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Title
A UNIT, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFER OF FISH FEED
Application number
20240568
Case type
National
Status
27.10.2025 Patent meddelt (B1)
Filed
31.05.2024
Effective date
31.05.2024
Publicly available
27.10.2025
Next annual fee due
31.05.2027
Applicant
Roteq AS (NO)
Owner
Roteq AS (NO)
Inventor
Ove Fauskanger (NO)
Agent
ACAPO ONSAGERS AS (NO)
Granted
27.10.2025
Patent number
349159
Expiry date
31.05.2044

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A mobile fish feed transfer unit (1) for transferring fish feed pellets (FFP) between feed pellets silos (103) on a feeding barge (101). The feed pellets silo (103) comprises a silo hatch (107). The mobile fish feed transfer unit (1) comprises: a housing (11) comprising a lifting interface (12) for lifting equipment (109), a pneumatic conveying system (20) comprising a conveying gas supply (21) and separation equipment (22), a suction line (31) comprising a first end (32), wherein the first end (32) is connected to the separation equipment (22). The separation equipment (22) is configured to transfer fish feed pellets (FFP) from the separation equipment (22) and into one of the feed pellets silos (103), and a second end (34) of the suction line (31) is configured to be inserted into the silo hatch (107) of a further of the feed pellets silos (103) to convey fish feed pellets (FFP) to the separation equipment (22).

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3491591TITLE: A UNIT, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFER OF FISH FEEDTECHNICAL FIELDThe present invention relates to a mobile fish feed transfer unit and a method for 5 operating the mobile fish feed transfer unit. The present invention also relates to a fish feed transfer system.BACKGROUNDFish feed pellets for offshore fish farms are stored in silos on feeding barges. Fish farms may consist of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 or even 12 individual fish pens. The feeding 10 barge has a corresponding number of silos. There is one dedicated silo for each fish pen with its own distribution line. Fish pens may be emptied to slaughter fish when they have reached the desired weight or fish pens are emptied due to infection or disease of the fish. Silos may also have to be emptied to stabilize the feeding barge, or for other reasons. When a silo is emptied the remaining fish feed is usually 15 transferred to another silo for re-use in another fish pen.Silos are usually not interconnected. Moreover, it is difficult or impossible to extract the fish feed pellets from the bottom of a silo as there are already a number of fittings for other equipment or services, leaving little or no space for installation of further equipment.20 Therefore, dedicated offshore feeding supply vessels are used today to transfer fish feed from one silo to another. This can be a costly and time-consuming operation, and vessels may not always be available when needed. Furthermore, it also represents a large environmental cost as these vessels tend to consume considerable amounts of energy for powering auxiliary systems which are not needed for25 transferring fish feed. Moreover, using a vessel that has been in contact with other fish farms increases the risk of spreading diseases or infections from one fish farm to another.EP 3714687 A1 discloses a boat structure for feeding cages (10) of offshore fish farms, characterized in that it comprises a hull (2) and a collector and mooring buoy 30 (9); said hull (2) housing containers (3) for the storage of feed and a series of silos (4) arranged in correspondence with respective wells (5) formed in said hull and open at the bottom; said structure further comprising a feed suction system consisting of suction pipes (6) connected to said containers (3) and to said silos (4) through which the feed is sucked from the containers (3) and brought to the silos (4) 3491592by the action of a turbine assembly (7); said structure further comprising a feed supply system consisting of supply pipes (8) connected to each well (5) and to a submersible pump; said supply pipes (8) leading to said collector and mooring buoy (9) and departing from it to reach respective cages (10) to be supplied with said 5 feed; said turbine assembly (7) creating a vacuum inside said silos (4) and said feed being sucked by pneumatic floating from said containers (3) until it reaches said silos (4) above the