US Patent Issued to Circle Seafoods on Nov. 18 for "Method and apparatus for removing liquid from, and pumping slush ice to, a hold on a fishing vessel" (Alaska Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,055, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Circle Seafoods Inc. (Aberdeen, Wash.).

"Method and apparatus for removing liquid from, and pumping slush ice to, a hold on a fishing vessel" was invented by Gene Patrick Glaab (Sitka, Alaska).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a pipe tee with an inlet proximate a first valve, an outlet proximate a second valve, and an inlet-outlet. The inlet receives slush ice when the first valve is open and the second valve is closed. The outlet transmits fluid when the second valve is open and the first valve is closed. The inlet-outlet receives fluid when the second valve is open and the f...