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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
William H Gehrmann, III, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Charles E Anderson, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Sammy M Ray, Galveston, TX (US);
William B Baker, Jr, Bacliff, TX (US);
Assignee:
JTM Industries, Inc., Stafford, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
119-4 ;
Abstract
The invention provides an artificial cultch for mollusca formed of coal or lignite combustion by products (CCBP) such as fly ash and bottom ash with an optional binder, lime or Portland Cement The cultches are hemispherical or round-shaped and may be randomly stacked in a reef with interstitial void spaces for mollusca growth. The invention also provides a method of mass-producing these cultches.