wells (5); said feed being collected by said suction pipe (6) and conveyed into said silos (4) from where it descends by gravity into each well (5); said feed in said well (5), mixed with sea water, being sucked by said submersible 10 pump and, through said supply pipes (8), being introduced into each of said cages (10) in a rehydrated form.Hence there is a need for a new solution for moving fish feed pellets from one silo to another with increased availability and reduced cost and reduced risk of infection as well as lower energy consumption.15 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention is directed to a solution that may solve or at least reduce at least one of the aforementioned problems or challenges.The invention is defined in the attached claims.It is described a mobile fish feed transfer unit for transferring fish feed pellets 20 between feed pellets silos on a feeding barge, wherein the feed pellets silo comprises a silo hatch, wherein the mobile fish feed transfer unit comprises:- a housing comprising a lifting interface for lifting equipment,- a pneumatic conveying system comprising a conveying gas supply and separation equipment,25 - a suction line comprising a first end, wherein the first end is connected to the separation equipment,wherein the separation equipment is configured to transfer fish feed pellets from the separation equipment and into one of the feed pellets silos, andwherein a second end of the suction line is configured to be inserted into the silo 30 hatch of a further of the feed pellets silos to convey fish feed pellets to the separation equipment.The mobile fish feed transfer unit may be configured to be selectively positioned over any one of the silo hatches,The feed pellets silo may be a receiving silo only while the mobile fish feed transfer 35 unit is positioned over the silo hatch of the feed pellets silo. 3491593The fish feed pellets may be transferred from the separation equipment into one of the feed pellets silos by gravity and their own weight.The pneumatic conveying system may be configured to be powered by electric or pneumatic energy provided by the feeding barge.5 The conveying gas supply may be a vacuum pneumatic system.The mobile fish feed transfer unit may be configured to be connected to the control system of the feeding barge.The conveying gas supply may be any of the following:a fan, side channel blower, a claw pump, other types of vacuum pumps, a venturi -10 or a coax-system.The conveying gas supply may be a vacuum pump and the separation equipment may be a cyclone may comprise a storage hopper and a storage hopper outlet port. The cyclone may be configured to separate the fish feed pellets from air and collect the fish feed pellets in the storage hopper.15 The fish feed pellets may be transferred from the storage hopper via the storage hopper outlet port into one of the feed pellets silos by gravity and their own weight. The suction line may comprise a first suction line section and second suction line section connected at a connection, wherein the first suction line section may comprise the first end and the second suction line section may comprise the second 20 end.The first suction line section may be mainly arranged horizontally and the second suction line section may be mainly arranged vertically.The first suction line section may be longer than the second suction line section. The connection may be a direct connection or a coupling piece between the first 25 suction line section and the second suction line section.The first suction line section may be a flexible hose.The second suction line section may be a semi-rigid hose.The silo hatch may comprise a guiding frame, where the guiding frame may comprise rollers to facilitate vertical and sideways adjustment of the second suction 30 line section and the second end within the feed pellets silo.The second suction line section may be provided with arresting means to control vertical adjustment of the second suction line section and the second end within the feed pellets silo. 3491594It is further described a method for operating the mobile fish feed transfer unit as defined above, wherein the method comprises the following steps:- placing the mobile fish feed transfer unit over or close to a silo hatch of any one of the feed pellets silos,5 - inserting the second end of the suction line into the silo hatch of the further feed pellets silos,- operating the pneumatic conveying system for conveying