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US 12,660,793 B2Granted
Compressing insects for storage and release
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsCharles Behling, Brian Wasson
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Abstract
A method of compressing insects includes loading an insect container into a retainer. The method further includes adding a population of insects to an interior volume of a compression device. The method further includes adding a foam section to the interior volume of the compression device. The method further includes compressing the interior volume of the compression device and transferring the population of insects and the foam section from the interior volume of the compression device to the insect container.
Claims20
A method of compressing insects, comprising:
- loading an insect container into a retainer;
- adding a population of insects to an interior volume of a compression device held within a mounting bracket that aligns with and is releasably coupled to the retainer;
- adding a foam section to the interior volume of the compression device;
- and
- compressing the interior volume of the compression device and transferring the population of insects and the foam section from the interior volume of the compression device to the insect container.
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An insect loading system, comprising:
- a retainer block in which is formed a concave depression sized and configured to receive a portion of an insect container;
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- a compression apparatus comprising:
- a chamber defining an interior volume between a first end and a second end, wherein a first opening is defined at the first end and a second opening is defined at the second end;
- a plunger comprising a plunging end sized to fit within the first and second openings of the chamber;
- and
- an alignment structure for aligning the compression apparatus with respect to the retainer block, wherein, when the retainer block is aligned with the compression apparatus and the insect container is held by the concave depression, the plunger is moveable with respect to the chamber from the first end to the second to cause the plunging end to move a population of insects from the interior volume into the insect container via the second opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.