Patent ID: 6964541

Claim:
An apparatus for separating animated objects in a fluid stream, comprising: an input; a non-diverted output; a diverted output; a screen that is disposed in a substantially horizontal manner and provided adjacent said input and between said input and said diverted output; and a reservoir member provided at least in part under said screen and having a plurality of side walls and a bottom, each of said side walls including a top portion that supports said screen and a bottom portion that is coupled to said bottom; said screen and said reservoir member being configured such that fluid flows substantially horizontally across said screen to move fish to said non-diverted output and substantially vertically downward through said screen to move fluid to said reservoir and then to said diverted output; and wherein said reservoir member includes a diverted flow opening arrangement that is distributed along said screen substantially in the direction of the flow of fluid from said input to said non-diverted output to facilitate a distributed flow of fluid through said screen to said diverted output.