fish feed pellets from the feed pellets silo and transferring the fish feed pellets to the further feed pellets silo, - continuing operating the pneumatic transport system until the feed pellets silo may 10 be emptied from fish feed pellets.The storage hopper outlet port may be aligned with the receiving silo hatch.The method may comprise the following step:- fitting the guiding frame to the silo hatch of the feed pellets silo.The method may comprise the following steps:15 - operating the conveying gas supply until the separation equipment may be filled with fish feed pellets,- transferring the fish feed pellets of the separation equipment into the further feed pellets silo,- repeating the steps of operating the conveying gas supply and transferring the 20 content of separation equipment until the feed pellets silo may be emptied from fish feed pellets.The method may be operated in a dense phase operation or a dilute phase operation. The housing of the mobile fish feed transfer unit may comprise a lifting interface, the lifting interface may be connectable to a lifting equipment of the feeding barge.25 The lifting equipment may be suitable for lifting the mobile fish feed transfer unit to any of the feed pellets silos of the feeding barge.The second suction line section may have at least the same length as a height of the feed pellets silo and the first suction line section may have at least the same length as the distance between the feed pellets silo and the further feed pellets silo.30 The mobile fish feed transfer unit may be powered by energy provided by the feeding barge and / or connected to a control system of the feeding barge.The mobile fish feed transfer unit may have one or more of the following advantages:- - It is moveable and can be moved to any one of the feed pellets silos, 3491595- It does not require changes to the existing feed supply piping or hardware of the feed pellets silos,- -It reduces the risk of cross contamination or spread of disease if it is used only on one feeding barge,5 - – It can be added to existing feeding barges or feed supply units for fish farms.The above-discussed preferred and/or optional features of the invention/disclosure may be used, alone or in appropriate combination, in the other preferred and/or optional features of the invention/disclosure.10 The claimed invention is specified in the independent claims of this application.Advantageous adaptations and versions of the claimed invention are specified in the dependent claims.DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGSFollowing drawings are appended to facilitate the understanding of the claimed 15 invention:Fig. 1 - illustrates a cross-sectional view of the fish feed transfer unit;Fig. 2 - illustrates a perspective view of the fish feed transfer unit;Fig. 3 – illustrates a cross-sectional view of the fish feed transfer system;Fig. 4 – illustrates a perspective view of a silo hatch;20 Fig. 5a – illustrates a plan view of the silo hatch with a guiding frame and suction line;Fig. 5b – illustrates a perspective view of view of the silo hatch with a guiding frame and suction line.DETAILED DESCRIPTION25 In the following, one or more specific embodiments of the invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings. However, it is specifically intended that the invention is not limited to the embodiments and illustrations contained herein but includes modified forms of the embodiments including portions of the embodiments and combinations of elements of different30 embodiments as come within the scope of the following claims. It should be appreciated that in the development of any such actual implementation, as in any engineering or design project, numerous implementation- specific decisions must be 3491596made to achieve the developer’s specific goals, such as compliance with system and/or business-related constraints, which may vary from one implementation of the invention to another. Moreover, it should be appreciated that such a development effort might be complex and time consuming, but would nevertheless be a routine 5 undertaking of design, fabrication and manufacture for the skilled person having the benefit of this disclosure.A fish feed transfer unitIn Figure 1, a mobile fish feed transfer unit 1 is disclosed. The mobile fish feed transfer unit 1 is used for transferring fish feed pellets FFP between feed pellets 10 silos 103 on a feeding barge 101. Each of the feed pellets silos 103 comprises a