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

Claim 10:
11. A marine vessel, 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;
an on-board chumming apparatus disposed in 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 attached to the top end of the downtube that is configured to direct bait into the downtube, the feed portion having a top end that is substantially flush with 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;
wherein the downtube has an inner diameter and a length that are sized to prevent a user from passing a hand of the user through the downtube from the top end to the comminution chamber, and
a water outlet at a side of the comminution chamber that is positioned below the comminution mechanism and that extends through the hull side at a point above the water line.