Method and apparatus for sex sorting of mosquitoes
AssigneeSenecio Ltd.
InventorsHanan Lepek, Tamir Nave, Yoram Fleischmann, Rom Eisenberg, Itamar Tirosh
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Abstract
Method of providing insects for sorting into classes or for quality control of sorted insects comprises providing the insects in a container having a closable opening, opening the closable opening, releasing the insects through the closable opening onto a funneled air flow, the air flow carrying the insects to a collection location, the collection location being conveyable, and applying immobilizing agent to the insects on the collection location, thereby to provide stationary insects for said sorting or quality control.
Claims22
Method of providing insects for classifying insects for sorting into classes or for quality control of sorted insects, the method comprising:
- providing the insects in a container having a closable opening;
- releasing the insects onto an air flow into a funnel, the air flow and the funnel carrying the insects to a collection location, the insects being collected on a conveyable surface of a movable conveyor, the conveyable surface being porous;
- applying immobilizing agent to the insects on the collection location, thereby to provide stationary insects for said sorting or quality control;
- applying a pressure gradient across said porous surface, said pressure gradient to ensure flow of air and preventing turbulence;
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- the insects being conveyed on said conveyable surface from said collection location.
Method of providing insects for sorting into classes comprising:
- providing a plurality of insects from a robot arm;
- placing each insect from said robot arm onto a collection location of a conveyable surface on a moving conveyor, the conveyable surface comprising a porous surface, said placing being at a predetermined location, thereby to form a pattern, from said plurality of insects, on said moving conveyor;
- continuing to place insects until said pattern is completely formed;
- applying immobilizing agent to the insects on the conveyable surface;
- applying a pressure gradient across said porous surface, said pressure gradient to ensure flow of air and preventing turbulence;
- conveying the insects, thereby to provide a flow of stationary insects for sorting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.