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Larvae collection system

  • US 3,967,585 A
  • Filed: 04/02/1975
  • Issued: 07/06/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A small, aquatic animal-collecting apparatus which comprisesa container suitable for retaining water being open at the upper end and closed at the other;

  • a fluid inlet means to said container;

    a fluid conduit positioned within and extending about the vertical length of said container and passing through a lower portion of said container;

    a fluid outlet means positioned in the upper portion of said conduit; and

    a screening means positioned between the side walls of the container and said fluid outlet means so that said small aquatic animals are retained in said container in a life sustaining amount of water, while excess water is allowed to pass through said screening device and out said outlet means, said screening means comprisinga first plate;

    a second plate parallel to, spaced from, and about the same size as said first plate;

    said conduit passing through an apperture centrally located in said first plate, the end of said conduit being attached to a face of said second plate, the corresponding edges of said plates being the same distance from the outer wall of said conduit; and

    a fluid permeable material extending between the edges of said plates and enclosing a portion of said conduit and said fluid outlet means positioned on the upper portion of said conduit by being snugly fitted at least around the periphery of said first plate.

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