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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1992
Duane E Corkill, Topeka, K;
Norman B Guy, Jr, Topeka, K;
Seymour, Inc., Topeka, KS (US);
Abstract
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 sites contain shell eggs having broken shells and which contain shell eggs having soiled shells, a plurality of bridges in side-by-side relationship which are controlled by the computer to remove shell eggs having broken shells from the conveying system for discarding, and a platform having a plurality of downwardly directed, suction-activated lifters which are controlled by the computer to remove shell eggs having soiled shells from the conveying system for recycling through a washer.