Apparatus and method for stunning animals for slaughter
AssigneeStork MPS B.V.
InventorsSander Antonie Van Ochten, Ronald Theodoor Duitshof
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for stunning animals, such as pigs, for slaughter and may include a conveyor for conveying stunned animals for slaughter, at least one stunning device coupled to the conveyor, and a measuring and control device for detecting the number of animals stunned by the stunning device and actuating the stunning device based on the detected number of stunned animals. The invention also relates to a method for stunning animals for slaughter, such as pigs, that includes feeding stunned animals for slaughter to a conveyor at a rate based on the previous outfeed of the stunning device.
Claims18
An apparatus for stunning animals for slaughter comprising:
- a) a conveyor for conveying stunned animals for slaughter;
- b) at least two stunning devices for stunning animals comprising a first stunning device and a second stunning device, wherein the animals stunned by the first and second stunning devices are delivered onto the conveyor after stunning;
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- c) means for detecting animals stunned by the first stunning device and regulating the flow of animals through the second stunning device based on detection of animals stunned by the first stunning device.
A method for stunning animals for slaughter, the method comprising:
- stunning the animals using a first stunning device, thereby producing stunned animals;
- feeding the animals stunned by the first stunning device onto a conveyor;
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- regulating the flow of animals through a second stunning device based on outfeed of stunned animals from the first stunning device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.