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US 12,396,464 B2Granted
Onsite CO2 generation for poultry stunning
AssigneeMesser Industries USA, Inc.
InventorsMichael D. Newman, Christopher T. Ebeling
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Abstract
An apparatus for stunning an animal with an exhaust gas mixture includes a stunning chamber located at a processing site to contain therein as many an animal selected to be stunned; and a combustion chamber located at the processing site for combusting a mixture to provide therefrom an exhaust gas mixture which includes carbon dioxide for stunning the animal in the stunning chamber. A related method and exhaust gas mixture are also provided.
Claims9
A method for stunning an animal with an exhaust gas mixture, comprising:
- delivering an exhaust gas mixture comprising carbon dioxide from a combustion chamber located at a processing site to a stunning chamber located at the processing site for any amount of a select type of animal;
- contacting the select type of animal with the exhaust gas mixture in the stunning chamber for stunning the select type of animal;
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- providing the carbon dioxide from the exhaust gas mixture without relying upon a separate carbon dioxide delivery from a location remote from the processing site for the stunning.
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