Patent ID: 11871739
Assignee: nan
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A marine vessel having an on-board chumming apparatus, comprising:
a hull having a hull side and a water line;
a gunwale adjacent the hull side at a top of the hull side and having a top surface having a first opening therethrough;
an on-board chumming apparatus installed in the marine vessel at the hull and including:
a downtube having a top end and a bottom end;
a water inlet coupled to the downtube at the top end;
a feed portion that passes through the gunwale and has a lower end that is attached to the top end of the downtube, the feed portion having a top end in the first opening through the top surface of the gunwale;
a comminution chamber coupled to the bottom end of the downtube that includes a comminution mechanism including a motor and a blade fan disposed in the comminution chamber, the blade fan coupled to and driven by the motor that is configured to comminute bait dropped into the feed portion; and
a water outlet at a side of the comminution chamber that is positioned below the comminution mechanism and which extends through a second opening in the hull.