They Invented What? (No. 154)
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U.S. Pat. No.5,896,810: Poultry frying apparatus.
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I claim:
1. A poultry frying apparatus comprising:
a liquid retaining vessel having a bottom surface and a first diameter;
a raised rack comprising a support base and a central rod extending upwardly from the support base to terminate in an upper end thereof;
the support base having an overall dimension smaller than the first diameter;
the upper end of the central rod including an attachment portion; and
a handle for selectively engaging the attachment portion for removal and insertion of the rack from the vessel;
the support base including a spacer portion for spacing at least part of the support base from the bottom surface of the vessel when the support base is inserted in the vessel.
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They Invented What? (No. 145)
U.S. Patent No. 3,307,285: Pneumatic method for catching or scaring fish.
What is claimed is:
1. A method of preventing movement of aquatic organisms in a body of water toward a prohibited region thereof comprising: placing at least one pneumatic shock wave generating device in said body of water between said prohibited region and said aquatic organisms; and actuating said device to explosively release high pressure gas, thereby producing a shock wave in said body of water rising to an initial pressure peak within 25 five milliseconds and propagating at high velocity.
JW Note: Will be out over the next week for my annual fishing trip – so today’s TIW? theme seemed appropriate. Will be thinking about patents only occasionally next week, for example, during those times when the walleye are not jumping into my boat!
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