Mosquito rearing and packaging
AssigneeSenecio Ltd.
InventorsHanan LEPEK, Ido NUSBAUM
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Abstract
A device for rearing and sorting insects comprises a shaft, storage compartments, each compartment with a first closable opening for insertion of a water tray to hold pupae, and a second opening into said shaft, the inserted water tray being enclosed in the respective compartment apart from those two openings. A conveyor belt is aligned with an exit from the shaft to catch insects emerging from the pupae via the shaft. A classifier classifies insects on the conveyor belt into at least two classes; and a sorter sorts the insects on the conveyor based on output of the classifier to provide a sorted group of one of the classes.
Claims20
A device for rearing and sorting insects comprising:
- a shaft;
- a plurality of storage compartments, each compartment configured with a first closable opening for insertion of a water tray to hold pupae, and a second opening into said shaft, the inserted water tray being enclosed by said respective compartment apart from said openings;
- a conveyor mechanism aligned with an exit from said shaft to catch insects emerging from said pupae via said shaft;
- a classifier configured to classify insects on said conveyor mechanism into at least two classes;
- and
- a sorter for sorting insects on said conveyor based on output of said classifier to provide a sorted group of one of said classes.
A method for mass rearing and sorting of insects, comprising:
- placing pupae in water trays;
- placing said water trays in storage compartments in a stack opening into a shaft;
- closing said storage compartment on all sides except into said shaft so that insects emerging from said pupae fly into said shaft;
- providing air motion in said shaft to encourage said insects to fly towards a conveying mechanism;
- classifying said insects on said conveying mechanism into at least two classes;
- and
- sorting insects on said conveying mechanism based on output of said classifying to provide a sorted group of one of said classes.
A device for rearing and sorting insects comprising:
- a shaft;
- a plurality of storage compartments, each compartment configured with a first closable opening for insertion of a water tray to hold pupae, and a second opening into said shaft, the inserted water tray being enclosed by said respective compartment apart from said openings;
- a conveyor belt aligned with an exit from said shaft to catch insects emerging from said pupae via said shaft;
- and
- a classifier configured to classify objects on said conveyor belt into wanted insects and to provide a count of said wanted insects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.