The present disclosure provides for a shaftless auger with adjustable anchor system comprising a hopper, a boot, a trough, a motor, a coreless/shaftless auger, and an anchor assembly comprising an adjustable anchor and a threaded adjustment rod. Material deposited into the hopper is gravitationally dispensed into the boot, where it fits between flights of the auger. The motor provides a rotational spin to the auger, which pushes the material longitudinally out of the boot and along a length of the trough. Moving the adjustable anchor longitudinally along the adjustment rod alters a tension on the shaftless auger and alters the amount of material that can fit between flights of the auger. When the adjustable anchor is moved forwards a dispersal volume deposited by the auger per foot of trough is reduced. Moving the anchor shaft backwards increases the dispersal volume.
The present disclosure provides for a shaftless auger with adjustable anchor system comprising a hopper, a boot, a trough, a motor, a coreless/ shaftless auger, and an anchor assembly comprising an adjustable anchor and a threaded adjustment rod. Material deposited into the hopper is gravitationally dispensed into the boot, where it fits between flights of the auger. The motor provides a rotational spin to the auger, which pushes the material longitudinally out of the boot and along a length of the trough. Moving the adjustable anchor longitudinally along the adjustment rod alters a tension on the shaftless auger and alters the amount of material that can fit between flights of the auger. When the adjustable anchor is moved forwards a dispersal volume deposited by the auger per foot of trough is reduced. Moving the anchor shaft backwards increases the dispersal volume.
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
Goods & Services
Manufacturing services for others in the field of commercial, industrial and agricultural grain handling, conveying, conditioning and drying equipment and grain storage facilities
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
Goods & Services
Manufacturing services for others in the field of commercial, industrial and agricultural grain handling, conveying, conditioning and drying equipment and grain storage facilities
An eviscerating tool include jaw arms provided with jaws at extremities of the jaw arms. At least one jaw arm of the jaw arms is rotatable around an axis of rotation to provide that the eviscerating tool is movable between an open position and a closed position. In the open position the jaws can grip and in the closed position the jaws can hold poultry intestines. At least one jaw arm of the jaw arms is provided with an actuation part for moving the eviscerating tool between the open position and the closed position. A cam plate is drivable for moving at least one jaw arm of the jaw arms can be subjected to a load so as to bias the cam plate into a position in an aperture.
Method and apparatus for removing a kneecap from a thighbone, the kneecap to which at least a portion of kneemeat attaches. A forward end of a chisel engages the thighbone and is subsequently moved between the thighbone and the kneecap so as to detach at least part of the naturally present connections between the thighbone and the kneecap.
Systems and equipment capable of being linked to
downloadable computer software for use in connection with
food processing and grain storage and processing systems
(term considered too vague by the International Bureau
pursuant to Rule 13 (2) (b) of the Regulations).
Poultry conveying line comprising an endless pathway (7) with at least one curved section (7') and at least one straight section (7''), carriers (8) for suspending poultry, and a driving system for driving the carriers (8) along the endless pathway, wherein during operation a first distance between 5 consecutive carriers (8) moving in the at least one curved section (7') differs from a second distance between two consecutive carriers moving in the at least one straight section (7'').
B65G 17/20 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising load-carriers suspended from overhead traction chains
12.
POULTRY HANGING SYSTEM, POULTRY CONVEYING LINE, AND METHOD OF HANGING THE POULTRY
A poultry hanging system for feeding a primary line in which the poultry is or will be suspended from first carriers that are movable at a first conveying speed. A poultry feedline transfers non-suspended poultry to at least one secondary line wherein transfer units may be provided for transferring the poultry from the at least one secondary line to the primary line. The at least one secondary line can be equipped with second carriers for suspending the poultry. The poultry feedline transfers the non-suspended poultry to a suspension location where the poultry is suspended in the second carriers of the at least one secondary line At least in the suspension location the second carriers of the at least one secondary line are movable at a second conveying speed lower than the first conveying speed.
