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Rheotactic shrimp harvester

US4607595A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 25, 1985
Grant dateAug 26, 1986
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Expiry dateMar 25, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01K61/90
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rheotactic shrimp harvester wherein an inclined ramp having a slot extends between adjacent water tanks and water is caused to flow down the ramp from one tank to another. The shrimp reacting to the current of water flowing down the ramp move upstream on the ramp; the smaller shrimp pass through the slot in the ramp and return to the original tank while the larger shrimp go over the slot and into the next tank.

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