Patents by Inventor George H. Rolls

George H. Rolls has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Separating one liquid from another
    Patent number: 4377478
    Abstract: Apparatus for, and method of, removing oil 33 from oil-contaminated water which is operable in heavy seas and which does not require more than one self-propelled craft for its efficient operation is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a collapsible net 31 which floats on the water and adsorbs oil in preference to water, and means to reciprocate the net between a floating disposition and a storage disposition, through desorbing means 36 to remove oil from the net.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1983
    Assignees: Star Offshore Services Limited, Oil Mop (UK) Limited
    Inventors: George H. Rolls, Andrew J. Beveridge, Ronald T. Challener, William Stuart
  • Recovery of oil
    Patent number: 4356089
    Abstract: Oil is removed from water surfaces by advancing a continuous loop of oil adsorbent material past the front of a boom which is moving relative to the water to accumulate oil ahead of it and then through an oil desorbing means. The invention also provides a method of and apparatus for removing oil in which the loop is advanced through a floating rope guide means and then through a desorbing means on a vessel towing the guide means by flexible connecting members which keep slack the runs of rope loop between the vessel and the guide means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1982
    Assignee: Oil Mop (U.K.) Limited
    Inventors: Ronald T. Challener, George H. Rolls