Butchering – Slaughtering – Conveying live animals to slaughtering apparatus
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-14
2006-11-14
Gellner, Jeffrey L. (Department: 3643)
Butchering
Slaughtering
Conveying live animals to slaughtering apparatus
C452S179000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07134956
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for transferring live objects, such as chickens, to a shackle line are presented. The system and method include introducing a plurality of live objects to a singulator. The singulator isolates the individual live objects and places them in a pallet on a conveyor. The system may detect and remove cadavers from amongst the live objects. The conveyor leads the live objects to a grasper. The grasper positions the legs of the live objects so that a shackler can secure the legs of the live objects with a shackle. The live objects and the shackle are then inverted and passed on to a shackle line. The shackle line may be a kill line buffer or a kill line.
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Gellner Jeffrey L.
Georgia Tech Research Corporation
Parsley David J.
Thomas Kayden Horstemeyer & Risley LLP
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