Floating boom for oil-soaked material

Claim 1

Apparatus for controlling a spill of liquid pollutant on a body of water comprising: an elongate buoyant boom comprising a foraminouS fin above the boom water line extending generally horizontally toward the direction of relative water movement, an impervious fin extending upwardly from adjacent the top thereof for minimizing waves breaking over the boom, and a third fin above the boom water line on the other side of the boom from the foraminous fin, the third fin extending generally horizontally away from the direction of relative water movement; a skirt depending from the boom comprising an impervious section connected to the boom and a foraminous section depending from the impervious section; weight means carried by the skirt for reacting against water movement to maintain the lower skirt end depressed in the water; and means for positioning the boom and skirt comprising at least one elongate flexible line connected to the boom, at least one elongate flexible line connected to the lower end of the skirt, and means extending between the flexible lines for maintaining the upper and lower ends of the skirt in predetermined spaced apart relation.