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US 12,668,387 B2Granted
Egg transfer assembly, egg transfer system and egg processing system
AssigneeMoba Group B.V.
InventorHendrik Van Den Brink
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AssigneeMoba Group B.V.
InventorHendrik Van Den Brink
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Egg transfer assembly, including two elongated parallel carrier elements, the two carrier elements having arrays of nest sections, pairs of opposite nest sections defining egg receiving nests therebetween, wherein each nest section is swivably connected to the respective carrier element, in particular for providing an array of swivable egg receiving nests and preferably for providing an array of at least locally expandable egg receiving nests. Also, the invention provides an egg transfer system, for example part of an egg sorting system and/or egg packaging system, including a row of the egg transfer assemblies. Further, the invention provides an egg processing system, including at least one egg supply conveyor for supplying eggs along a transport direction S, as well as at least one of the egg transfer systems for receiving eggs from the egg supply conveyor.
An egg transfer assembly comprising two elongated parallel carrier elements, the two carrier elements having arrays of nest sections, pairs of opposite nest sections defining egg receiving nests therebetween, wherein the carrier elements are rotatable in opposite directions for opening and closing the egg receiving nests defined by the pairs of nest sections, characterized in that each nest section is swivably connected to the respective rotatable carrier element, wherein the egg transfer assembly includes pivot axes for swivably connecting the nest sections to the respective rotatable carrier elements.
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