Method and device for collecting poultry and transporting the poultry to a slaughterhouse
AssigneeStork PMT B.V.
InventorsSamon Morimoto, Adrianus J. van den Nieuwelaar
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Abstract
A method and device for collecting poultry and transporting the poultry to a slaughterhouse, in which the birds are at least partially made unconscious prior to their arrival at the slaughterhouse. Prior to or during their collection, the birds can be conveyed through a tunnel containing a stunning gas. A goods vehicle for carrying crates or containers with poultry to a slaughterhouse can be provided with means for introducing a stunning gas into the crates or containers.
Claims21
A method for collecting poultry and transporting the poultry to a slaughterhouse, wherein the birds are at least partially made unconscious prior to their arrival at the slaughterhouse.
A device for collecting birds prior to transportation of the birds to a slaughterhouse, comprising:
- pick-up means for picking up the birds;
- and
- conveying means for conveying the birds picked up in the pick-up means to collection means,
- the device further comprising a stunning device which is set up in the path of the conveying means.
A goods vehicle for transporting birds to a slaughterhouse, with a loading space for accommodating crates or containers containing the birds, the vehicle further comprising means for introducing a stunning gas into the crates or containers (82).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.