Patent ID: 8404122

Claim:
A system for collecting oil from the surface of a body of water, comprising: a. an articulating arm, having a first end secured to a base and a second end extending above the body of water; b. an oil collection portion, comprising a funnel shaped member with a large open end suspended from the second end of the articulating arm, and further comprising an angulated wall portion terminating in an apex at an upper end of the open funnel shaped member; c. a line extending from a pump to an oil collection vessel, so that when the funnel shaped member is lowered into the water, oil floating on the water will become more concentrated as the oil is moved from the large open end of the funnel shaped member to the apex of the funnel shaped member; and d. said pump secured to and communicating with the apex end of the funnel shaped member to pump the oil that is concentrated at the apex of the funnel shaped member to the oil collection vessel.