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US 2017/0321446 A1Published application
Post Holder
AssigneeSeguro Aluminum Railing Inc.
InventorJohn Antinolfi
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Abstract
This invention relates to railings, and more particularly to post holders for hollow posts. The post holders of the present invention comprise a shaft extending from a base, and in use a post slides over the shaft of the post holder.
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A device for facilitating the placing of poultry animals in containers, wherein the poultry animals are supplied on at least one poultry conveyor, wherein the device comprises:
- a frame;
- a number of first platforms mounted on the frame and extending horizontally at a first level for the purpose of carrying a container for each of the poultry conveyors, wherein each first platform is located in the vicinity of the end of a poultry conveyor;
- at least a first discharge transport element mounted on the frame at the first level and extending transversely of the poultry conveyors in the operative position of the device for the purpose of carrying away containers filled with poultry, which element is situated on the side of the platforms facing away from the poultry conveyor;
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- first connecting elements extending between the first discharge transport element and each of the first platforms and mounted on the frame for the purpose of transporting containers filled with poultry between the relevant platform and the discharge transport element.
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A method for placing poultry animals supplied on at least one poultry conveyor into containers, wherein the method comprises the following steps of:
- placing an empty container, in which a number of poultry animals have to be placed, on a platform mounted in the vicinity of the poultry conveyor;
- removing the number of poultry animals from the poultry conveyor and placing these poultry animals into the container;
- displacing the container filled with poultry animals over a connecting element onto a discharge transport element;
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- moving the container filled with poultry animals over the discharge transport element to an unloading station in a direction extending substantially perpendicularly of the direction in which the container is moved over the connecting element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.