Fish sedating device
AssigneeNishinihon Nichimo Co.,Ltd.
InventorsSho ITO, Satoshi IKEDA, Ryosuke TANAKA
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Abstract
[Problem] To provide a fish sedating device capable of reliably energizing and sedating fish to satisfactorily perform a slaughter operation. [Solution] The fish sedating device includes fish placement means 3 on which fish F can be placed, electrodes 4a and 4b that energize the fish F placed on the fish placement means 3 through high-resistance water in a state present on the fish placement means 3 and having a higher electrical resistance than that of the fish, and a power source that supplies electricity to the electrodes 4a and 4b.
Claims6
1-5. (canceled)
A fish sedating device comprising:
- a fish placement means on which a fish can be placed;
- water present on the fish placement means in a state contacting the fish placed on the fish placement means;
- and
- a pair of electrodes to which electricity is supplied through the water;
- and
- a power source that supplies electricity to the electrode,
- the electrode being formed of a pair of electrodes installed to be spaced apart from each other on the fish placement means, further comprising
- a water storage prevention means for preventing a mucosal membrane of the fish, seawater, or fresh water as resistance-reducing water for reducing an electrical resistance in the water present between the pair of electrodes from being stored, wherein
- the fish placement means is formed of a plate-shaped member that has a flat surface having no protrusion in its outer extension and stores the water on the flat surface,
- the water storage prevention means is formed of at least one of
- a large number of water-passing holes that are provided in a thickness direction of the plate-shaped member in the fish placement means and pass the resistance-reducing water to be stored on the flat surface of the plate-shaped member toward a lower surface of the plate-shaped member, and
- a water-repellent function provided to the flat surface of the plate-shaped member, and
- the water present on the fish placement means is set as high-resistance water having an amount to be brought into a state having a higher electrical resistance than that of the fish by the water storage prevention means.
A fish sedating device comprising:
- a fish placement means on which a fish can be placed;
- water present on the fish placement means in a state contacting the fish placed on the fish placement means;
- and
- a pair of electrodes to which electricity is supplied through the water;
- and
- a power source that supplies electricity to the electrode,
- the electrode being formed of a pair of electrodes installed to be spaced apart from each other on the fish placement means, further comprising
- a water storage prevention means for preventing a mucosal membrane of the fish, seawater, or fresh water as resistance-reducing water for reducing an electrical resistance in the water present between the pair of electrodes from being stored, wherein
- the fish placement means is formed of a plate-shaped portion having a flat surface storing the water on its top, and
- the water present on the fish placement means is set as high-resistance water having an amount to be brought into a state having a higher electrical resistance than that of the fish by the water storage prevention means,
- such that electricity to the pair of electrodes on the flat surface of the plate-shaped member energizes and sedates the fish on the flat surface through the high-resistance water.
The fish sedating device according to claim 1, wherein the resistance-reducing water includes at least one of mucus of the fish, seawater, and fresh water.
The fish sedating device according to claim 1, wherein the water storage prevention means is formed by providing a vacuum means for forcibly discharging the resistance-reducing water by the fish placement means in addition to at least one of the water-passing holes and the water-repellent function.
The fish sedating device according to claim 1, wherein the fish placement means has elasticity and is formed to widely contact a lower surface on the placement side of the placed fish.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.