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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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)...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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3507002 |
APPARATUS FOR QUIETING POULTRY INCIDENT TO PREPARATION FOR MARKETING
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3487497 |
DRIVING-IN SYSTEM FOR SLAUGHTER ANIMALS,PARTICULARLY PIGS
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3562854 |
ANIMAL RESTRAINING APPARATUS
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3457585 |
RESTRAINING APPARATUS FOR THE SLAUGHTERING OR TREATING OF ANIMALS
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3332105 |
Apparatus for handling of animal livestock
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3314102 |
Apparatus for electrically stunning animals
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3260239 |
Apparatus for shipping live birds
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