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US 10,517,279 B2Granted
Submersible net pen system
AssigneeHextech Canada Ltd.
InventorMichael Thomas Meeker
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Abstract
There is disclosed herein a submersible net pen system for receiving a net. The system includes a plurality of support members, a plurality of span members connecting the support members together to define a pen volume, one or more chambers defined by one or more of the span members and the support members, and one or more compressors in fluid communication with the chambers to selectively inflate the chambers.
Claims19
A submersible pen system comprising:
- a cage defining a pen volume and configured to support a net for maintaining a fish farm within the pen volume, the cage including a support tube that defines at least two variable buoyancy chambers in fluid isolation from one another, the cage including a span member that is coupled to the support tube by a hinge assembly, the hinge assembly having a first component and a second component that are coupled together between the span member and the support tube, the first component having a first pivot axis and the second component having a second pivot axis transverse to the first pivot axis, the first and second components pivotable relative to one another to enable polyaxial movement between the span member and the support tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.