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US 10,653,119 B2Granted
Device for inverting floating oyster cages
OwnerClifford A. Goudey, William H. Mookinventors
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Abstract
The present invention solves the problem of flipping floating oyster cages by using a rotating system that lifts one side of the oyster cage while depressing the other side. The resulting rotation torque is able to invert the oyster cage to allow the cage and the oysters to temporarily dry out as a way of controlling marine biofouling. The invention may be mounted on a boat or between two boats and can sequentially flip the oyster cages along an anchored string.
Claims19
An apparatus for flipping a floating oyster cage comprising:
- a fixed ring;
- a rotatable ring rotatable concentric with the fixed ring;
- a means of rotating the rotatable ring relative to and concentric with the fixed ring;
- and
- a plurality of supports fixed on an interior surface of the rotatable ring such that one support extends at a first angle to the interior surface and a second support extends at the same first angle to the interior surface and the one support is spaced 180 degrees from the second support along a circumference of the rotatable ring on the interior surface, the plurality of supports receive and support the floating oyster cage in a first position;
- wherein, in operation, the rotatable ring rotating with respect to the fixed ring to cause the supported floating oyster cage to rotate to an inverted position from the first position as the rotating ring rotates.
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An apparatus for flipping a floating oyster cage comprising:
- a boat;
- a support structure mounted on the boat;
- and
- a mechanical flipping device attached to the support structure comprising:
- a fixed ring;
- a rotatable ring rotatable concentric with the fixed ring;
- a means of rotating the rotatable ring relative to and concentric with the fixed ring;
- and
- a plurality of supports fixed on an interior surface of the rotatable ring such that one support extends at a first angle to the interior surface and a second support extends at the same first angle to the interior surface and the one support is spaced 180 degrees from the second support along a circumference of the rotatable ring on the interior surface, the plurality of supports receive and support the floating oyster cage in a first position;
- wherein, in operation, the rotatable ring rotating with respect to the fixed ring to cause the supported floating oyster cage to rotate to an inverted position from the first position as the rotating ring rotates.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.