IP Library Granted Patent US 11,596,132
Granted Patent B2
US 11,596,132 · App. 16/990,271 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

Transfer assembly and system for aquaculture

Inventor: Thue Holm (Hvide Sande, DK)
Assignee: ATLANTIC SAPPHIRE IP, LLC
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Patent No.
US 11,596,132
App. No.
16/990,271
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for transferring marine life within an aquaculture facility including a plurality of segregated storage facilities each containing water for marine life, maintained within a predetermined temperature range and supported at independent ground levels. The storage facilities are successively disposed and structured to contain marine life at different stages of growth. A transfer assembly includes a path of fluid flow interconnecting successive ones of said plurality of storage facilities in fluid communication with one another, wherein at least a majority of a length of said path of fluid flow is disposed beneath the independent ground levels at a predetermined depth, which is sufficient to facilitate maintenance of the path of fluid flow within the predetermined temperature range, via geothermal cooling.

Claims (33)

1. A system for transferring marine life within an aquaculture facility, said system comprising:

a plurality of storage facilities each including containment water for marine life, maintained within a predetermined temperature range,

said plurality of storage facilities including at least a first and a second storage facility,

said first and said second storage facilities segregated and disposed at independent ground levels,

a transfer assembly disposed in interconnecting relation between said first and second storage facilities,

said transfer assembly comprising a path of fluid flow from said first storage facility to at least said second storage facility,

at least a majority of a length of said path of fluid flow disposed beneath the independent ground levels at a predetermined depth, and

said predetermined depth sufficient to substantially maintain said path of fluid flow within said predetermined temperature range.

2. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein said transfer assembly comprises a conduit structured and dimensioned to contain and transfer a predetermined volume of containment water and marine life from said first storage facility to said second storage facility.

3. The system as recited in claim 1 comprising said predetermined depth of said path of fluid flow being disposed at a spaced distance above a proximate water table.

4. The system as recited in claim 3 wherein said path of fluid flow is disposed at said spaced distance, out of heat transferring relation to the water table.

5. The system as recited in claim 3 wherein said path of fluid flow is disposed at said spaced distance, out of heat transferring relation to a seasonal variance of the water table.

6. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the independent ground level of at least one of said first and second storage facility is defined by a revised ground level, said revised ground level disposed and structured at a predetermined height above a corresponding normal ground level.

7. The system as recited in claim 6 wherein said predetermined height of said revised ground level is disposed above the proximate water table a distance sufficient to define a disposition of said path of fluid flow at said predetermined depth, out of heat transferring relation to the water table.

8. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the independent ground level of each of said plurality of storage facilities is defined by a revised ground level, said revised ground level disposed and structured at a predetermined height above a corresponding normal ground level.

9. The system as recited in claim 8 wherein said predetermined height of each of said revised ground levels is disposed above the water table a distance sufficient to define a disposition of said path of fluid flow at said predetermined depth out of heat transferring relation to the water table.

10. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein said plurality of storage facilities are included within and define a portion of a recirculating aquaculture system.

11. A system for transferring marine life within an aquaculture facility, said system comprising:

a plurality of storage facilities each including containment water for marine life, maintained within a predetermined temperature range,

said plurality of storage facilities segregated from one another and disposed at revised ground levels,

said plurality of storage facilities disposed and structured to contain marine life at different stages of growth,

a transfer assembly comprising a path of fluid flow dimensioned to transfer aquaculture there along, said path of fluid flow interconnecting successively communicating ones of said plurality of storage facilities in fluid communication with one another,

at least a majority of a length of said path of fluid flow disposed beneath the revised ground levels at a predetermined depth, and

said predetermined depth sufficient to substantially maintain said path of fluid flow within said predetermined temperature range.

12. The system as recited in claim 11 wherein said transfer assembly comprises a conduit structure dimensioned to transfer a predetermined volume of containment water and marine life between successively communicating ones of said plurality of storage facilities, based on different growth stages of marine life being transferred.

13. The system as recited in claim 11 comprising said predetermined depth of said path of fluid flow being disposed at a spaced distance above a proximate water table.

14. The system as recited in claim 13 wherein said path of fluid flow is disposed at said spaced distance, out of heat transferring relation to the water table.

15. The system as recited in claim 13 wherein said path of fluid flow is disposed at said spaced distance, out of heat transferring relation to a seasonal variance of the water table.

16. The system as recited in claim 11 wherein said revised ground level disposed and structured at a predetermined height above a corresponding natural ground level.

17. The system as recited in claim 16 wherein said predetermined height of said revised ground level is disposed above the proximate water table a distance sufficient to define a disposition of said path of fluid flow at said predetermined depth, out of heat transferring relation to the water table.

18. The system as recited in claim 11 wherein the independent ground level of each of said plurality of storage facilities is defined by a revised ground level, said revised ground levels disposed and structured at a predetermined height above a corresponding normal ground level.

19. The system as recited in claim 18 wherein said predetermined height of each of said revised ground levels is disposed above the water table a distance sufficient to define a disposition of said path of fluid flow at said predetermined depth and out of heat transferring relation to the water table.

20. The system as recited in claim 11 wherein said plurality of storage facilities are included within and define a portion of a recirculating aquaculture system.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST AND CONTINUING LIEN Recorded Apr 11, 2022
From: ATLANTIC SAPPHIRE IP, LLC; ATLANTIC SAPPHIRE ASA
To: DNB BANK ASA, NEW YORK BRANCH, IN ITS CAPACITY AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE SECURED PARTIES
Reel/Frame 059659/0929 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2020
From: HOLM, THUE
To: ATLANTIC SAPPHIRE IP, LLC
Reel/Frame 054372/0150 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation In Part 16916986 · Jun 30, 2020
Continuation In Part 15867100 · Jan 10, 2018
Continuation 15157296 · May 17, 2016
Provisional Application 62975410 · Feb 12, 2020
Provisional Application 62165144 · May 21, 2015
Related Publication 20210127646A1 · May 6, 2021