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US 12,588,682 B2Granted
Positioning equipment and method for poultry and similar animals
OwnerOrlei Da Silva Choaiinventor
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Abstract
Equipment and a method for positioning fowl that are intended to collect the processed and slaughtered animal from a horizontal conveyor belt previously aligned along the longitudinal axis, and to position the bird vertically for subsequent processing.
Claims20
A positioning equipment for poultry and similar animal, comprising a collecting conveyor belt adjoining an aligning belt, which comprises metal plates fixed to the support bars arranged longitudinally by support elements, said bars being juxtaposed to the pieces by jaw clamps, equipped with holes;
- crossbars that receive fasteners and are connected to the holes;
- guide formed by flat plates equipped with slots in their upper region and organized by connectors;
- aligning belt adjoining a vertical positioning conveyor, which comprises at least one flat plate fixed to at least one vertical positioner, said positioner being equipped with a collector vane juxtaposed to the movable wall, and facing this wall, there is a fixed wall;
- it also has a tapered body juxtaposed to an outlet nozzle by interlocking members, said nozzle being equipped with a clip attached by fasteners inserted into slots and joined, by a component equipped with a cavity, to an oblique element with thread and in the space formed by the fixed wall, the movable wall and the vane, sheltering a tilting board connected to a pneumatic system that is coupled to the flat plate.
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A separation method for poultry and similar animal, comprising the following steps:
- a) supply the collection conveyor belt with slaughtered poultry;
- b) direct the poultry to the aligning belt and pass through the guide;
- c) send the sorted poultry to the conveyor belt;
- d) pass the poultry through a capacitive sensor that activates the camera;
- e) identify the position of the poultry through the camera sensor;
- f) the vane converges the poultry towards the positioner;
- g) activate the tilting board and allowing the poultry to drop into to the exit;
- h) the tilting board returns to the initial state (0° or) 180°;
- i) the tilting pneumatic mechanism releasing the poultry.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.