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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2018
Protix B.v., Dongen, NL;
Jaap van Kilsdonk, Veldhoven, NL;
Eric Holland Schmitt, Antwerp, BE;
Ralf Henricus Wilhelmina Jacobs, Eindhoven, NL;
Henricus Petrus Johannes Simons, Den Bosch, NL;
Maurits Petrus Maria Jansen, Bavel, NL;
Protix B.V., Dongen, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for use in large-scale industrial insect farming. More in particular, the invention relates to a live insects transport device for transporting live insects from a first location to a predetermined second location, the live insects transport device comprising a fluid guiding unit, a fluid discharge member and a feeder arrangement, wherein the live insects transport device is configured to receive live insects such as freshly hatched neonate larvae, for example of black soldier fly, wherein the live insects are taken up in a laminar flow of fluid and while in said fluid are transported to a predetermined location in the live insects transport device. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of the device in industrial insect farming, such as large-scale farming of black soldier flies, and the invention relates to a method of dosing live insects, wherein preferably live insects are doses which are essentially of the same age, such as freshly hatched neonate larvae.