silo hatch 107 which is used for supplying fresh fish feed pellets into the silo 103.The mobile fish feed transfer unit 1 may be selectively positioned over any one of the silo hatches 107.The mobile fish feed transfer unit 1 comprises, as shown in figure 1: a housing 11 15 with a lifting interface 12 for lifting equipment 109. The lifting interface 12 is typically a lifting eye while the lifting equipment 109 is usually the onboard crane of the feeding barge 101.Also shown in figure 1 is a pneumatic conveying system 20 comprising a conveying gas supply 21 and separation equipment 22. The separation equipment 22 is20 configured so that it transfers fish feed pellets FFP from the separation equipment 22 into one of the feed pellets silos 103.The pneumatic conveying system 20 is powered by electric or pneumatic energy supplied by the feeding barge 101. Moreover, the mobile fish feed transfer unit 1 may be connected to the control system of the feeding barge 101.25 The conveying gas supply 21 is a vacuum pneumatic or electric system and may be any of the following: i.e. a fan, side channel blower, a claw pump, other types of vacuum pumps, a venturi- or a coax-system or any other vacuum system.The conveying gas supply 21 may be a vacuum pump 21 and the separation equipment 22 may be a cyclone 22 comprising a storage hopper 24 and a storage 30 hopper outlet port 25, see also figure 1. The cyclone 22 separates the fish feed pellets FFP from air which are collected in the storage hopper 24. The fish feed pellets FFP may be released from the storage hopper 24 via the storage hopper outlet port 25.Also shown in figure 1 is a suction line 31 with a first end 32 which is connected to 35 the separation equipment 22. A second end 34 of the suction line 31 can be inserted into the silo hatch 107 of a further of the feed pellets silos 103. The suction line 31 3491597conveys fish feed pellets FFP from the further feed pellets silo 103 to the separation equipment 22.The suction line 31 comprises several components as shown in figure 1: a first suction line section 31f and second suction line section 31s connected at a5 connection 31c. The first suction line section 31f is mainly horizontal and may be a flexible hose. The first suction line section 31f may comprise several sections. The second suction line section 31s is mainly arranged vertically and is typically a semirigid hose. Typically, these hoses have a diameter of up to 95mm. The second suction line section 31s is about 10m long to ensure that the bottoms of all feed 10 pellets silos can be reached.The connection 31c shown in figure 1 may be a direct connection or a coupling piece placed between the first suction line section 31f and the second suction line section 31s. Also shown in figure 1, the first suction line section 31f comprises the first end 32 of the suction line 31 and the second suction line section 31s comprises 15 the second end 34 of the suction line 31.Figure 2 shows the fish feed transfer unit 1 ready for use comprising a housing 11, support legs 15, the pneumatic conveying system 20, the second suction line section 31s on a reel and several sections of the first suction line section 31f also on a reel. A fish feed transfer system20 Figure 3 shows a fish feed transfer system 100 comprising a feeding barge 101 with at least two feed pellets silos 103 and a central section including control room 108. There may be 4, 68, 10 or even 12 or more feed pellets silos 103. The system 100 also comprises the mobile fish feed transfer unit 1. The mobile fish feed transfer unit 1 is powered by energy provided by the feeding barge 101 and may also be 25 connected to a control system of the feeding barge 101. The feed pellets silos 103 are usually of the same size and have a circular cross-section.The fish feed transfer unit 1 may be positioned over or close to a silo hatch 107 of any one of the feed pellets silos 103 to permit transferring fish feed pellets FFP from the separation equipment 22 and into one of the feed pellets silos 103. A 30 typical silo hatch 107 on top of a feed pellets silo 103 is shown in figure 4. The mobile fish feed transfer unit 1 is moved to the desired position over or close to any one of the feed pellets silos 103 using the feeding barge’s 101 on-board crane 109. As shown in figure 3, the second end 34 of the suction line 31 is inserted into the silo hatch 107 of a further of the feed pellets silos 103 to convey fish feed pellets 35 FFP into the