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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7300572 | Water screen A traveling water screen comprising an endless foraminous belt with flights. The foraminous belt forms a water screen extending from a lower end in a flowing stream to an upper end above the surface of the stream. The stream flows through openings in the foraminous ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7249915 | High-flow sediment-free fish ladder A fishladder (10) for use along a waterway includes a channel having a bottom wall (16), a pair of opposing, up-wardly extending sidewalls (18a, b) and opposing open ends. A series of projections (20) are disposed along the channel... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7192217 | Baffle apparatus A baffle apparatus and method for directing fluid flow to reduce damage to an energy dissipating basin that includes an inlet, an outlet, a floor, a sidewall that extends upward from an edge of the floor, and an opposing sidewall that extends upward from an opposing... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7048850 | Water screen A traveling water screen comprising an endless foraminous belt with flights. The foraminous belt forms a water screen extending from a lower end in a flowing stream to an upper end above the surface of the stream. The stream flows through openings in the foraminous ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6964541 | Fish safe screened water diversion apparatus An apparatus for separating animated objects such as fish or other objects between a non-diverted and diverted fluid stream. Embodiments may include a screen or similar selective pass through device that is arranged in a manner that is generally horizontal (more hor... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6957627 | Water tray drinker for pigs A water tray drinker for pigs comprising a tray wherein the water compartment thereof is divided into water compartment portions by divider walls of different heights. An adjustable valve water supply mechanism is positioned above the tray for automatically filling ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6905287 | Water containment structure with fish ladder A fish ladder for incorporation between ends of a water structure that includes at least a pair of separate sleeves that are each formed from a puncture resistant flexible material, contain a volume of water and may have a closed end or ends for resting on edge port... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6715959 | Fish ladder for passing dams The present invention is a safe and effective fish ladder for assisting fish in overcoming dams, especially in the upstream direction. The ladder comprises a series of relatively vertical open pools, which decrease in size in the upstream direction, the pools being ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6347908 | Fish guidance system A series of disturbed (or rippled) air-water interface regions contiguously arranged guide anadromous fish in a selected direction. Artificial or natural light, diffusely refracted by passage through the disturbed regions, establishes an aura-dominated pa... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6187184 | Traveling water screen having improved basket A basket for a traveling water screen which includes a top rail with a pair of spaced apart end members at opposite ends of the top rail which are joined to the top rail. A water screen extends between the end members and includes an upper edge portion su... | 02/13/2001 |
| 5540521 | Inflatable cushion for culturing and movement of aquatic organisms An aqua culture facility and method using a pneumatic pump for displacement of water or other liquid located in a confined space having rigid bottom and side walls which form an interior surface of the space, with a flexible liner having the same contour ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 4904114 | Fish conveying apparatus A device for assisting fish to circumnavigate obstacles such as dams is provided with a system of chambers within each of which is disposed an inclined, water permeable, floating screen movable up and down depending on the level of water in the chamber. T... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4431340 | Fish elevator and method of elevating fish A means and method for transporting fish from a lower body of water to a higher body of water. The means comprises a tubular lock with a gated entrance below the level of the lower body of water through which fish may enter the lock and a discharge passag... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4415462 | Self-cleaning screen A self-cleaning screen and method for screening water for hydraulic turbine intake diversions is disclosed. A check dam is established across a river on the downstream side of a side channel weir which is at a lower elevation than the dam. A fish transpor... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4260286 | Integrated fish migration system A system for use at dams, diversion canals, and the like includes a fish ladder for enabling fish to travel both upstream and downstream without injury past man-made obstacles such as dams. The fish ladder comprises a series of dish-like compartments to w... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4199453 | Apparatus for protecting aquatic life passing through a water filter Apparatus for protecting aquatic life carried by water passing through a vertical traveling band screen unit having inwardly opening screening baskets. Each basket carries a longitudinally extending, inwardly projecting baffle adjacent its trailing side w... | 04/22/1980 |
