US 12,221,194 B2
Solar boat for easy collection of spilled oil and garbage
Chan Woo Lee, Jeollabuk-do (KR); Wang Seon Lee, Jeollanam-do (KR); Byeong Yeong Mun, Jeollanam-do (KR); and Yun Seo Cheon, Jeollabuk-do (KR)
Assigned to K-MARINE CO., LTD., (KR)
Filed by K-MARINE CO., LTD., Jeollabuk-do (KR)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/895,155.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0190781 (KR), filed on Dec. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202622 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B63B 35/32 (2006.01); B63B 35/44 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2023.01); C02F 1/28 (2023.01); C02F 1/40 (2023.01); C02F 103/00 (2006.01); C02F 103/08 (2006.01); E02B 15/04 (2006.01); E02B 15/10 (2006.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.01); H02S 40/10 (2014.01)
CPC B63B 35/32 (2013.01) [B63B 35/44 (2013.01); C02F 1/001 (2013.01); C02F 1/28 (2013.01); C02F 1/40 (2013.01); E02B 15/045 (2013.01); E02B 15/048 (2013.01); E02B 15/104 (2013.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.12); H02S 40/10 (2014.12); B63B 2035/4453 (2013.01); C02F 2103/007 (2013.01); C02F 2103/08 (2013.01); C02F 2201/008 (2013.01); C02F 2201/009 (2013.01); C02F 2209/05 (2013.01); C02F 2303/16 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solar boat for easy collection of spilled oil and garbage, comprising: a cabin unit; a boat body consisting of a pair of ship bottoms having a structure that is symmetrical left and right and spaced apart below the cabin unit; a solar panel unit provided above the cabin unit and configured to convert solar energy into electrical energy; a collection and transfer unit provided between the pair of ship bottoms, driven by the electric energy supplied from the solar panel unit, and configured to collect spilled oil and garbage into the inside of the boat body; a garbage storage unit; and a spilled oil storage unit, wherein the collection and transfer unit comprises a rotating conveyor belt, and an oil adsorption member and a collection member that are attached to and detached from the conveyor belt; wherein an end of the conveyor belt further comprises a steam spray nozzle configured to separate the spilled oil from the oil adsorption member, the collection member, and the garbage by spraying hot steam, and to move the spilled oil to the spilled oil storage unit; wherein a front side of the pair of ship bottoms further comprises a water inlet configured to introduce water, the inside of the pair of ship bottoms further comprises a filtration unit configured to remove impurities from the water introduced during operation through the water inlet and a heating unit configured to heat the water from which impurities have been removed, and hot steam heated by the heating unit is ejected onto the oil adsorption member, the collection member, and the garbage through the steam spray nozzle, thereby performing a role of separating the spilled oil and moving it to the spilled oil storage unit; wherein the filtration unit further comprises a salinity measurement unit configured to measure the salinity of the water from which impurities have been removed and a salinity adjustment unit configured to adjust the salinity of the water from which impurities have been removed.