of a fluid from a surface of a body of the fluid through the skimmer assembly during a skimming procedure, the skimmer assembly comprising:a) a transfer conduit having an inlet member attachment end and a fluid suction device attachment end, the fluid suction device attachment end attached to the fluid suction device and wherein the transfer conduit provides for a containment of the fluid during the drawing of the fluid from the surface of the body of the fluid at least immediately prior to reaching the fluid suction device; b) an inlet member having a wall member radially disposed about a passageway therethrough with an inlet opening positioned at one end of the passageway and an outlet opening positioned at the opposing end of the passageway and wherein the inlet opening provides for a passage thereinto of the fluid during the skimming procedure and wherein the inlet member attachment end of the transfer conduit is attached to the inlet member wherein at least a portion of the transfer conduit is radially disposed about the outlet opening of the inlet member; c) floatation means to provide for a continual buoyancy, the continual buoyancy of the floatation means to provide for the inlet member to float within the body of the fluid during occasions while the skimming procedure is not occurring; d) free floating means to provide for the inlet opening of the inlet member to float beneath the surface of the body of the fluid while drifting about the body of the fluid during occasions while the skimming procedure is occurring.