Patents by Inventor ROBIN MCKIMM

ROBIN MCKIMM has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for slaughtering of fish
    Patent number: 9370194
    Abstract: A method of slaughtering fish comprising the steps of providing an elongated passage, passing fish entrained within a flow of water through said passage, and generating linear electric field in the water along at least a first region of said passage, thereby inducing electro-anaesthesia or stunning of the fish passing through said first region of the passage, and applying a further electric field in the water in a subsequent region of the passage, downstream of said first region, to kill the fish such that the fish exit a downstream end of said passage in a dead state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Inventor: Robin McKimm
  • Method and Apparatus for Slaughtering of Fish
    Publication number: 20160120193
    Abstract: A method of slaughtering fish comprising the steps of providing an elongate passage, passing fish entrained within a flow of water through said passage, and generating linear electric field in the water along at least a first region of said passage, thereby inducing electro-anaesthesia or stunning of the fish passing through said first region of the passage, and applying a further electric field in the water in a subsequent region of the passage, downstream of said first region, to kill the fish such that the fish exit a downstream end of said passage in a dead state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: ROBIN MCKIMM