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US 4,281,767 AGranted
Trawler fish-sorting system
OwnerRobert C. Carpenterinventor
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Abstract
A fish-sorting apparatus for use on board a fishing vessel of the type including fish-storing bins. The apparatus includes a surface for sorting fish, by category, into different selected ones of the bins, or overboard (for rejected fish), through ports and adjustable chutes which communicate with the surface.
Claims4
Fish-sorting apparatus for use on board a fishing vessel of the type including a plurality of fish-sorting bins, said apparatus in operative condition comprising
- fish-receiving deck means disposed above said bins including a pair of side-by-side adjacent deck portions which are hinged together along their adjacent sides for adjustment to different angular orientations, and
- passage means including, for each deck portion, at least a pair of passage sections, with one operatively communicating between said portion and at least one of said bins, and the other operatively communicating between said portion and a region outboard of the vessel,
- said deck portions, in one set of relative angular orientations, sloping downwardly away from the hinged connection therebetween toward said passage means, and in another angular orientation occupying a substantially common inclined plane.
Fish-sorting apparatus for use on board a fishing vessel of a type including a fish-storing bin, said apparatus comprising
- means adapted to be mounted above the bin defining a passage communicating with the bin and having an upper opening,
- a pair of troughs mounted to extend along opposed sides of said opening, and
- a pair of plates, mounted side-by-side above opposed side regions of said opening, each plate being mounted for swinging between a lowered position substantially covering the associated side region of said opening, in which position the plate slopes downwardly to direct fish deposited on the plate into the associated trough, and a raised position exposing said opening and sloping upwardly to direct fish deposited on that plate toward the opposed trough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.