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US 2018/0077911 A1Published application
Insect egg conveyor
AssigneeVerily Life Sciences LLC
InventorsPeter Massaro, Robert Sobecki, Tiantian Zha
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Abstract
Example insect egg conveyors are disclosed. One example insect egg conveyor device includes multiple rollers positioned along a path and a drive unit that includes a motor connected to a roller of the multiple rollers to drive the roller and rotate the roller. The device also includes a substrate positioned on the roller and a fluid source positioned along the path. The rollers are arranged to move the substrate along the path and toward the fluid source in response to the motor rotating the roller.
Claims24
A system comprising:
- a roller positioned along a conveyor path;
- a hydrophilic substrate positioned on the roller;
- a fluid source positioned on the conveyor path to apply a fluid to the hydrophilic substrate;
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- a drive unit comprising a motor coupled to the roller to drive the roller and rotate the roller and move the hydrophilic substrate along the conveyor path and past the fluid source.
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A method comprising:
- positioning a hydrophilic substrate on a roller of an insect egg conveyor, the roller to move the hydrophilic substrate along a conveyor path;
- positioning a fluid source on the conveyor path;
- positioning an insect chamber on the conveyor path;
- rotating the roller to move the hydrophilic substrate along the conveyor path, toward the fluid source, and through the insect chamber, wherein rotating the roller comprises driving, by a drive unit comprising a motor coupled to the roller, the roller to cause the roller to rotate;
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- collecting eggs laid on the hydrophilic substrate by an insect in the insect chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.