Pneumatic Transport of Insects
OwnerDirk Wessendorfinventor
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Abstract
A method and a device for transporting a plurality of insects from a chamber to a location via a channel, wherein the insects are transported by means of an apparatus for producing a medium flow, and wherein a transport additive is added to the medium flow during transport, the amount of the transport additive being set in accordance with the amount of insects moved.
Claims19
A method for transporting a plurality of insects from a chamber via a channel to a location, wherein the insects are actively moved by means of the action of a medium flow, wherein the insects are at least partially actively moved via the medium flow from the chamber to further chambers and/or locations, wherein a carrier additive is added to the medium flow during transport, the amount of which is set in particular in accordance with the amount of insects moved.
A use of a carrier additive for the gentle transport of insects or very small animals in a medium flow, wherein a device is used for transporting a plurality of insects, said device having a chamber with insects, a channel connecting said chamber to a location, and an apparatus for producing a medium flow adapted to at least partially actively transport said insects from said chamber to said location by means of said medium flow.
A method for transporting a plurality of insects from a chamber via a channel to a location, wherein the insects are actively moved by means of the action of a medium flow.
A device for transporting a plurality of insects, in particular insect larvae, comprising a chamber with insects, and a channel connecting said chamber to a location, an apparatus for producing a medium flow adapted to at least partially actively transport said insects from said chamber to said location by means of said medium flow.
The method according to 4, wherein the apparatus for producing a medium flow produces a medium flow having a velocity in a range of 0.1 m/s to 80 m/s.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.