Aerated live bait container

Claim 1

A LIVE BAIT STORAGE APPARATUS COMPRISING, AN UPRIGHT CONTAINER, AN INSULATED MATERIAL LINING THE BOTTOM AND UPRIGHT WALLS OF SAID CONTAINER, A PLATE ON SAID CONTAINER OVERLYING A PORTION OF THE TOP THEREOF, AN AERATING APPARATUS MOUNTED ON SAID PLATE COMPRISING, A CYLINDER MOUNT HAVING A CENTRAL APERTURE, BOLTS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID PLATE RIGIDLY SECURING SAID MOUNT TO THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID PLATE, AN ELONGATED CYLINDER HAVING AN OUTLET IN THE LOWER END, A PLURALITY OF APERTURES IN THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION BELOW THE NORMAL OPERATING WATER LEVEL, AND A PLURALITY OF APERTURES IN THE UPPER PORTION ABOVE THE NORMAL OPERATING WATER LEVEL IN THE CONTAINER, A BEARING MEANS HAVING AN UPWARDLY FCING CENTRAL BORE MOUNTED ON THE LOWER END OF SAID CYLINDER, A HOUSING SECURED TO THE TOP SIDE OF SAID PLATE IN OVERLYING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID CYLINDER, AN ELECTRIC MOTOR MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING AND HAVING A VERTICALLY DISPOSED DRIVE SHAFT IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID CYLINDER, AN ELONGATED SHAFT EXTENDING THROUGH SAID PLATE AND APERTURE IN SAID CYLINDER MOUNT AND HAVING A LOWER END SEATED IN CENTRAL BORE OF SAID BEARING, AN IMPELLER MOUNTED ON THE LOWER END PORTION OF SAID SHAFT, A SLEEVE OF RESILIENT MATERIAL CONNECTING SAID DRIVE SHAFT OF SAID MOTOR AND THE UPPER END OF SAID ELONGATED SHAFT IN DRIVING RELATIONSHIP, COMPARTMENT MEANS IN SAID HOUSING TO HOUSE A BATTERY, A CIRCUIT MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY SUPPLYING ELECTRIC CURRENT TO SAID MOTOR FROM SAID BATTERY, AND A MEANS TO UTILIZE AN AUXILIARY DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRICAL SUPPLY TO DRIVE SAID MOTOR, SAID MOTOR IN OPERATION ADAPTED TO ROTATE SAID IMPELLER TO FORCE WATER OUT OF THE CYLINDER THROUGH THE OUTLET IN THE LOWER PORTION OF THE CYLINDER TO SUBSEQUENTLY LOWER THE WATER LEVEL IN THE CYLINDER BELOW THE PREVAILING WATER LEVEL IN THE CONTAINER AND CONTINUOUSLY DRAW WATER THROUGH THE APERTURES IN THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID CYLINDER AND AIR THROUGH THE APERTURES IN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID CYLINDER, THOROUGHLY MIX THE WATER AND AIR THEREBY AERATING THE WATER, AND SUBSEQUENTLY CIRCULATE THE AERATED WATER THROUGH SAID CONTAINER TO THUS PROVIDE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR LIVE BAIT.