US 2010/0304651 A1 · METHOD AND CONVEYOR ASSEMBLY FOR UNLOADING BIRDS FROM A COMPARTMENT FOR HOLDING BIRDS

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for unloading birds from a compartment for holding birds, wherein a first conveyor belt is provided above the birds and a second conveyor belt is provided underneath the birds, for moving the birds toward the exit of the compartment. The present invention further relates to a conveyor assembly for unloading birds from a compartment for holding birds, the device includes a first conveyor belt which is configured to be provided above the birds and a second conveyor belt which is configured to be provided underneath the birds, for moving the birds toward the exit of the compartment.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A method for unloading birds from a compartment for holding birds, comprising the steps of:

providing a first conveyor belt above the birds and a second conveyor belt underneath the birds;
and
moving the birds toward the exit of the compartment using at least one of the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/855,067Filed 12 Aug 2010

Priority

NL 102228931 Dec 2002

Published

2 Dec 2010

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A01K 45/005
Other aviculture appliances, e.g. devices for determining whether a bird is about to lay: harvesting or transport of poultry
A22C 21/0053
Processing poultry: transferring or conveying devices for poultry
B65G 47/31
During transit by a series of conveyors: by varying the relative speeds of the conveyors forming the series
B65G 47/70
Adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor…

Method and conveyor assembly for unloading birds from a compartment for holding birds

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Method and conveyor assembly for unloading birds from a compartment for holding birds

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Abstract

Claims14