separation equipment 22.The second suction line section 31s has at least the same length as a height of the feed pellets silo 103 and the first suction line section 31f has at least the same 3491598length as the distance between the feed pellets silo 103 and the further feed pellets silo 103. This usually means that the first suction line section 31f is longer than the second suction line section 31s – up to two or three times longer.A method for operating the fish feed transfer unit5 The mobile fish feed transfer unit 1 as described above may be operated according to following method. First, the mobile fish feed transfer unit 1 is positioned over or close to a silo hatch 107 of any one of the feed pellets silos 103. A further step is to insert the second end 34 of the suction line 31 into the silo hatch 107 of the further feed pellets silos 103. Then the pneumatic conveying system 20 is operated for 10 conveying fish feed pellets FFP from the feed pellets silo 103 and transferring the fish feed pellets FFP to the further feed pellets silo 103. The pneumatic conveying system 20 is operated until the feed pellets silo 103 is emptied from fish feed pellets FFP.The storage hopper outlet port 25 of the mobile fish feed transfer unit 1 may be 15 aligned with the receiving silo hatch 107.In a further step of the process the guiding frame 110 is fitted to the silo hatch 107 of the feed pellets silo 103. It guides the second suction line section 31s when it is inserted into the feed pellets silo 103, as shown in figures 5a and 5b. The guiding frame 110 comprises rollers 112 to facilitate vertical and sideways adjustment of the 20 second suction line section 31s and the second end 34 within the feed pellets silo 103. The second suction line section 31s may also be fitted with an arresting means 114 to control the vertical adjustment of the second suction line section 31s and the second end 34 within the feed pellets silo 103. Usually, the movement of the second suction line section 31s is controlled manually. But it is also envisaged that this 25 could be done by a mechanised or robotized system.The mobile fish feed transfer unit 1 may be operated in a dense phase operation or dilute phase where the conveying gas supply 21 is operated until the separation equipment 22 is filled with fish feed pellets FFP. Then, the fish feed pellets FFP of the separation equipment 22 are transferred into the further feed pellets silo 103. 30 When the separation equipment 22 may be a cyclone 22, the fish feed pellets are stored in the storage hopper 24 and may be released from the storage hopper 24 via the storage hopper outlet port 25.The step of operating the conveying gas supply 21 and transferring the content of separation equipment 22 is repeated until the feed pellets silo 103 is emptied from 35 fish feed pellets FFP.In the preceding description, various aspects of the apparatus and method according to the invention have been described with reference to the illustrative embodiment. 3491599For purposes of explanation, specific numbers, systems and configurations were set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the apparatus and its workings. However, this description is not intended to be construed in a limiting sense. Various modifications and variations of the illustrative embodiment, as well 5 as other embodiments of the apparatus and method, which are apparent to person skilled in the art to which the disclosed subject-matter pertains, are deemed to lie within the scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims. 34915910LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS1 - mobile fish feed transfer unit11 - housing12 – lifting interface5 15 – support legs for unit 120 - pneumatic conveying system21 - conveying gas supply / vacuum pump 22 - cyclone24 - storage hopper10 25 - storage hopper outlet port31 - suction line31c – connector31f – first suction line section31s – second suction line section15 32 - first end of suction line 3134 - second end of suction line 31100 - fish feed transfer system101 - feeding barge103 - feed pellets silo20 107 - silo hatch108 – central section including control room 109 - lifting equipment110 – guiding frame112 - rollers25 114 – arresting meansFFP - fish feed pellets
