Assembly for transporting and separating living poultry birds
AssigneeEgg-Chick Automated Technologies
InventorMickaël Donval
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an assembly for transporting and separating live poultry birds, in particular chicks. According to the invention, this assembly comprises: a first conveyor (10) for conveying the poultry birds, a carousel (12) comprising a rotating platform (14), said carousel (12) being configured to ensure, during the rotation of this platform (14), a spatial separation of the poultry birds introduced at the entry thereof so as to place them in a single file, an ejector (18) for ejecting the poultry birds thus separated from the carousel (12) and aligning them towards a discharge conveyor (19).
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An assembly for transporting and separating live poultry birds, characterized in that it comprises:
- a first conveyor (10) for conveying the poultry birds,
- a carousel (12) comprising a rotating platform (14), wherein said carousel (12) is configured to ensure, during the rotation of this platform (14), a spatial separation of the poultry birds introduced at its entry so as to align the latter, the carousel (12) comprising an annular platform (14) defining a hollow interior space of the carousel, a vertical guide wall (15) extending over part of the outer peripheral edge of the carousel to retain the chicks on the move with the annular platform, the annular platform (14) defining between the vertical guide wall (15) and the interior space of the carousel (12) a transport area whose dimension enables the positioning of a single chick at one given point of this area,
- an ejector (18) for ejecting the poultry birds thus separated from the carousel (12) and lining them up towards a discharge conveyor (19).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.