Bird counter

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1996-11-21

1999-11-16

Swiatek, Robert P.

Animal husbandry

Animal controlling or handling

Animal relocating, loading or unloading

A01K 2900

Patent

active

059838370

ABSTRACT:
A bird counter capable of separating, detecting, and counting birds. A counterrotating rotor mechanism having flexible fingers receives the birds into a space between the rotors substantially one at a time to separate the birds. The counterrotating rotor mechanism expels the birds from the space substantially one at a time. A fiber optic bird detecting system detects the number of expelled birds after the birds have been separated by the counterrotating rotors.

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