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34915911CLAIMS1. A mobile fish feed transfer unit (1) for transferring fish feed pellets (FFP) between feed pellets silos (103) on a feeding barge (101), wherein the feed pellets silo (103) comprises a silo hatch (107), wherein the mobile fish feed transfer unit 5 (1) comprises:- a housing (11) comprising a lifting interface (12) for lifting equipment (109), - a pneumatic conveying system (20) comprising a conveying gas supply (21) and separation equipment (22),- a suction line (31) comprising a first end (32), wherein the first end (32) is 10 connected to the separation equipment (22),wherein the separation equipment (22) is configured to transfer fish feed pellets (FFP) from the separation equipment (22) and into one of the feed pellets silos (103), andwherein a second end (34) of the suction line (31) is configured to be inserted into 15 the silo hatch (107) of a further feed pellets silo (103) to convey fish feed pellets (FFP) to the separation equipment (22).2. The unit (1) according to claim 1, wherein the conveying gas supply (21) may be any of the following:20 a fan, side channel blower, a claw pump, other types of vacuum pumps, a venturior a coax-system.3. The unit (1) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the conveying gas supply (21) is a vacuum pump (21) and the separation equipment (22) is a cyclone (22) comprising a 25 storage hopper (24) and a storage hopper outlet port (25).4. The unit (1) according to claim 3, wherein the cyclone (22) is configured to separate the fish feed pellets (FFP) from air and collect the fish feed pellets in the storage hopper (24).305. The unit (1) according to any of the previous claims, wherein the suction line (31) comprises a first suction line section (31f) and second suction line section (31s) connected at a connection (31c), wherein the first suction line section (31f) comprises the first end (32) and the second suction line section (31s) comprises the 35 second end (34).349159126. The unit (1) according to claim 5, wherein the first suction line section (31f) is a flexible hose.5 7. The unit (1) according to claim 5, wherein the second suction line section (31s) is a semi-rigid hose.8. The unit (1) according to any of claims 5-7, wherein the silo hatch (107) comprises a guiding frame (110), wherein the guiding frame (110) comprises rollers 10 (112) to facilitate vertical and sideways adjustment of the second suction line section (31s) and the second end (34) within the feed pellets silo (103).9. A method for operating the mobile fish feed transfer unit (1) according to one or more of claims 1 to 8, wherein the method comprises the following steps:15 - placing the mobile fish feed transfer unit (1) over or close to a silo hatch (107) of any one of the feed pellets silos (103),- inserting a second end (34) of the suction line (31) into the silo hatch (107) of the further feed pellets silo (103),- operating the pneumatic conveying system (20) for conveying fish feed pellets 20 (FFP) from the further feed pellets silo (103) and transferring the fish feed pellets (FFP) via the separation equipment (22) into the feed pellets silo (103),- continuing operating the pneumatic conveying system (20) until the further feed pellets silo (103) is emptied from fish feed pellets (FFP).25 10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the method comprises the following step:- fitting the guiding frame (110) to the silo hatch (107) of the feed pellets silo (103).11. The method according to claims 9 or 10, wherein the method comprises the 30 following steps:- operating the conveying gas supply (21) until the separation equipment (22) is filled with fish feed pellets (FFP),- transferring the fish feed pellets (FFP) of the separation equipment (22) into the feed pellets silo (103),35 - repeating the steps of operating the conveying gas supply (21) and transferring the 34915913content of separation equipment (22) until the further feed pellets silo (103) is emptied from fish feed pellets (FFP).12. The unit (1) according to claim 5, wherein the second suction line section (31s) 5 has at least the same length as a height of the feed pellets silo (103) and the first suction line section (31f) has at least the same length as the distance between the feed pellets silo (103) and the further feed pellets silo (103).13. The unit (1) according to claim 1, wherein the mobile fish feed transfer unit (1) 10 is powered by energy provided by the feeding barge (101) and / or connected to a control system of the feeding barge (101).34915914PATENTKRAV1. En mobil fiskefôroverføringsenhet (1) for overføring av fiskefôrpelleter (FFP) mellom