Means for recovering fish from a net and transferring same onto a boat

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING FISH ONTO A FISHING BOAT FROM A SEINE NET HAVING PURSING RINGS, A PURSE LINE AND A FLOAT LINE, COMPRISING: LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING TUNNEL MEANS FORMED IN THE STERN OF SAID BOAT LEADING FROM AN OPENING IN THE TRANSOM OF SAID BOAT TO A FISH-DISCHARGING POSITION ON SAID BOAT; AN UPWARDLY INCLINED POWER-DRIVEN CONVEYOR BELT IN SAID TUNNEL MEANS TO TRANSFER FISH FROM SAID OPENING TO SAID FISH-DISCHARGING POSITION; POWER-OPERATED NET RETRIEVING MEANS THAT PROGRESSIVELY RAISE AND GATHER SAID NET TOWARDS SAID OPENING WHEREBY FISH TRAPPED IN SAID NET ARE PROGRESSIVELY DUMPED OUT OF SAID NET INTO THE LOWER END OF SAID CONVEYOR BELT; PURSING RING RECEIVING MEANS ON THE STERN OF SAID BOAT THAT TEMPORARILY RECEIVE SAID PURSING RINGS DURING THE RAISING AND GATHERING OF SAID NET BY SAID RETRIEVING MEANS; AND TEMPORARY NET-SUPPORT MEANS ON THE STERN OF SAID BOAT ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID NET DURING SAID RAISING AND GATHERING OF SAID NET WHEREBY SAID PURSE LINE MAY BE REMOVED FROM SAID PURSING