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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7354401 | Ultrasound sex determination for sorting of avian hatchlings A method for making a sex determination in avian hatchlings involves the following activities. A process line is equipped to process an endless plurality of hatchlings. The process line has an ultrasound inspection station for the hatchlings. The ultrasound inspecti... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7333187 | Methods and apparatus for identifying and diagnosing live eggs using heart rate and embryo motion Identifying live eggs includes: a) illuminating eggs with light; b) receiving light passing through each egg at a light detector; c) generating an output signal that corresponds to light received at a light detector for each respective egg; d) analyzing the output s... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7164783 | Object inspection system An object inspection system includes an object feeding device, a positioning device including a rotatable wheel with a peripheral edge face formed with retaining grooves for positioning objects from the feeding device, an image recognition detector for detecting a s... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7034926 | Methods and apparatus for harvesting vaccine from eggs Methods and apparatus for producing vaccine within a plurality of eggs are provided. Each of a plurality of eggs is illuminated with light from one or more LEDs. A detector is positioned adjacent each egg and detects light passing therethrough. Each egg is then iden... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7019821 | Method and apparatus for detecting blood in shell eggs An egg inspecting apparatus (1) of the present invention includes an optical path switching and projecting assembly (30) for automatically selecting one of a plurality of optical paths through which a white source light (11) emitted from a light... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6922652 | Automated quality assurance method and apparatus and method of conducting business The present invention provides a dynamic continuous and/or semi-continuous and/or static product measurement characterizing and identifying system and apparatus for food stuffs and food product portions and other objects comprising a conveyor means for transport of ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6850316 | Methods and apparatus for harvesting vaccine from eggs Methods and apparatus for producing vaccine within a plurality of eggs are provided. Each of a plurality of eggs is illuminated with light from one or more LEDs. A detector is positioned adjacent each egg and detects light passing therethrough. Each egg is then iden... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6805244 | Ultrasound quality inspection of avian eggs A method for making a quality determination in avian eggs, such as relating to fertility or hatching or hatchling viability, comprises the following activities. A process line is equipped to process an endless succession of eggs at an early opportunity. The process ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6504603 | Method and device for detecting undesired matter in eggs Described is a method for determining whether a brown egg contains undesired matter such as blood. In two wavelength ranges the transmission of the egg is examined, one of those wavelength ranges corresponding to an absorption peak of blood. The transmiss... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6488156 | Method and system for verification of fertilization of poultry eggs A method for verification of the presence of a living embryo in an incubating poultry egg. The method comprises the steps of: causing at least two electrodes to make conductive contact with the outside surface of the shell of an egg; amplifying any of the... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6433293 | Method and device for detecting dirt as present on articles, for example eggs Method and device for detecting dirt on eggs is provided which comprises exposing the eggs to ultraviolet light, capturing images of the exposed eggs resulting in images formed of pixels, and determining within the images, surface areas of dirt by correla... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6427844 | Method and apparatus for selectively classifying poultry eggs An apparatus for classifying a plurality of poultry eggs includes means for detecting the opacities of the eggs, means for detecting the temperatures of the eggs, and means for classifying the eggs using the opacities and the temperatures of the eggs. A m... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6373560 | Apparatus for candling eggs An apparatus for candling eggs includes a transmission system of a luminous flux directed towards the egg to be examined and located in its incubation rack a reception device of the luminous flux transmitted after passing through the mass of the egg, and ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 5914262 | Process and apparatus for cell sorting A method of distinguishing between microorganisms having different attributes comprises the steps of: encapsulating one or more cells within a polymeric bead; incubating the cell(s) within the bead in a growth-supporting medium for a time period sufficien... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5615777 | Egg candling system A light beam such a laser beam is used to scan the surface of an egg for flaws such as pin holes, cracks, thinned shell regions, etc. The light beam is vibrated with a rocking/rotating movement to describe a closed curve such as a circle, ellipse or an el... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5277320 | Shell egg culling system An improved shell egg culling system includes a conveying system having sites for conveying shell eggs, an illuminator together with a video camera in conjunction with a computer having a first algorithm and a second algorithm for determining which of the... | 01/11/1994 |
| 4955728 | Method and apparatus of distinguishing between live and dead poultry eggs The invention is an apparatus for using infrared radiation to distinguish between live and dead poultry eggs. The apparatus comprises a plurality of infrared sensors, means for moving a fixed array of eggs to a predetermined aligned position with respect ... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4914672 | Method and apparatus of distinguishing between live and dead poultry eggs The invention is a method of distinguishing between live and dead poultry eggs. The method comprises monitoring the individual temperatures of the selected group of eggs and then using the monitored individual egg temperatures to determine a comparative e... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4872564 | Method of, and apparatus for, automatically checking eggs for flaws and blemishes, such as cracks, blood, dirt, a leak, aberrant form and the like A method of checking eggs for flaws and blemishes, such as blood, dirt, cracks, a leak or aberrant form, in which the eggs, while located on a conveyor roller track, pass an inspection station, where the unwanted eggs are determined as such, with the info... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4161366 | Process and apparatus for the automatic examination of eggs for cracks or places of fracture in their shell A process and apparatus are disclosed for the automatic examination of eggs for cracks or fractured surface areas in their shells. The process includes the steps of directing light from at least one light source onto the egg, and detecting and measuring t... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4009782 | Method and apparatus for sorting and counting fish eggs An apparatus for separating dead fish eggs from live fish eggs is designed to automatically interrogate the degree of opaqueness of each egg in a batch of fish eggs. A selector individually separates an individual fish egg from the batch and injects the s... | 03/01/1977 |
