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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6477987 | Method and apparatus for relocating live poultry A method and apparatus is disclosed for transporting a large number of live poultry from one location to another. Using a tray, the birds are loaded and transported to the new location where the tray is lifted upward and/or laterally into a position for u... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6305327 | Newborn avian delivery method and apparatus Automation of delivery of newborn avian chicks into grow-out houses is accomplished by use of a delivery vehicle which has a powered telescoping conveyor mounted to this vehicle. The vehicle is positioned at one of the personnel doors of a grow-out house ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 5699755 | Livestock handling apparatus and method Apparatus for loading live poultry into open-topped containers (19) comprise a plurality (preferably three) loading units (28) arranged side by side so that each loading unit (28) is aligned with a column of containers (19) accommodated in a standard modu... | 12/23/1997 |
| 4765278 | Catching apparatus for poultry, in particular for chicks A catching apparatus for poultry, in particular for chicks, has a circuit for pneumatic transport of the poultry with a tube (2) of a diameter suitable for pneumatic transport of poultry through the tube. The tube has a catching end (8) and a delivery end... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4736710 | Device for picking up animals e.g. chickens from a ground surface A device for picking up animals such as chickens from a ground surface and for conducting them away, comprising a frame, a suction conveyor arranged on the frame and provided with suction means and delivery means adjoining said suction conveyor. The sucti... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4301769 | Poultry loading apparatus Apparatus is provided for loading poultry from a rearing house into a series of hen-coops arranged in vertical rows on a transport vehicle. The apparatus includes an elevator conveyor which takes the animals from an assembly enclosure to a vehicle movable... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4232632 | Live fowl conveying system This invention is a conveying system for the transport of live fowl including a receiver assembly having an inlet thereto and outlet therefrom for live fowl and having an airlock assembly therebetween the inlet and outlet; a fowl conduit having an inlet t... | 11/11/1980 |
