Method and apparatus for reducing damage to eggs

Details Method and apparatus for reducing damage to eggs Method and apparatus for reducing damage to eggs

1998-11-30

2000-02-01

Poon, Peter M.

Animal husbandry

Bird nest or nest appliance

Egg trap

119335, A01K 3116

Patent

active

060190655

ABSTRACT:
A method and an apparatus for preventing a second egg from directly contacting a first egg when the second egg exits a cage travelling in a first direction through a cage opening onto a conveyor belt travelling in a second direction substantially transverse to the first direction from an upstream side to a downstream side of the cage opening. The apparatus comprises a contact strip, the contact strip having a proximal end and a distal end and being made of a flexible material, and means for attaching the proximal end to the cage near the cage opening on the upstream side thereof such that the distal end of the contact strip is disposed on the conveyor belt opposite the downstream side of the cage opening whereby the contact strip extends across the cage opening to prevent the second egg from directly contacting the first egg.

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Automatic Roll-Away Nests--Brochure issued by Machinefabriek en konstruktiebedrijf b.v.
Soft-Touch II Egg De-Escalator System--Pamphlet issued by Chore-Time Cage Systems.
Original Specht Poultry Equipment--The Belt Battery--Pamphlet issued by Ten Elsen GmbH & Co KG.
Center Belt Egg Gathering System--Pamphlet issued by Shenandoah Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Layer Cage System--Pamphlet issued by Farmer Automatic.

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