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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 1986
Filed:
May. 09, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
C Dean Cain, Jr, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Ronnie A Bean, Maringouin, LA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
43-45 ; 43 171 ; 43-65 ;
Abstract
A process and apparatus for harvesting soft shell crayfish wherein a predetermined pulsating electrical field is established in front of a moving conveyor assembly having a pulse rate which allows the tail of the crayfish to contract in synchronization with the pulse rate causing the crayfish, in most cases, to move toward and be captured by a moving trawl assembly having a conveyor assembly which transports the crayfish to an area to be sorted and stored for shipping.