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Apparatus and methods for the guidance of fish

US9596836B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

Smith-Root, Inc. · US

Inventors

Lee Roy Carstensen · Vancouver, US
John Parkin · St Andrews, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 12, 2013
Grant date	Mar 21, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 12, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE02B1/006
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An aquatic electrical barrier that has the electrodes configured in a matrix array configuration, where each electrode element of the matrix array is mounted either directly on the bottom of a water channel or on extendable rods; the matrix array is controlled so that aquatic species may be physically moved by the aquatic species physiological response to a time-varying and spatially-varying electrical field.

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