(19)
(11) EP 0 211 475 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.05.1987 Bulletin 1987/22

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.02.1987 Bulletin 1987/09

(21) Application number: 86303524

(22) Date of filing: 09.05.1986
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT NL SE

(30) Priority: 10.05.1985 US 732578

(71) Applicants:
  • Beard, Harold James
     ()
  • Cox, Raleigh L.
     ()

(72) Inventor:
  • Beard, Harold James
     ()

   


(54) Skimmer system


(57) A skimmer system is provided for structures having a floor, two side walls and at least one open end, the structure being semi-submersibly positionable in a moving liquid stream. The skimmer system comprises at least one side trough having a bottom, an interior trough wall and an exterior trough wall. The exterior trough wall is coincident with the interior side of one side wall of the structure and is provided with at least one opening communicating between the interior of the trough and the exterior of the structure. The interior trough wall is provided with at least one opening communicating between the interior of the trough and the interior of the structure.







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