Patents Assigned to Fan Seafoods Ltd.
  • Machine for planting shellfish seedlings
    Patent number: 6082303
    Abstract: A vehicular machine for planting shellfish seedlings in the seafloor has a seeding drum with water inlet ports in its outer circumferential surface through which a suction is applied to pick up shellfish seedlings from a hopper, move them to a position close to the seafloor and deposit them onto the seafloor. The machine includes a net and apparatus for unwinding and placing the net on the seafloor over the deposited seedlings as the machine moves forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Fan Seafoods Ltd.
    Inventors: Keith Ware, Rob Jackson, Doug Sabo, Fred Lochmatter, Reinhold Seiler