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7798890 Converting a fluctuating stream of poultry into a uniform stream of poultry  
In poultry slaughterhouses, birds arrive in batches. Birds are delivered in holders (2), are unloaded and are connected to carriers (14). The birds are then introduced into the slaughterhouse and...
7226778 Apparatus for natural recycling of protein waste  
An apparatus and process for naturally recycling poultry carcasses for use as a nutritional supplement, the apparatus generally consists of four modules: an enzymatic digest medium mixing assembly...
7134956 Automated feet-gripping system  
A system and method for transferring live objects, such as chickens, to a shackle line are presented. The system and method include introducing a plurality of live objects to a singulator. The...
7097552 Method and system for gas stunning of poultry for slaughter  
A method and a system (2) for gas stunning of animals for slaughter is described, where the animals arrive at the slaughterhouse in transport crates (6), where gas stunning of the animals is...
6912434 Method and device for processing slaughter products  
A processing of a first slaughter product to form a second slaughter product comprises: providing one or more processing stations, a parameter of a processing to be carried out in the processing...
6623346 Automated transfer of live objects to shackle line method and apparatus  
A system and method for transferring live objects, such as chickens, to a shackle line are presented. The system and method include introducing a plurality of live objects to a singulator. The...
6612918 Poultry cage staging and filling method and apparatus  
A series of multi-compartmented, multi-tier poultry cages are staged for loading by a poultry loader that moves transversely to the direction of a plurality of side-by-side poultry receiving and...
5975029 Method and device for collecting poultry and transporting the poultry to a slaughterhouse  
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....
5487699 Treatment of poultry  
Apparatus for gas stunning of poultry in open top drawers (22) comprises a tank (10) holding a heavier than air stunning gas such as a mixture argon and carbon dioxide. A lowering conveyor (24)...
5376041 Method for regulating the flow of animals through a slaughtering facility  
A turntable means regulates the flow of animals, for example, ratites (includes ostrich and emu) through a slaughtering facility. The turntable means has a circular turntable rotating about an axis...
5370574 Method and apparatus for suspending poultry with its legs from a suspension conveyor  
In the invention poultry to be suspended with its legs from a suspension conveyor is first oriented in parallel with a certain direction, such as the conveying direction of the suspension conveyor,...
5340355 Apparatus for orienting birds, which are supplied by a belt conveyor, with their heads in the direction of conveyance  
Apparatus is provided for orienting birds, which are applied by a belt conveyor, with their heads in the direction of conveyance. The apparatus comprises two positioning means located alongside...
5186677 Procedure and plant for the stunning of animals to be slaughtered at slaughterhouses  
Stunning of animals to be slaughtered at slaughterhouses takes place by exposing the animals for a sufficiently long period of time to an anaesthetic atmosphere, such as an atmosphere of carbon...
5134971 Live fowl conveyor  
A conveyor for supporting live fowl to be inoculated, iseminated, debeaked, or to have another operation performed on them. The conveyor includes a base, a pair of spindles mounted to the base, one...
5129857 Method and apparatus for orienting live poultry  
When birds are placed upright on the interior surface of an open-ended, non-vertical rotating drum, the birds turn, regardless of their initial orientation, so as to face "uphill" in the drum. The...
5009191 System for the stalling of animals  
Animals such as pigs which are to be slaughtered at slaughterhouses are unloaded from the transport truck and driven into pens and stalled in these for some time, until they are driven out of the...
4894885 Killing device for poultry  
The invention relates to a killing device for poultry with a cutting slot moving with and aligned transversely to the transporting direction of the sideways conveyed animals (12), a head aligning...
4888855 Gondola for the transport of animals to be slaughtered, preferably hogs, in an anaesthesia system  
A goldola for the transport of animals to be slaughtered, preferably hogs, in an anaesthesia system, said gondola (9) comprising two end gables including an outer end gable (10) and an inner end...
4751767 Poultry stunner  
The poultry stunner described herein comprises a poultry conveyor and an electrolyte bath below the conveyor and means for applying an electric potential between the conveyor and the bath so as to...
4747184 Animal stunning equipment  
Animal stunning equipment suitable for use with sheep or other small livestock includes a restrainer-conveyor (36) comprising one or more pair of continuous belt or slat conveyors having inclined...
4658476 Device for conveying chickens to a slaughtering plant  
Device for conveying living chickens to a slaughtering plant, comprising means (6) for separating the chickens one by one, conveying them with the separated legs into leg clamps (39, 40) on a turn...
4586216 Device for stunning animals intended for slaughter by electric discharge  
The present invention relates to a device for stunning animals intended for slaughter by electric discharge, of the type comprising means for conveying said animals and at least two retractable...
4578841 Apparatus for automatically stunning animals to be slaughtered  
Apparatus is provided for automatically electrically stunning animals to be slaughtered. The apparatus includes two V-shaped restrainers, where the second restrainer runs faster than the first...
