Collector for imagos and the eggs thereof
OwnerSergei Vasilievich Andreev, Mikhail Grigorievich Leibenzon +2inventors
InventorsSergei Vasilievich Andreev, Mikhail Grigorievich Leibenzon, Jury Petrovich Trushin, Mikhail Sergeevich Luzgin
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Abstract
The proposed collector incorporates a chamber and an auxiliary compartment; located on the bottom of said chamber is a screen conveyer for images to lay eggs thereon, said conveyer being driven by drive shafts located in the auxiliary compartment; apart from said shafts the compartment accommodates also brushes adapted for removing eggs from the conveyer screens, containers for taken-off eggs, a bath with washing liquid for cleaning the screen conveyer, a heater fan for drying the conveyer upon its having been cleaned by washing, and tensioning means which are adapted for equalizing the tension of the conveyer screens.
Claims2
A collector for imagos and the eggs thereof comprising means defining a chamber and an auxiliary compartment located below said chamber;
- said chamber having a bottom and inlet means at one end for admitting imagos thereinto;
- a plurality of screens and a support for said screens adapted for the imagos to lay eggs thereon;
- said screens and supports being in the form of an endless conveyor adapted to move across said chamber bottom and through said auxiliary compartment by means of a drive shaft for each said screen and support located in said auxiliary compartment and at the end of said chamber opposite said one end, and a driven shaft for each said screen and support located in said auxiliary compartment and at said one end of said chamber;
- a plurality of rotary brushes located in said auxiliary compartment in proximity to said drive shafts for removing said eggs from said screens and support;
- a plurality of containers located below said brushes for catching said eggs;
- said drive shafts being arranged parallel to each other and at different levels with respect to said bottom and said brushes being located in between and behind said drive shafts;
- a washing bath located in said auxiliary compartment for cleaning said screens and support after said eggs are removed therefrom, said screens and support being arranged to pass through said bath after passing over said drive shafts and past said brushes;
- a plurality of brushes located in said bath to scrub said screens and support;
- a heater fan located in said auxiliary compartment for drying said screens and support after they emerge from said bath;
- tensioning means for equalizing the tension of said screens and support;
- and means for driving said drive shafts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.