Ships – Fishing vessel
Patent
1978-04-17
1980-04-15
Basinger, Sherman D.
Ships
Fishing vessel
49201, 49255, 49257, 49260, 49477, 114117, 49120, B63B 3514
Patent
active
041978056
ABSTRACT:
A fish unloading system for removing fish from the main fish hold of a fishing boat. The lower portion of the main fish hold is filled with water and sufficient salt added to cause the fish to float near the surface of the water. A power-operated self-feeding fish-impelling device having an enclosure arranged in a loop with a discharge aperture formed in its upper portion is lowered into the hold. A plurality of blades or baskets are power driven about the interior of the enclosure. A pump is arranged with its suction in communication with the fish-impelling device to continuously draw water and fish towards the blades or baskets of the impeller so as to continuously propel fish upwardly from the hold. The system is utilized to unload a plurality of auxiliary fish holds connected to the main fish hold by access hatches. Fish in the auxiliary holds are floated through the access hatches by a recirculating flow of water from the main fish hold through the auxiliary holds and back into the main hold. The access hatches are provided with gates which can be opened from the deck.
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