4406036 Apparatus for conveying animals to be stunned  
An apparatus is provided for conveying animals to be stunned. The apparatus comprises two sets of endless conveyor belts. Each set of belts defines a substantially V-shaped passageway. Animals are...
4361932 Apparatus for electrically stunning slaughter cattle  
The present invention relates to an apparatus for electrically stunning slaughter cattle in particular horned cattle such as horned sheep. Said apparatus having a set of electrodes 4, 5, 22, 29...
4354296 Method and apparatus for killing poultry  
The jugular veins of chickens and other poultry are rapidly cut with precision and uniformity as birds are conveyed in succession past a rotary cutting knife. The necks of the birds are stretched...
4353147 Apparatus for stunning animals to be slaughtered, such as pigs  
An apparatus is provided for electrically stunning animals, in particular pigs. The apparatus comprises a restrainer in the form of two endless conveyors positioned to form a V-shaped passageway...
4338700 Apparatus for electrically stunning animals to be slaughtered  
An apparatus is provided for electrically stunning animals to be slaughtered. Said apparatus comprises electrodes which are pivotable about horizontal axes and, in their initial position, extend...
4307683 Method and apparatus for handling shackled poultry  
A mechanized method and apparatus for handling shackled live poultry is based on receiving the live poultry in shackles at the farm, conveying the shackles containing the live poultry to carts...
4301770 Method for shackling live poultry  
A mechanized method for shackling and handling live poultry is based on mechanically gathering the live fowl on foot at the farm and conveying successive groups of the gathered fowl into shackles...
4249285 Poultry killing method and machine  
In a machine for use in poultry processing plants, a succession of birds, suspended by their legs from an overhead conveyor, are advanced through a zone of arcuate movement in conjunction with a...
4215654 Shackling system for live poultry  
A mechanized system and method for shackling and handling live poultry are based on mechanically gathering the live fowl on foot at the farm and conveying successive groups of the gathered fowl...
4128200 Livestock guide and manipulator  
A livestock guide and manipulator panel prod is disclosed by this invention wherein electronic shocking circuitry is provided in combination with a hand-held livestock guiding and directing panel...
4050416 Sling device for suspending animals or articles  
A sling device is disclosed for suspending animals, particularly fowl, or articles which have an elongate portion which can be used as the legs of fowl. The sling device comprises a generally...
3991438 Double-rail conveyor design  
A conveyor system for slaughtering animals comprising a pair of parallel rails disposed to be higher than the leg length of the animal to be slaughtered and located between parallel stationary side...
3967344 Transition for animals to be slaughtered on double-rail system  
In transferring an animal in the standing position from a chute to a conveyor, such as a double rail arrangement, a triangular wedge movable horizontally is positioned between the chute and the...
3880122 POULTRY INSEMINATOR  
Apparatus for gripping poultry in a position to facilitate artificial insemination thereof. Manually controllable leg gripping means are mounted upon means defining an insemination station with...
3848294 HANDLING LIVE ANIMALS TO PREPARE THEM FOR SLAUGHTER  
This invention includes methods for handling live animals to prepare them for slaughter, including lifting the hind portions of the animal, attaching a shackle to a leg of the animal and hoisting...
3833966 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR KILLING POULTRY  
A chicken or other fowl is killed by first stunning with an electrical shock, then by cutting the jugular vein in successive steps rapidly performed. The apparatus includes a wire brush electrode...
3703745 METHOD FOR PREPARING ANIMALS FOR SLAUGHTER  
A method for preparing meat animals for slaughter in which the animals are confined in an elevated bottomless pen, stunned and shackled while in the pen, and discharged directly to a conveyor rail...
3693216 ANIMAL SHACKLING DEVICE  
A tension adjusting device, alongside a conveyor frame, which provides a meat animal passage, and alongside a shackle-equipped animal transportation track, is supported inwardly of the shackle...
3657767 CATTLE HANDLING APPARATUS  
Beef animals are driven with regularity into the embrace of a restraining conveyor wherein they are stunned, and the legs are unobstructedly exposed for shackling at a cantilevered portion of the...
3599276 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING ANIMALS FOR SLAUGHTER  
An apparatus and method for preparing meat animals for slaughter in which the animals are confined in an elevated bottomless pen, stunned and shackled while in the pen, and discharged directly to a...
3507002 APPARATUS FOR QUIETING POULTRY INCIDENT TO PREPARATION FOR MARKETING  
3487497 DRIVING-IN SYSTEM FOR SLAUGHTER ANIMALS,PARTICULARLY PIGS  
3562854 ANIMAL RESTRAINING APPARATUS  
3457585 RESTRAINING APPARATUS FOR THE SLAUGHTERING OR TREATING OF ANIMALS  
3332105 Apparatus for handling of animal livestock  
3314102 Apparatus for electrically stunning animals  
3260239 Apparatus for shipping live birds  
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