A transition for connecting a discharge end of a conveyor to an inlet end of a grain storage bin or grain dryer is disclosed. The transition includes an upper half configured to be attached to the discharge end of the conveyor, a lower half configured to be attached to the inlet end of the grain storage bin or grain dryer, and a pivot joint connecting the upper and lower halves to one another while allowing the upper and lower halves to pivot relative to one another to accommodate an angle at which the conveyor is inclined.
A transition for connecting a discharge end of a conveyor to an inlet end of a grain storage bin or grain dryer is disclosed. The transition includes an upper half configured to be attached to the discharge end of the conveyor, a lower half configured to be attached to the inlet end of the grain storage bin or grain dryer, and a pivot joint connecting the upper and lower halves to one another while allowing the upper and lower halves to pivot relative to one another to accommodate an angle at which the conveyor is inclined.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Grain moisture measuring system comprised of a humidity sensor and a temperature sensor positioned within a fixed vertical chamber configured for grain to flow through
(1) Systems and equipment capable of being linked to downloadable computer software for use in connection with food processing and grain storage and processing systems (term considered too vague by the International Bureau pursuant to Rule 13 (2) (b) of the Regulations).
20.
DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ANIMALS IN AN ENCLOSURE
The invention comprises systems and methods for controlling environmental conditions within and/or around an animal enclosure. The systems and methods preferably comprise a climate control system and infrared sensors in a poultry house having a first climate and housing poultry having one or more measurable parameters such a temperature. The infrared sensors detect infrared light information emitted by a head and/or vent of poultry in the house. The climate control system processes the information to calculate an internal temperature of poultry and activates one or more climate conditioning devices in the house to change the first climate to a second climate determined by the detected information and/or calculated internal temperatures of the poultry. The systems and methods may be deployed in houses comprising thousands of poultry and one or more climate zones. The systems and methods may make one or more climate changes based on one or more different parameters.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Electronic sensors located within or around an animal
enclosure for measuring internal temperature readings of
poultry and making environmental adjustments within or
around an animal enclosure to optimize bird comfort, not
including electronic sensors to prevent an overfill of fuels
and liquids stored in tanks and vehicles.
A mixed flow grain dryer (10) according to the present disclosure includes a plenum (18), a blower (20) operable to force outside air into the plenum (18), a heater (22) operable to heat air flowing from the blower (20) to the plenum (18), at least one column (16), and a conveyor (24). The at least one column (16) is configured to receive heated air from the plenum (18) such that the heated air dries grain flowing through the at least one column (16). The at least one column (16) is configured to change a flow direction of the heated air. The conveyor (24) is configured to meter a discharge of grain from the at least one column (16).
F26B 17/14 - Machines or apparatus for drying materials in loose, plastic, or fluidised form, e.g. granules, staple fibres, with progressive movement with movement performed solely by gravity the materials moving through a counter-current of gas
A mixed flow grain dryer according to the present disclosure includes a plenum, a blower operable to force outside air into the plenum, a heater operable to heat air flowing from the blower to the plenum, at least one column, and a conveyor. The at least one column is configured to receive heated air from the plenum such that the heated air dries grain flowing through the at least one column. The at least one column is configured to change a flow direction of the heated air. The conveyor is configured to meter a discharge of grain from the at least one column.
F26B 17/12 - Machines or apparatus for drying materials in loose, plastic, or fluidised form, e.g. granules, staple fibres, with progressive movement with movement performed solely by gravity
F26B 17/14 - Machines or apparatus for drying materials in loose, plastic, or fluidised form, e.g. granules, staple fibres, with progressive movement with movement performed solely by gravity the materials moving through a counter-current of gas
F26B 25/00 - Details of general application not covered by group or
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Electronic controllers used in livestock or dairy houses to
control and regulate feed storage, conveying, feeding,
watering, heating and ventilating equipment.
