| US 7,575,507 B2 | ||
| Fish stunning apparatus | ||
| Graeme Neville King, Cleveland (Australia); and Bruce Goodrick, Sheldon (Australia) | ||
| Assigned to Seafood Innovations Pty Ltd, Sheldon (Australia) | ||
| Filed on May 14, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/748,157. | ||
| Application 11/748157 is a division of application No. 10/537013, filed on Mar. 16, 2006, granted, now 7,220,177. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0204503 A1, Sep. 06, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. A22B 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 452—57 | 9 Claims |
| 1. A table for distributing fish for stunning; said table comprising;
a reservoir for holding fish and water;
an inlet to introduce fish into the reservoir;
a weir defining a wall of the reservoir which is impassable by the fish therethrough;
a water flow device to add water to the reservoir; and
a slide to distribute fish after they pass over the weir;
wherein, with a sufficiently high level of water in the reservoir, a water flow path is created over the weir such that fish
in the reservoir may pass to the slide; and
wherein the water flow device is a series of nozzles located along a face of the weir orientated to add water in a direction
away from the weir.
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