Storage Apparatus for Aquatic Animals
OwnerJacqueline Rachel Day, Alistair Renfrew Jerrettinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus for storing aquatic animals comprises a tank for receipt of the aquatic animals, and an arrangement to create a foam environment in the interior of the tank such that at least a majority of the aquatic animals when stored in the tank are submerged in foam. The arrangement to create a foam environment may be configured to deliver a synthetic foam to the interior of the tank, or may be configured to generate the foam, preferably from the natural proteins of the aquatic animals. A fluid recirculation arrangement may recirculate fluid to generate the foam.
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An apparatus for storing aquatic animals, comprising
- a tank for receipt of a plurality of aquatic animals, said tank having an interior with an upper region, the interior of the tank further having a lower region for receipt of the aquatic animals;
- and
- means for delivering foam comprising one or more foam outlets positioned in the upper region of the tank to deliver foam to the interior of the tank to form a foam environment in the lower region of the interior of the tank, such that at least a majority of the aquatic animals when stored in the lower region of the interior of the tank are submerged in foam.
An apparatus for storing aquatic animals, comprising
- a tank for receipt of a plurality of aquatic animals, said tank having an interior with an upper region, the interior of the tank further having a lower region for receipt of the aquatic animals, and
- means for recirculating fluid from the lower region of the interior of the tank in which the aquatic animals are stored to the upper region of the interior of the tank and through one or more outlets into the upper region of the interior of the tank, such that the fluid passes over at least a majority of the aquatic animals when stored in the tank and the natural proteins of the aquatic animals create a foam as the fluid is recirculated, whereby at least a majority of the aquatic animals when stored in the tank are submerged in foam.
A method of storing aquatic animals, comprising the steps of
- providing a tank having an interior;
- loading a plurality of aquatic animals into the interior of the tank;
- and
- delivering foam to the interior of the tank in an amount sufficient to submerge at least a majority of the aquatic animals in the tank in the foam.
A method of storing aquatic animals, comprising the steps of
- providing a tank having an interior, wherein the interior of the tank comprises an upper region, the interior further comprising a lower region for receipt of aquatic animals;
- loading a plurality of aquatic animals into the lower region of the interior of the tank;
- filling at least a portion of the tank with liquid;
- and then
- recirculating the liquid from the lower region of the interior to the upper region of the interior through one or more outlets positioned in the upper region of the interior of the tank and downwardly around at least a majority of the aquatic animals in the lower region of the interior of the tank under the influence of gravity to generate foam from the natural proteins of the aquatic animals in an amount sufficient to submerge at least a majority of the aquatic animals in the tank in the foam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.