A method of positioning a grain bin unload conveyor auger within a grain bin unload conveyor trough includes positioning an auger hanger on a pair of hanger support shelves at an open exterior end of the grain bin unload conveyor trough to support the grain bin unload conveyor auger away from adjacent interior surfaces of the grain bin unload conveyor trough, and pushing the grain bin unload conveyor auger through the open exterior end of the grain bin unload conveyor trough to cause the auger hanger to continuously support the grain bin unload conveyor auger away from the interior surfaces of the grain bin unload conveyor trough as the auger hanger moves longitudinally along the pair of hanger support shelves from the open exterior end to a final operational position of the auger hanger between the open exterior end and an interior end of the grain bin unload conveyor trough.
Systems and equipment capable of being linked to downloadable computer software for use in connection with food processing and grain storage and processing systems, namely, electrical motors, electronic controllers, electronic sensors, electronic timers and bar code readers all designed to generate, capture and transmit data streams
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
(1) Electronic sensors located within or around an animal enclosure for measuring internal temperature readings of poultry and making environmental adjustments within or around an animal enclosure to optimize bird comfort, not including electronic sensors to prevent an overfill of fuels and liquids stored in tanks and vehicles.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
(1) Electronic controllers used in swine houses to control and regulate feed storage, conveying, feeding, watering and heating and ventilating equipment.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
(1) Electronic controllers used in livestock or dairy houses to control and regulate feed storage, conveying, feeding, watering, heating and ventilating equipment.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Electronic controllers used in livestock or dairy houses to control and regulate feed storage, conveying, feeding, watering, heating and ventilating equipment
A scraper for removing undesired parts from a neck area of slaughtered poultry can include a mandrel and forwardly directed projections that are arranged to operate during use in the neck area of the slaughtered poultry, wherein the forwardly directed projections form part of at least one plate, and wherein while being mounted on the mandrel the at least one plate is movable relative to the mandrel.
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Wholesale ordering services in the fields of livestock
equipment featuring hog production equipment, namely, metal
and non-metal feed storage bins, feeders, feed deliverers,
heating and ventilation systems, electronic controllers;
retail store services featuring hog production equipment,
namely, metal and non-metal feed storage bins, feeders, feed
deliverers, heating and ventilation systems, controllers;
and distributorship services in the field of hog production
equipment, namely, metal and non-metal feed storage bins,
feeders, feed deliverers, heating and ventilation systems,
controllers.
An apparatus for weighing poultry in a conveyor line can include carriers for the poultry, linked to each other by a driving chain. The conveyor line can include at least a curved track section and a weighing track section, wherein a weighing station is located along the weighing track section. A chain tension control mechanism can include a rotatable wheel having its circumference following the curved track section and pass the weighing track section, which rotatable wheel can support a series of engaging units that engage the chain and/or the carriers in the curved track section to tension the chain and disengage the chain and/or the carriers in the weighing track section to release tension in the chain.
G01G 17/08 - Apparatus for, or methods of, weighing material of special form or property for weighing livestock
G01G 19/18 - Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in groups for weighing suspended loads having electrical weight-sensitive devices
A system and method for rehanging poultry suspended by the head in a first shackle of a first shackle conveyor to a second shackle of a second shackle conveyor in which the poultry is or will be suspended by the legs. A leg positioning unit may be arranged to support the poultry at the legs while the poultry is maintained suspended by the head in the first shackle of the first shackle conveyor. A movable takeover unit operates on the legs of the poultry and is movable towards the second shackle of the second shackle conveyor to move the legs of the poultry into the second shackle of the second shackle conveyor.
A system and method for automatically suspending poultry by the legs from a carrier of a carrier conveyor. The system can include an imaging device connected to a decision-making tool to process images from the poultry on a feedline and a vision guided robot for picking up the poultry from a feedline. The poultry can be suspended from the carrier of the carrier conveyor. The decision-making tool can be arranged to detect poultry with the breast engaging the feedline to control the vision guided robot to pick up the poultry from the feedline.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Electronic sensors located within or around an animal enclosure for measuring internal temperature readings of poultry and making environmental adjustments within or around an animal enclosure to optimize bird comfort; the foregoing goods not including electronic sensors to prevent an overfill of fuels and liquids stored in tanks and vehicles
53.
