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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6939218 | Method and apparatus of removing dead poultry from a poultry house A method and apparatus for removing carcasses of dead poultry randomly scattered throughout a poultry house are disclosed which reduce the amount of time and labor required to remove dead poultry during an entire growing session. ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6810832 | Automated animal house An efficient economical automated animal house is provided to increase the health and longevity of animals, such as poultry, and swine. The automated poultry house provides for automatic removal of contaminated bedding and replacement with fresh or recycled bedding.... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6470827 | Nest pads In an egg production facility for producing eggs for hatcheries, having a plurality of nests adjacent a conveyor belt for transporting freshly laid eggs from the nests, a nest pad having a tongue extending outwardly thereof and overlaying the conveyor bel... | 10/29/2002 |
| 5174242 | Facility for raising chickens A chicken raising facility includes a building, linked belt conveyors installed in a horizontal fashion within the building, and a driving mechanism to move the linked belts. The upper surfaces of the linked belts form compartments to raise chickens direc... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5099795 | Apparatus for housing small animals Apparatus for housing small animals, especially poultry to be fattened, such as chickens, within a housing enclosure with a continuous, grate-shaped conveyor supporting floor (21) made of plastic, and which is supported by supporting members (38) extendin... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4430960 | Arrangement for keeping fattened poultry An apparatus for housing poultry to be fattened includes a grate-shaped animal conveyor supporting floor 21 which is contained within a housing enclosure. The floor is formed by a plurality of intersecting supporting profiles 33, each made from a soft, el... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4213422 | Grated floor conveyor for poultry enclosure The elevated upper floor 11 of a poultry fattening enclosure comprises a plurality of adjacent endless belts 15a, 15b, etc. movable in unison toward a transverse cross-conveyor 17 at one end of the enclosure to facilitate the removal of the birds. Each be... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4191130 | Chick processing apparatus An apparatus for processing baby chicks in a hatchery comprises a turntable disposed concentrically within an annular conveyor. The center area of the turntable may be provided with a downwardly extending funnel, or provided with a funnel and an adjacent ... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4151811 | Housing apparatus for animals Small animals and particularly the galliformes such as chickens are raised in a housing having a plurality of intercommunicable rooms, each of the rooms comprising progressively larger areas and each of said rooms being provided with independently control... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4148276 | Broiler batteries Unitary spaces each having a floor defined by a perforated portion and a drive pulley for the cable portion of the loop. The loop is driven in reverse directions to move the belt portion between its floor forming position and an inverted position for clea... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4112872 | Poultry cage system with poultry removal A plurality of cages are arranged side-by-side on a frame in one or more horizontally spaced rows and if desired in spaced vertical tiers. The commonly facing sides of each spaced row include coverable access openings and poultry confined in the cages are... | 09/12/1978 |
