Method and apparatus for use in loading live animals into transport vehicles
AssigneeCanAgra Poultry Company
InventorTerry L. Maynor
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Abstract
A method for loading live animals on a transport vehicle where the method comprises providing a transport vehicle for transporting the live animals, the vehicle having at least one compartment for containing the animals and which is partially open to the external environment. The method further includes providing a ventilation vehicle adjacent to the transport vehicle, the ventilation vehicle including at least one fan and then loading at least one animal into the compartment. While the loading is being conducted, the fan of the ventilation vehicle is operated to generate a flow of air toward and into the compartment of the transport vehicle. By use of the method, overheating of the animals while the vehicle is stationary is reduced.
Claims10
A method for loading live animals on a transport vehicle, the method comprising:
- providing a transport vehicle for transporting the live animals, the vehicle having at least one compartment for containing the animals and which is partially open to the external environment;
- providing a ventilation vehicle adjacent to the transport vehicle, the ventilation vehicle including at least one fan;
- loading at least one animal into the compartment;
- and
- while the loading is being conducted, operating said fan of said ventilation vehicle to generate a flow of air toward and into the compartment of the transport vehicle.
An apparatus for use in a method of loading of animals onto a transport vehicle having at least one compartment for containing the animals and which is partially open to the external environment, the apparatus comprising a wheeled vehicle comprising a flat bed trailer, at least one evaporative cooling unit carried by the wheeled vehicle, a tank carried by the wheeled vehicle, the tank adapted to contain water for supply to said evaporative cooling unit, and a supply line between the tank and the cooling unit for supplying water to the cooler, whereby operating said evaporative cooling unit of said ventilation vehicle generates a flow of air toward and into the compartment of the transport vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.