System and method for automatically suspending poultry from a carrier of a carrier conveyor
A system and method for automatically suspending poultry from a carrier of a carrier conveyor. A vision guided robot can pick up poultry from a feedline and suspend the poultry from the carrier. An imaging device can be connected to a decision-making tool to process images from the poultry on the feedline, wherein the decision-making tool is arranged to detect a head of the poultry and to control the vision guided robot to pick up the poultry from the feedline by engaging the poultry at or below the head, and to subsequently suspend the poultry with its head up from the carrier of the carrier conveyor.
The present disclosure describes an apparatus, system, and method for trapping and exterminating arthropods, particularly red mites. The apparatus includes an opaque housing and a heat strip configured to have separate temperature zones. The method includes warming the heat strip to lure the mites into the trap, heating outer heat strip segments to drive the mites toward the center of the trap, and then raising the entire heat strip to a temperature sufficient to exterminate the mites. The system includes placing one or more of the traps in animal hold structures, including nesting boxes in poultry houses.
A deskinning apparatus including a conveyor with shackles from which a poultry leg or part of a poultry leg is suspendable by the ankles. Rollers may be positioned below the conveyor to define a nip between the rollers, which may be movable to engage, grip and draw skin on the poultry leg or part of the poultry leg into the nip. The rollers may be arranged to stop rolling after gripping the skin to hold the skin in the nip and may be equipped to subsequently move away from the poultry leg so as to pull the skin loose from the poultry leg The rollers can be configured to enable rotation in one direction only so that after the rollers have stopped rolling to hold the skin in the nip between the rollers, the rollers are blocked from rotating in a counter direction.
Wholesale ordering services in the field of livestock equipment featuring hog production equipment being metal and non-metal feed storage bins, feeders, feed deliverers, and heating and ventilation systems; distributorship services in the field of hog production equipment being metal and non-metal feed storage bins, feeders, feed deliverers, and heating and ventilation systems
A dismountable poultry processing knife and mounting frame. The mounting frame provided with a quick release mechanism for quickly mounting or dismounting of a poultry processing knife while avoiding screw connections. The poultry processing knife provided with quick release features which are arranged to cooperate with the quick release mechanism of the mounting frame.
bearings, as parts of machines; belts for machines; rope sheaves being parts of machines; bushings for use as parts of machines; roller chains being parts of machines; cam sprockets; mounted units being engine mounts, other than for land vehicles; conveyor components, namely, conveyor belts; gears for machines; couplers being couplings for machines; Shaft couplings; rod ends being connecting rods for machines, motors and engines; electric motors for machines
bearings, as parts of machines; belts for machines; rope sheaves being parts of machines; bushings for use as parts of machines; roller chains being parts of machines; cam sprockets; mounted units being engine mounts, other than for land vehicles; conveyor components, namely, conveyor belts; gears for machines; couplers being couplings for machines; Shaft couplings; rod ends being connecting rods for machines, motors and engines; electric motors for machines
Wholesale ordering services and distributorship services in
the field of commercial, industrial and agricultural storage
facilities for granular materials, conveyors for granular
materials and grain aeration, drying and conditioning
equipment.
Wholesale ordering services and distributorship services in
the field of commercial, industrial and agricultural storage
facilities for granular materials, conveyors for granular
materials and grain aeration, drying and conditioning
equipment.
A gestation stall gate assembly includes a gate support, a gate pivotably coupled to the gate support, and a gate control assembly. The gate is pivotable between an inwardly open position, a closed position, and an outwardly open position. The gate control assembly is configured to (i) allow the gate to pivot from the closed position to the inwardly open position when a sow pushes against the gate to pivot the gate toward the inwardly open position, (ii) prevent the gate from pivoting from the closed position to the inwardly open position for a second time until the gate is pivoted from the closed position to the outwardly open position, and (iii) allow the gate to pivot from the closed position to the outwardly open position when the sow pushes against the gate to pivot the gate toward the outwardly open position.
