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US 10,688,541 B2Granted
Portable shellfish basket washer
AssigneesMorgan State University, Chesapeake Island Oysters, LLC
InventorsTed Cooney, Donghee Kang
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Abstract
A shellfish basket washing apparatus configured to hang over the side rail of an oyster harvester or other boat having a support assembly arranged to straddle and be supported on said side rail, a basket holder and a high pressure nozzle assembly connected to a water side of said support assembly, and a working platform, including a pressure washer pump and a water tank, connected to an onboard side of said support assembly.
Claims11
A shellfish basket washing apparatus comprising:
- a support assembly;
- a shellfish basket holder configured to rotatably hold a shellfish basket therein;
- said shellfish basket holder pivotally attached to and configured to hang from a first side of said support assembly;
- a nozzle support assembly also attached to said first side of said support assembly, said nozzle support assembly comprising a plurality of high pressure nozzles oriented to direct high pressure water into open sides of said shellfish basket holder;
- a working platform attached to a second side of said support assembly;
- a pressure washer pump supported on said working platform;
- a water tank supported on said working platform and connected to said pressure washer pump by a water supply line;
- a first high pressure water supply line connecting said pressure washer pump to said plurality of high pressure nozzles for supplying water under pressure to said high pressure nozzles;
- wherein the apparatus is configured so that the support assembly may be supported on a side rail of a boat, with said shellfish basket holder hanging from said first side of said support assembly over a body of water in which the boat rests, and said working platform is hanging from a second side of said support assembly on an onboard side of said boat side rail or resting on a deck of said boat adjacent said boat side rail.
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A shellfish basket washing apparatus comprising:
- a support frame having a first side portion, a second side portion, and a center portion interposed between said first side portion and said second side portion, said center portion configured to rest on and be supported by a side rail of a boat;
- a shellfish basket holder pivotally attached to and suspended from said first side portion of said support frame;
- a nozzle support assembly attached to said first side portion of said support frame, said nozzle support assembly comprising a plurality of high pressure nozzles oriented to direct high pressure water into open sides of said shellfish basket holder;
- a working platform attached to and suspended from said second side portion of said support assembly;
- a pressure washer pump supported on said working platform;
- a water tank supported on said working platform and connected to said pressure washer pump by a water supply line;
- a first high pressure water supply line connecting said pressure washer pump to said plurality of high pressure nozzles for supplying water under pressure to said high pressure nozzles;
- wherein the apparatus is configured so that the support assembly may be supported on a side rail of a boat, with said shellfish basket holder hanging from said first side portion of said support frame over a body of water in which the boat rests, and said working platform is hanging from a second side portion of said support frame on an onboard side of said boat side rail or resting on a deck of said boat adjacent said boat side rail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.