Patent ID: 6063274
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: E02B,Y10S

Abstract:
A self-leveling skimmer mounted on a boat for skimming a top liquid layer from atop a bottom liquid layer, the self-leveling skimmer comprising:at least one hollow body, said at least one hollow body having a lengthwise opening forming a weir on one edge surface of said opening nearest the top liquid layer, said weir having a repetitive triangular shape, said at least one hollow body having end walls at each terminal end of said at least one hollow body, said at least one hollow body having a longitudinal axis which extends transverse to a bow-to-stern axis of the boat and parallel to a surface of the top liquid layer and being independently rotatable about said longitudinal axis;a shaft rotatably connecting said at least one hollow body to the boat, said shaft being parallel to said longitudinal axis of said at least one hollow body, said shaft being rotatably connected to said end walls of said at least one hollow body at a location between a vertical plane extending through said longitudinal axis of said at least one hollow body and a vertical plane extending through the edge surface of said weir; anda suction line provided for said at least one hollow body, said suction line having an end which extends into said at least one hollow body so as to remove liquid therein.