Animal husbandry – Animal controlling or handling – Animal relocating – loading or unloading
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-19
2005-04-19
Swiatek, Robert P. (Department: 3643)
Animal husbandry
Animal controlling or handling
Animal relocating, loading or unloading
Reexamination Certificate
active
06880488
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for loading live poultry into cages for shipment to a processing station. The system comprises a trailer having an assembly and movement station to accept the deposit of live poultry. After deposit, the poultry moves by conveyor belt to a drop chute where the poultry is weighed in batches at a weighing station, and thence each weighed batch is in-turn deposited upon another conveyor at a conveying station to be moved to discrete cages at the cage loading station. The poultry is loaded by batches into individual cages arranged in stocked arrays. After each batch is loaded into cages thereby filling all cages of the stacked array, the cage array is automatically moved to a cage deployment station to be subsequently shipped to a processing plant.
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Hindle & O′Bradovich, LLC
Swiatek Robert P.
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