A gestation stall gate assembly includes a gate support, a gate pivotably coupled to the gate support, and a gate control assembly. The gate is pivotable between an inwardly open position, a closed position, and an outwardly open position. The gate control assembly is configured to (i) allow the gate to pivot from the closed position to the inwardly open position when a sow pushes against the gate to pivot the gate toward the inwardly open position, (ii) prevent the gate from pivoting from the closed position to the inwardly open position for a second time until the gate is pivoted from the closed position to the outwardly open position, and (iii) allow the gate to pivot from the closed position to the outwardly open position when the sow pushes against the gate to pivot the gate toward the outwardly open position.
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(1) Wholesale ordering services and distributorship services in the field of commercial, industrial and agricultural storage facilities for granular materials, conveyors for granular materials and grain aeration, drying and conditioning equipment.
A device for processing a carcass-part of slaughtered poultry in a processing line can include a tool having a primary knife and two secondary knives arranged on opposite sides of a bottom knife to disconnect a wishbone. A tertiary knife can be positionable adjacent to the two secondary knives on a side of the blades opposite to the side where the primary knife is positioned or positionable so as to define a cage for trapping the wishbone in the cage.
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A deboner for a poultry part equipped with a first jaw and a second jaw mounted on an up-and-down movable slide block supporting a first frame portion, a second frame portion, and a third frame portion. The first jaw and the second jaw are movable towards and away from each other, wherein the first jaw is through a first hinge connected with the first frame portion so as to enable a rotational movement of the first jaw with respect to the first frame portion. A second hinge pivotably connecting the first frame portion to the third frame portion and a third hinge pivotably connecting the second frame portion with the third frame portion share a common axis of rotation.
A wind hood is provided for a ventilation inlet of a ventilated space, the wind hood comprising a housing with a hood outlet, a first hood inlet, a second hood inlet, wherein at least one air-flow path is provided between the hood outlet and the first hood inlet, the hood outlet and the second hood inlet, and between the first hood inlet and the second hood inlet.
A main discharge channel can carry a main portion of the grain output from a grain dryer during operation of the grain dryer. A sensor channel positioned adjacent the main discharge channel can carry a sensed portion of the grain output from the grain dryer during operation of the grain dryer. A grain moisture sensor can include a pair of capacitive plates positioned on opposite sides of the sensor channel with opposing major surfaces of the pair of capacitive plates facing each other. A moisture sensing electric field can be generated between a main sub-plate of a plurality of sub-plates of each of a pair of capacitive plates positioned on opposite sides of a sensor channel with opposing major surfaces of the pair of capacitive plates facing each other. At least one additional electric field can be generated between the plurality of sub-plates of the pair of capacitive plates.
G01N 27/22 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating impedance by investigating capacitance
85.
Grain Dryer Output Capacitive Moisture Sensing Assembly And Related Methods
A main discharge channel can carry a main portion of the grain output from a grain dryer during operation of the grain dryer. A sensor channel positioned adjacent the main discharge channel can carry a sensed portion of the grain output from the grain dryer during operation of the grain dryer. A grain moisture sensor can include a pair of capacitive plates positioned on opposite sides of the sensor channel with opposing major surfaces of the pair of capacitive plates facing each other. A moisture sensing electric field can be generated between a main sub-plate of a plurality of sub-plates of each of a pair of capacitive plates positioned on opposite sides of a sensor channel with opposing major surfaces of the pair of capacitive plates facing each other. At least one additional electric field can be generated between the plurality of sub-plates of the pair of capacitive plates.
F26B 25/22 - Controlling the drying process in dependence on liquid content of solid materials or objects
G01N 27/04 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating impedance by investigating resistance
86.
