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US 2015/0208869 A1Published application
Egg-Breaking Systems And Methods
AssigneeGullfoss Engineering, LLC
InventorSantiago Gomez-Gurza
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Abstract
An egg-breaking system is provided that includes a plurality of nodes arranged in which one or more cracker assemblies are disposed. The nodes are arranged in a matrix of rows and columns within the egg-breaking system. The egg-breaking system can be used in an egg processing line in which eggs are subjected to a variety of processing steps.
Claims25
An egg-breaking system comprising:
- a cracker assembly array comprising a plurality of nodes aligned in an n×m matrix, wherein n is a first value greater than one and m is a second value greater than one, wherein at least one of n and m is greater than two, wherein each node of the cracker assembly array is disposed in fixed alignment with every other node of the cracker assembly array, wherein each node of the cracker assembly array comprises an egg holder, and wherein an egg cracker is operably aligned with the egg holder.
The system of 1, further comprising a plurality of egg conveyors operably aligned adjacent the egg cracker assembly array.
An egg-breaking system comprising:
- a cracker assembly array comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein the plurality fixedly-aligned nodes are aligned in at least two columns, wherein each column comprises at least two of the plurality of fixedly-aligned nodes, and wherein each node of the plurality of fixedly-aligned nodes comprises a cracker assembly comprising an egg holder;
- an egg cracker in operable communication with at least one of the plurality of nodes;
- and,
- a plurality of egg conveyors operably aligned with the cracker assembly array, wherein each of the plurality of egg conveyors is operably aligned with more than one node of the cracker assembly array.
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An egg-breaking system comprising:
- a cracker assembly array comprising a plurality of nodes disposed in an n×m matrix, wherein n and m are greater than one, wherein each node of the plurality of nodes is fixedly aligned relative to every other node of the cracker assembly array, and wherein each of the plurality of nodes comprises at least one cracker assembly comprising an egg holder and an egg cracker;
- and,
- a shaft extending through at least two of the plurality of nodes of the cracker assembly array, wherein at least a portion of at least one cracker assembly in each of at least two nodes of the cracker assembly array are movably mounted to the shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.