Patent ID: 9717258
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A01K,A22C,B65G

Claim:
1. A fish pumping system for moving upload water and fish, comprising: a) an upload pipe section, a buffer pipe section, and a fish delivery pipe section, wherein the upload pipe section, buffer pipe section, and fish delivery pipe section have a same constant inside diameter; b) a one-way inlet valve between the upload pipe section and the buffer pipe section and a one way outlet valve between the buffer pipe section and the fish delivery pipe section, and a respective strainer in each of the inlet valve and the outlet valve; c) an inlet branch pipe extending from the inlet valve and an outlet branch pipe extending from the outlet valve; d) a production water piping circuit and a reservoir connected to the inlet branch pipe and to the outlet branch pipe and forming a loop with the buffer pipe section, the production water circuit comprising a pump and valves, the production water circuit serially (1) pumping production water out from the buffer pipe section through the outlet branch pipe to the reservoir, to draw upload water and fish from the upload pipe section into the buffer pipe section through the inlet valve, and (2) pumping production water from the reservoir into the buffer pipe section through the inlet branch pipe, to move the upload water and fish out of the buffer pipe section through the outlet valve into the fish delivery pipe.