Slaughter device, slaughter installation and method thereof
Slaughter devices for poultry and methods thereof, which may include a track having a first guide and a second guide to define a slit for guiding the neck of the poultry. A rotary knife arranged in the first guide for cutting a first vein. A cylinder arranged in the first guide upstream of the rotary knife, which rotates in a first rotational direction to allow twisting of the neck in a second rotational direction.
A processing line for harvesting hearts from viscera packages taken out from poultry carcasses. An apparatus with an infeed section below a conveying track to mechanically grip the viscera package. The infeed section is equipped to transfer the viscera package from which the gizzard is removed to a processing section. An outfeed section that follows the processing section, which outfeed section is arranged to make the heart as separated from the viscera package available at an outlet for the heart.
A depositing device for depositing poultry from a pile of one or more stacked crates to a poultry conveyor. A tilting unit is configured for tilting the pile of one or more stacked crates around a tilt axis between a receiving position and a depositing position. A chute is tiltable between the receiving position and the depositing position independently to the tilting unit.
B65G 47/06 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from a single group of articles arranged in orderly pattern, e.g. workpieces in magazines
B65G 47/20 - Arrangements or applications of hoppers or chutes the hoppers or chutes being movable
B66F 9/02 - Stationary loaders or unloaders, e.g. for sacks
90.
DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ANIMALS IN AN ENCLOSURE
The invention comprises systems and methods for controlling environmental conditions within and/ or around an animal enclosure. The systems and methods preferably comprise a climate control system and infrared sensors in a poultry house having a first climate and housing poultry having one or more measurable parameters such a temperature. The infrared sensors detect infrared light information emitted by a head and/ or vent of poultry in the house. The climate control system processes the information to calculate an internal temperature of poultry and activates one or more climate conditioning devices in the house to change the first climate to a second climate determined by the detected information and/or calculated internal temperatures of the poultry. The systems and methods may be deployed in houses comprising thousands of poultry and one or more climate zones. The systems and methods may make one or more climate changes based on one or more different parameters.
A61B 5/1455 - Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration or pH-value using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
A01K 1/02 - PigstiesDog-kennelsRabbit-hutches or the like
A61B 5/02 - Detecting, measuring or recording for evaluating the cardiovascular system, e.g. pulse, heart rate, blood pressure or blood flow
F24F 11/70 - Control systems characterised by their outputsConstructional details thereof
91.
Devices and methods for managing animals in an enclosure
The invention comprises systems and methods for controlling environmental conditions within and/or around an animal enclosure. The systems and methods preferably comprise a climate control system and infrared sensors in a poultry house having a first climate and housing poultry having one or more measurable parameters such a temperature. The infrared sensors detect infrared light information emitted by a head and/or vent of poultry in the house. The climate control system processes the information to calculate an internal temperature of poultry and activates one or more climate conditioning devices in the house to change the first climate to a second climate determined by the detected information and/or calculated internal temperatures of the poultry. The systems and methods may be deployed in houses comprising thousands of poultry and one or more climate zones. The systems and methods may make one or more climate changes based on one or more different parameters.
The invention is a system and method for controlled distribution of livestock feed to a plurality feeders along a feed line in a livestock enclosure. In a preferred embodiment, the feed is conveyed in predetermined quantities from a receptacle through the feed line to the feeders connected to the feed line. The feeders preferably comprise a portion configured to receive a measured quantity of feed from an orifice in the feed line and allow the flow of feed through the feeder, a pan, and a damper member housed by the feeder and configured to controllably block the flow of feed through the feeder into the pan. The respective damper members of the feeders are preferably controlled by an actuation mechanism that, when actuated, simultaneously moves the damper members from the feed flow blocking position in the feeders to an open position, thereby allowing feed to flow into all respective pans of the plurality of feeders along the feed line simultaneously.
A treatment device or method for preparing a poultry carcass, as provided herein, may serve to remove a portion of the carcass's keel bone on a conveyor line. The treatment device may include a blade carriage and bone blade. The blade carriage may be disposed at a preharvest station on a conveyor path of the conveyor line. The bone blade may be mechanically linked to the blade carriage at the preharvest station to remove a tip of the keel bone. The bone blade may be aligned with the keel bone between a pair of fillets of the carcass within the preharvest station. The bone blade may also be spaced apart from a sternum of the carcass.
