GEAR TO SKIM OIL PRODUCTS Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: equipment cleaning water surfaces from oil products. SUBSTANCE: invention can also be utilized in settlers and accumulators while purifying rain and shower water and sewage, in gathering of oil products from surfaces of natural water areas. Gear has floating frame in the form of dish open from beneath, cylindrical drum skimming oil products with drive and horizontal rotation axis bordering on side wall of frame on side oil product gathering with formation of conduit for passage of oil products in it. Drum skimming oil products comes in the form of worm placed in tube. One end of tube with worm finishes above dish and the other on water surface. Tube is hinged to sidewall of frame allowing angle included between its axis and water surface to vary between 3 and 15 degrees. EFFECT: enhanced functional efficiency of gear skimming oil products with enlargement of assortment of gathered oil products both by viscosity and thickness of layer, raised operational reliability even in presence of little debris. 1 dwg