Egg laying device
AssigneeOnfarmhatching Ltd
InventorLeon Furlong
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Abstract
An egg placing machine cassette for receiving eggs to be laid upon a surface. The eggs being received in a two-dimensional array and wherein the cassette comprises a base portion, side walls extending from a first end of the base portion and a lid portion that is connected to a second end of the side walls, that second end being distal from the base portion. The cassette is provided with a first opening mechanism, by which a setter tray is able to be placed inside the cassette. The cassette is further provided with a second opening mechanism, in which the lid portion can be partially and/or progressively opened to allow a predetermined number of eggs to be removed therefrom.
Claims16
An egg placing machine comprising wheels to allow the machine to move along the floor of a poultry house, and a cassette for receiving eggs to be laid upon a floor of a poultry house, the eggs being received in a two-dimensional array, wherein the cassette comprises:
- a body portion;
- a base portion;
- side walls extending from the base portion and including:
- a first end proximal to the base portion;
- and
- a second end opposite first end and distal from the portion;
- and
- a lid portion connected to the second end of the side walls;
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- an interior volume at least partially enclosed by the base portion, the side walls, and the lid portion;
- a tray opening in the body portion configures to enable a setter tray holding eggs to be to be placed inside the interior volume;
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- a lid opening for partially and/or progressively opening the lid portion to allow a predetermined number of eggs to be removed through lid opening and from the setter tray located in the interior volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.