Device for depositing poultry to a poultry conveyer
AssigneeMeyn Food Processing Technology B.V.
InventorMassimo Zanotti
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Abstract
A depositing device for depositing poultry from a pile of one or more stacked crates to a poultry conveyor. A tilting unit is configured for tilting the pile of one or more stacked crates around a tilt axis between a receiving position and a depositing position. A chute is tiltable between the receiving position and the depositing position independently to the tilting unit.
Claims11
A depositing device for depositing poultry from a pile of one or more stacked crates to a poultry conveyor, the depositing device comprising:
- a tilting unit;
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- a chute, tiltable between a receiving position and a deposition position independently of the tilting unit, the chute comprising four sidewalls defining a guiding channel within the chute for guiding poultry, and a door arranged for keeping the poultry in the chute when the door is closed;
- wherein the tilting unit is configured for tilting the pile of one or more stacked crates around a tilt axis between the receiving position, in which the pile of one or more stacked crates is received, and the depositing position, in which poultry is transferred from the pile of one or more stacked crates to the poultry conveyor by the chute.
A method for depositing poultry from a pile of one or more stacked crates to a poultry conveyer by means of a depositing device that includes a tilting unit and a chute, wherein the chute comprises four sidewalls defining a guiding channel within the chute for guiding poultry, and a door arranged for keeping the poultry in the chute when the door is closed, the method comprising:
- providing the pile of one or more stacked crates to the tilting unit while the tilting unit is in a receiving position;
- tilting the tilting unit and the chute in order to bring the tilting unit and the chute into a depositing position, in which poultry is transferred from the pile of one or more stacked crates to the poultry conveyor via the chute, wherein the tilting the chute between the depositing position and the receiving position is conducted independently to the tilting unit, and
- opening the door in order to deposit poultry to the poultry conveyor while the tilting unit is tilting back into the receiving position together with the pile of one or more stacked crates once the pile of one or more stacked crates is empty.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.