Class 119/224 - Tank array

Subclass of Class 119 - Animal husbandry
Definition: Subject matter including a plurality of interconnected or
No. of patents: 28
Last issue date: 11/13/2007

Number	Title	Issue Date
7293529	Kennel system A kennel system having a floor assembly including at least one floor unit having a floor pan and a grate. The floor pan has a drain, an integral water receptacle and a trough for guiding fluid to the drain. The grate is positioned over the floor pan. The grate has a...	11/13/2007
7287488	Raceway for cultivating aquatic organisms A floatable raceway (1) for cultivating fish comprising a partially submersible tank (2) for containing fish having a base (5), opposing sidewalls (6), a gate assembly (8) having removable gates (10, 11) at a water discharge...	10/30/2007
7243613	Multi-chamber selective-exposure aquarium A multi-chamber selective-exposure aquarium apparatus including: a first portion forming a first aquarium chamber having a first transparent primary wall; a second portion forming a second aquarium chamber having a second transparent primary wall; and a visual barri...	07/17/2007
7168442	Liquid handling system A liquid handling system transfers liquid (e.g. water, bearing marine animals) between two tanks each having a respective liner which is movable between a lining position (when filled with liquid) and an inverted position (when its respective tank is emptied). In an...	01/30/2007
7100535	System for rearing aquatic animals A container 10 for rearing aquatic animals includes a floor portion 12 which defines a plurality of openings. A wall portion 100 bounds the floor portion 12 to form, together with the floor portion 12, a chamber for receiving the a...	09/05/2006
6988394	Apparatus and method of portable automated biomonitoring of water quality A portable automated biomonitoring system for monitoring water quality includes an exposure chamber for housing an aquatic organism and a water inlet for directing water to the exposure chamber. The aquatic organism has ventilatory behavior and body movement sensiti...	01/24/2006
6932026	Aquatic farm An aquatic farm has at least two segregated pools and an inter-pool transporter. The at least two segregated pools are stacked. Adjacent segregated pools are attached to each other with a vertical separation, and upper segregated pools are smaller than adjacent lowe...	08/23/2005
6443100	Debris separating system for fish pens A debris separating system for separating debris in a fish tank is formed by a standpipe extending up through the bottom of tank at the center of tank and terminating in an open end. A cover covers the opening and is spaced therefrom to provide an inlet o...	09/03/2002
6393899	Apparatus and method for automated biomonitoring of water quality An automated biomonitoring system for monitoring water quality includes an exposure chamber for housing an aquatic organism having ventilatory behavior and body movement sensitive to water quality. Electrodes capture electrical signals produced by the org...	05/28/2002
6187208	Tank cleaning system Tank cleaning system is formed by an upper deck having a spout potion and a deck portion, injectors and a separation chamber having a conical bottom wall and a top formed by a waste baffle. The injectors connect the deck portion with the separation chambe...	02/13/2001
6148769	Serial culture system for microalgae, live food animals and fish fry The present invention provides a compact culture system to produce microalgae, live food animals and fish fry (new born fish) in a serial manner. The culture system is composed of three individual reactors of same size positioned in different levels on th...	11/21/2000
6093566	Flow-through system and method for toxicity testing A method and apparatus for evaluating the effects of toxic substances in the environment on aquatic organisms is disclosed. The apparatus allows for exposure of test organisms, placed in test chambers made of partially submerged sieves, to water that is p...	07/25/2000
6093320	Tank cleaning system Tank cleaning system is formed by an upper deck having a spout potion and a deck portion, injectors and a separation chamber having a conical bottom wall and a top formed by a waste baffle. The injectors connect the deck portion with the separation chambe...	07/25/2000
5804705	Method and apparatus for monitoring aqueous media using electrolocating aquatic animals Aquatic animals that emit electrical signals are used to detect changes in the operating conditions of an aqueous medium (e.g., the presence of a pollutant). In one embodiment, the aquatic test animals are fishes of a species known as Apteronotus albifron...	09/08/1998
5636595	Particle trap A device for removal of sediment particles from the water in a cultivating tank for aquatic organisms. The cultivating tank has a cylindrical outlet connected to an outlet tube located on the vertical axis of symmetry of the cultivating tank. A plate is s...	06/10/1997
5140941	Water vessel A water vessel is assembled from a number of vessel units having at least one connecting opening, a short tube portion formed at each connecting opening of the vessel units, a connecting flange formed at an end of each short tube portion, and an annular p...	08/25/1992
5076210	Carousel with the multiple removable cages for displaying and dispensing live market fish for retail sale from an aquarium tank Apparatus for displaying and dispensing live market fish for retail sale includes a carousel for receiving, holding and moving a plurality of removable fish cages containing live market fish from a storage location, through a display location, to a dispen...	12/31/1991
5038715	Aquaculture system An enclosed aquaculture system for growing fish comprises several successively interconnected container stages for holding growing fish. Each of the container stages has a size larger than the container stage preceding it, continuous interconnections betw...	08/13/1991
5014647	Fish culture system A fish culture system for cultivating fish contained in tank-like silos through which aerated water that may also contain food and/or medicine is circulated in such a way that the water circulates upwardly through the silos. Individual silos containing di...	05/14/1991
4915059	Raceway culturing of fish Fish are cultured in one or more flumelike watercourses or "raceways" bounded by raceway-defining means. The water flow rate is such that the fish swim substantially continuously to maintain position. The fish are configured too closely to assert territor...	04/10/1990
4913093	Intensive aquaculture system A growing fish population, started in a single tank is sub-divided as the fish grow so that the capacity of the fish to absorb nutrients and produce waste, throughout the growth process, is matched to the capacity of the container in which they are housed...	04/03/1990
4723511	Continuous monitoring of water quality A supply of water is continuously monitored to ensure purtiy by dividing the supply into a number of parallel streams and flowing each through a fish tank containing a fish (or other aquatic animal), the health of each fish being monitored by electrodes i...	02/09/1988
4213421	Method of an installation for breeding sea-water creatures in tanks A method of and installation for breeding sea-water creatures in tanks according to which algae and plankton species forming a preferred food of the sea-water creatures to be bred are grown in feed tanks while the salt content of the water in the feed tan...	07/22/1980
4201153	Animal enclosure system An animal enclosure system comprising an enclosure and a modular assembly of enclosures. Each enclosure is adapted so that environmental conditions may be easily and economically changed and conformed to the particular animal in that enclosure. A selectio...	05/06/1980
4144840	Raising pelagic game fish Pelagic species of game fish, such as marlin and tuna, are raised from an embryonic, or larval, stage to a juvenile stage by a process and apparatus employing a biologically closed, physically open system. The system is kept biologically closed by first f...	03/20/1979
4038945	Breeding tank A breeding facility for fish and like marine life comprising a plurality of intercommunicating tanks arranged in interconnected relation to one another in a predetermined relation so as to establish a successive flow or path of travel of marine life throu...	08/02/1977
4003337	Fish growing tank and method Method and apparatus to grow aquatic life forms, such as different species of fish or shell fish, having concentrically arranged tanks of an appropriate volume to provide an optimum rate of growth of the fish in each stage of their life. The tanks are arr...	01/18/1977

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