A poultry transfer mechanism
AssigneeMarel Poultry B.V.
InventorsGijs Berend Gerardus Janssen, Tim Sander Rijerse, Johannes Petrus Maria Linders
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Abstract
The invention relates to a poultry transfer mechanism for transferring poultry bodies from a first poultry transport line to a second poultry transport line. Further, the invention relates to a poultry transport system comprising a poultry transfer mechanism, a first poultry transport line and a second poultry transport line. In addition, the invention also relates to a method for automatically transferring at least one poultry body from a first poultry transport line to a second poultry transport line.
Claims22
A poultry transfer mechanism for transferring poultry bodies from a first poultry transport line to a second poultry transport line, the poultry transfer mechanism comprising:
- at least one track;
- and
- shuttles moveable along the track, wherein the shuttles comprise carriers, and each carrier is configured for carrying one leg of a poultry body such that a poultry body to be transferred is carryable by a pair of carriers,
- wherein the poultry transfer mechanism is configured to vary the distance between the carriers of a pair of carriers for varying the distance between the legs of the poultry body.
A method for automatically transferring of poultry bodies by means of shuttles moveable along a track from a first poultry transport line to a second poultry transport line, the method comprising:
- carrying at least one of the poultry bodies by its legs by carriers of the shuttles,
- wherein the distance between the carriers carrying the poultry body is varied for varying the distance between the legs of the poultry body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.