Pollution suction water sweeper

Claim 1

In a pollution suction water sweeper, the combination of a ship, tugs, and a floating harvesting ring in front of said ship, and means to collect oil from a sea surface, said means comprising intake lines extending from said ring to an oil collection tank system located inside a hold of said ship, said ring comprising an elongated assembly which at its opposite ends comprises a flexible empty accordian-like hose that includes a weighed apron, and a central portion with a front side and a rear side between said hoses comprising a skimmer consisting of a hose with the interior of said hose connected to said intake lines, said skimmer hose having a plurality of spaced apart, transverse extending vertically slitted openings that are located on said front side of said skimmer hose so to admit said oil to the interior of said central hose portion, the ends of said harvesting ring being connected to director tugs in front of said ship and which tugs pull said ring ends in a forward direction, said tugs being guided by electronic signals from a control station within said ship, said collection tank system comprising a series of tanks through which a collected mixture of sea water and oil is progressively passed in series whereby oil may be collected therein and separated water discharged from said tanks by pump means.