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A device for separating the oil from an oil/water mixture collected in the bilge of a marine craft immediately prior to draining water from the craft in order to meet U.S. Coast Guard standards and eliminate or substantially reduce the discharge of pollutants, such as oil, into waterways when the bi

A device for separating the oil from an oil/water mixture collected in the bilge of a marine craft immediately prior to draining water from the craft in order to meet U.S. Coast Guard standards and eliminate or substantially reduce the discharge of pollutants, such as oil, into waterways when the bilge pump of the marine craft is activated in the conventional manner.

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An oil and water separation assembly primarily used on marine craft for separating pollutants from water discharged from the bilge of the craft, said assembly comprising: a. a container structured to hold liquid and having an elongated configuration oriented in a substantially upright position, b. i

An oil and water separation assembly primarily used on marine craft for separating pollutants from water discharged from the bilge of the craft, said assembly comprising: a. a container structured to hold liquid and having an elongated configuration oriented in a substantially upright position, b. inlet means for allowing an inflow of oil/water mixture into said container and including a fill conduit having an open discharge end located at an upper interior end of the container, c. dispersion means mounted in liquid receiving and contacting relation to said discharge end of said fill conduit and structured and configured to dispense liquid flow issuing from said discharge end in a transverse, substantially radial path of flow relative thereto, d. said dispersion means comprising a dispersion plate movably disposed relative to said fill conduit and having a dispersion surface extending outwardly from said fill conduit and disposed in liquid receiving relation to the oil/water mixture issuing from said discharge end of said conduit, e. a discharge means at least partially located at a bottom end of said container in receiving relation to separated water for the exiting thereof from the container interior, f. oil outlet means located above said discharge means and in fluid receiving relation to separated oil floating on the surface of the collected and separated water, and g. vent means on said container for venting interior portions of the container to atmosphere.