fôrpelletssiloer (103) på en fôrflåte (101), hvor fôrpelletssiloen (103) omfatter en siloluke (107), hvor den mobile fiskefôroverføringsenheten (1)5 omfatter:- et hus (11) som omfatter et løftegrensesnitt (12) for løfteutstyr (109),- et pneumatisk transportsystem (20) som omfatter en transportgassforsyning (21) og separasjonsutstyr (22),- en sugeledning (31) som omfatter en første ende (32), hvor den første enden (32) 10 er koblet til separasjonsutstyret (22),hvor separasjonsutstyret (22) er konfigurert til å overføre fiskefôrpelleter (FFP) fra separasjonsutstyret (22) og inn i en av fôrpelletssiloene (103), oghvor en andre ende (34) av sugeledningen (31) er konfigurert til å settes inn i siloluken (107) på en ytterligere fôrpelletssilo (103) for å transportere15 fiskefôrpelleter (FFP) til separasjonsutstyret (22).2. Enheten (1) ifølge krav 1, hvor transportgassforsyningen (21) kan være en hvilken som helst av følgende:en vifte, en sidekanalblåser, en klopumpe, andre typer vakuumpumper, et venturi -20 eller et koaksialsystem.3. Enheten (1) ifølge krav 1 eller 2, hvor transportgassforsyningen (21) er en vakuumpumpe (21) og separasjonsutstyret (22) er en syklon (22) som omfatter en lagringsbeholder (24) og en utløpsport (25) for lagringstanken.254. Enheten (1) ifølge krav 3, hvor syklonen (22) er konfigurert til å separere fiskefôrpelleter (FFP) fra luft og samle fiskefôrpelletene i lagringsbeholderen (24).5. Enheten (1) ifølge et hvilket som helst av de foregående krav, hvor sugeledningen 30 (31) omfatter en første sugeledningsseksjon (31f) og en andre sugeledningsseksjon (31s) som er forbundet ved en kobling (31c), hvor den første sugeledningsseksjonen 34915915(31f) omfatter den første enden (32) og den andre sugeledningsseksjonen (31s) omfatter den andre enden (34).6. Enheten (1) ifølge krav 5, hvor den første sugeledningsseksjonen (31f) er en 5 fleksibel slange.7. Enheten (1) ifølge krav 5, hvor den andre sugeledningsseksjonen (31s) er en halvstiv slange.10 8. Enheten (1) ifølge et hvilket som helst av kravene 5-7, hvor siloluken (107) omfatter en føringsramme (110), hvor føringsrammen (110) omfatter ruller (112) for å lette vertikal og sideveis justering av den andre sugeledningsseksjonen (31s) og den andre enden (34) inne i fôrpelletssiloen (103).15 9. Fremgangsmåte for drift av den mobile fiskefôroverføringsenheten (1) i henhold til ett eller flere av kravene 1 til 8, hvor fremgangsmåten omfatter følgende trinn:- plassering av den mobile fiskefôroverføringsenheten (1) over eller nær en siloluke (107) i en hvilken som helst av fôrpelletssiloene (103),- innføring av en andre ende (34) av sugeledningen (31) inn i siloluken (107) i den 20 andre fôrpelletssiloen (103),- driving av det pneumatiske transportsystemet (20) for transport av fiskefôrpelleter (FFP) fra den andre fôrpelletssiloen (103) og overføring av fiskefôrpelleter (FFP) via separasjonsutstyret (22) inn i fôrpelletssiloen (103),- fortsette å drive det pneumatiske transportsystemet (20) inntil den videre25 fôrpelletssiloen (103) er tømt for fiskefôrpelleter (FFP).10. Fremgangsmåte ifølge krav 9, hvor fremgangsmåten omfatter følgende trinn:- Montering av føringsrammen (110) på siloluken (107) til fôrpelletssiloen (103).30 11. Fremgangsmåte i henhold til krav 9 eller 10, hvor fremgangsmåten omfatter følgende trinn:34915916- driving av transportgassforsyningen (21) inntil separasjonsutstyret (22) er fylt med fiskefôrpelleter (FFP),- overføring av fiskefôrpelleter (FFP) fra separasjonsutstyret (22) til fôrpelletssiloen (103),5 - gjenta trinnene driving av transportgassforsyningen (21) og overføring av innholdet i separasjonsutstyret (22) inntil den videre fôrpelletssiloen (103) er tømt for fiskefôrpelleter (FFP).12. Enheten (1) ifølge krav 5, hvor den andre sugeledningsseksjonen (31s) har minst 10 samme lengde som høyden på fôrpelletssiloen (103) og den første sugeledningsseksjonen (31f) har minst samme lengde som avstanden mellom fôrpelletssiloen (103) og den ytterligere fôrpelletssiloen (103).13. Enheten (1) ifølge krav 1, hvor den mobile fiskefôroverføringsenheten (1) drives 15 av energi levert av fôrflåten (101) og/eller er koblet til et kontrollsystem på fôrflåten (101).
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EP 3714687 A1 (A1)CN 209995142 U (U)WO 2023167596 A1 (A1)

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Husebyveien 75 3280 TJODALYNG NO (LARVIK Municipality, Vestfold county)

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