Patent ID: 7610699
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: A01K,E02F

Abstract:
1. An assembly for harvesting shellfish such as scallops and alike comprising a frame-enclosure truss subassembly to which are attached internal means for directing a flow of encountered water during a dragging operation of said assembly for harvesting shellfish; means for collecting and discharging harvested shellfish; and external means for encasing said frame-enclosure truss subassembly together with said internal means for directing a flow of encounter water during dragging; said frame-enclosure truss subassembly including a pair of lateral trusses extending longitudinally and spaced at a distance commensurable with a working width of said assembly for harvesting shellfish; said internal means for directing a flow of encountered water during a dragging operation including an anterior, curved panel having its concavity forwards oriented and a posterior, curved panel having its concavity backwards oriented, said anterior and posterior curved panels being flanked by said pair of lateral trusses; said means for collecting and discharging harvested shellfish, disposed behind said internal means for directing a flow of encountered water during a dragging operation, including a louver type grille-platform, a metal grid receptacle supported by said louver type grille-platform and a mechanism for topple over said metal grid receptacle when loaded with shellfish; and at least a pair of sets of a multiplicity of hinged flexible flaps being used, a first, front one being attached to a lowest part of said internal means for directing a flow of encountered water during a dragging operation, where said anterior and posterior curved panels meet, while a second multiplicity of hinged flexible flaps being attached at a frontal part of louver type grille-platform.