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Aquaculture fish pen with mortality trap

US11213019B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Innovasea Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

Joseph L. Laughlin · Medford, US
Todd S. Vangsness · Stow, US
Todd Matthew Shipman · Boston, US
Craig McCarthy · Anderson, US
Harrison P. Zimmer · Bainbridge Island, US
Shane Taylor · Amherst, US
Bradford J. Rodgers · Yarmouth, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 18, 2020
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 26, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02A40/81
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A mort trap assembly includes an upper ramp with a top end, a first bottom end, and an outer edge that is fixedly attached to an inner edge of a slide. A retaining chamber is located below the upper ramp and includes a first entry port located below the first bottom end of the upper ramp. A lower ramp has a top end spaced away from the upper ramp, and a first bottom end located at a bottom of the first entry port of the retaining chamber, and a purge pipe fluidly connected to the retaining chamber. The upper ramp is configured to receive morts from the slide, and the lower ramp is configured to receive the morts from the upper ramp and to direct the received morts into the first entry port.

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