Abstract: An outboard motor assembly includes a hydraulic pump which is carried by the motor assembly and is drivingly connected to the main drive shaft at a point located between the motor and the propeller shaft. The hydraulic fluid storage container is carried by the housing assembly of the motor. Hydraulic fluid couplings are provided for connecting the hydraulic pump to a hydraulically driven device which is remote from the outboard motor assembly. The couplings are carried by the motor assembly and comprise an output coupling member and a return coupling member. The output coupling member communicates with the pump and the return coupling member communicates with the fluid storage chamber. The outboard motor assembly is suitable for use in association with a winch which is adapted to be mounted on a boat. The winch includes a hydraulic motor which is drivingly connected to the hydraulic pump.

Abstract: A mollusk shucker suitable for use in shucking bivalve mollusks such as scallops, comprises a conveyor which is continuously driven through a loading station, a shell opening station, a first half-shell removal station, an eviscerating station, an edible muscle removal station and a second half-shell discharge station. A plurality of carriers are mounted on the conveyor and are adapted to support mollusks for movement through the shucker. A shell opening mechanism is located in the shell opening station. The shell opening mechanism includes a heater for heating the shell and suction nozzles for engaging the half-shells and moving them apart. The carriers are adapted to clamp the second half-shell after the shell has been opened. The first half-shell is separated from the second half-shell and thereafter the eviscerating mechanism is introduced to the second half-shell to eviscerate the mollusk leaving the edible muscle attached to the second half-shell.