Automatic grading system for living aquatic organisms
AssigneeVaki Fiskeldiskerfi HF
InventorsSverrir Hakonarson, Gunnar Sigvaldi Hilmarsson, Albert Ingi Haraldsson, Hermann Kristjansson
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Abstract
A device for grading aquatic organisms is disclosed. The device includes a pump, a grader, two or more receptacles for receiving aquatic organisms from the grader, a counter, and a control system. The grader comprises a rotating barrel with a plurality of chambers, a bottom part of each of the plurality of chambers having an adjustable slit. The control system is designed to adjust at least one of a rotation rate of the grader or a slit setting of the grader based on information from the counter.
Claims18
A device for grading organisms, the device comprising:
- a pump;
- a grader;
- two or more receptacles for receiving graded aquatic organisms from the grader;
- a counter configured to provide measurements of a rate at which fluid is moving through the device;
- and
- a control system,
- wherein the control system is configured to adjust settings for the pump through a feed-back loop between the counter and the pump based on the measurements of the rate at which fluid is moving through the device, wherein the control system is configured to calculate optimal settings of the pump based on data stored in a database and to send updated settings parameters to the pump during the grading process.
A system for grading aquatic organisms, the system comprising:
- a pump;
- a grader;
- a first in-feed channel for a flow of aquatic organisms in a fluid;
- a sensor for detecting a density of aquatic organisms;
- a second in-feed channel for a flow of fluid;
- a concentration control chamber, the concentration control chamber including a valve;
- and
- a control system, the control system configured to regulate, with the valve, a ratio of flow from the first in-feed channel and the second in-feed channel to the grader in response to the density of aquatic organisms detected by the sensor.
A device for grading aquatic organisms, the device comprising:
- a first in-feed channel for a flow of aquatic organisms in a fluid;
- a sensor for detecting a density of aquatic organisms;
- a second in-feed channel for a flow of fluid;
- a concentration control chamber, the concentration control chamber including a valve;
- a grader;
- a counter;
- and
- a control system, wherein the control system is designed to:
- regulate, with the valve, a ratio of flow from the first in-feed channel and the second in-feed channel to the grader in response to the density of aquatic organisms detected by the sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.