Substance-distribution system for an egg injection device
AssigneeEgg-Chick Automated Technologies
InventorsMickael Nadreau, Jean-Claude Yvin, Florent Menguy
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Abstract
A distribution system for distributing dosed amounts of a treatment substance to a plurality of injectors of an egg injection device, and to an injection device equipped with such a distribution system. The distribution system comprises at least one syringe pump comprising an actuator for actuating the piston of a syringe, a discharge tube connected to the outlet orifice of the syringe, feed tubes connected in parallel to the discharge tube via a valve system, each feed tube being intended to be connected to an injector, and a controller capable of controlling the actuator and the valve system for distributing dosed amount of substance contained in the chamber through the feed tubes, to injectors.
Claims11
An egg injection device comprising an injection head which includes a plurality of injectors capable of injecting a substance into a plurality of eggs, including at least one substance-distribution system, the substance-distribution system comprising:
- at least one syringe pump including
- a syringe body defining a chamber adapted to receive a substance, provided with an outlet orifice and a piston slidably mounted in said chamber, and
- an actuator capable of automatically actuating said piston in order to discharge the substance out of the chamber through the outlet orifice;
- a discharge tube connected to the outlet orifice;
- feed tubes connected in parallel through a first end of each feed tube to said discharge tube via a valve system, each feed tube adapted for connection through a second end thereof to at least one injector;
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- a controller that controls said actuator and said valve system in order to distribute dosed amounts of substance contained in the chamber through the feed tubes, to said injectors;
- the substance distribution system distributing dosed amounts of substance to said injectors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.