Anti-pollution equipment

Claim 1

A barrier for the containment and recovery of oil spilt on water, the barrier comprising a first elongate, flexible, buoyant, inflatable air chamber having a plurality of sections of reduced diameter; an elongate, flexible, inflatable ballast water chamber; an elongate, flexible oil and water discharge tube; a second elongate, flexible, buoyant, inflatable air chamber; the first air chamber, the ballast water chamber, the oil and water discharge tube and the second air chamber being joined together in side-by-side relationship; the chambers and the tube being so positioned relative to one another that, when in use on oil polluted water, the first air chamber and the ballast water chamber together form a barrier for oil spilt on water except in the sections of reduced diameter of the air chamber, these sections and the ballast water chamber defining a series of weirs for oil and water to pass into a gallery; the gallery being formed by the ballast water chamber, the oil and water discharge tube and the second air chamber; the oil and water discharge tube being provided with means to remove oil and water from the gallery.