Removal of lipophilic liquids from water, used e.g. in sewage works and for adsorbing heavy metal compounds, treating oil spill and detoxification of waters, uses buoyant body with numerous string-like appendages extending from surface

Removal of liquid, lipophilic materials from water uses the surface of a buoyant body with numerous string-like appendages that extend away from its surface like spines or tentacles and, because of their structure, pick up liquid and lipophilic materials from the water.