The present disclosure describes an apparatus, system, and method for trapping and exterminating arthropods, particularly red mites. The apparatus includes an opaque housing and a heat strip configured to have separate temperature zones. The method includes warming the heat strip to lure the mites into the trap, heating outer heat strip segments to drive the mites toward the center of the trap, and then raising the entire heat strip to a temperature sufficient to exterminate the mites. The system includes placing one or more of the traps in animal hold structures, including nesting boxes in poultry houses.
The present disclosure describes an apparatus, system, and method for trapping and exterminating arthropods, particularly red mites. The apparatus includes an opaque housing and a heat strip configured to have separate temperature zones. The method includes warming the heat strip to lure the mites into the trap, heating outer heat strip segments to drive the mites toward the center of the trap, and then raising the entire heat strip to a temperature sufficient to exterminate the mites. The system includes placing one or more of the traps in animal hold structures, including nesting boxes in poultry houses.
A method for hanging poultry in an overhead conveyor provided with carriers and can include an overhead-conveyor-section of the overhead conveyor and a first conveyor for conveying the poultry towards a section thereof being below the overhead-conveyor-section. The poultry can be conveyed by the first conveyor towards the section. An operator picks the poultry or parts thereof and hangs the poultry in the carriers being conveyed along the overhead-conveyor-section. The operator may be carried via a second conveyor beside the section of the first conveyor and in the direction of the carriers in the overhead-conveyor-section while the operator is picking and hanging the poultry.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
Computers for use in agriculture, horticulture and intensive
stock breeding, specifically designed for operating
apparatus for ventilating, refrigerating, heating, lighting,
power supply, water supply, energy consumption, co2
measurement, recording and management of data and alarms;
thermostats, transformers, terminals, printers, modems and
other similar apparatus and instruments for monitoring,
measuring and recording data and alarms for use in
agriculture, horticulture and intensive stock breeding;
recorded computer programs for use in agriculture,
horticulture and intensive stock breeding. Ventilators and other apparatus for air-conditioning and
monitoring air-conditioning.
98.
GRAIN BIN SUMP CONTROL WITH AUTOMATIC INTERMEDIATE SUMP LOCK-OUT ASSEMBLY
A lock-out pinion (46) can be coupled to a center sump control shaft (22) to rotate therewith. A lock-out slide (92) can include a rack (38) and a blocking cover (40). A lock-out guide (90, 92) can be coupled to the sump control housing (72) and can form a guide channel (88). The lock-out slide (92) can be received in the guide channel (88) with the lock-out pinion (46) drivingly coupled to the rack (38) to move the lock-out slide (92) along the guide channel (88) from a lock-out position in which the blocking cover (40) prevents rotation of the intermediate sump control shaft (30) with the driving handle (42), to an unlocked position in which the blocking cover (40) permits rotation of the intermediate sump control shaft (30) with the driving handle (42), in response to manual rotation of the center sump control shaft (22) in the center sump (26, 28) opening direction.
F16H 19/04 - Gearings comprising essentially only toothed gears or friction members and not capable of conveying indefinitely-continuing rotary motion for interconverting rotary motion and reciprocating motion comprising a rack
A lock-out pinion can be coupled to a center sump control shaft to rotate therewith. A lock-out slide can include a rack and a blocking cover. A lock-out guide can be coupled to the sump control housing and can form a guide channel. The lock-out slide can be received in the guide channel with the lock-out pinion drivingly coupled to the rack to move the lock-out slide along the guide channel from a lock-out position in which the blocking cover prevents rotation of the intermediate sump control shaft with the driving handle, to an unlocked position in which the blocking cover permits rotation of the intermediate sump control shaft with the driving handle, in response to manual rotation of the center sump control shaft in the center sump opening direction.
