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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brion Gompper, Onalaska, WI (US);
Kevin Keeffe, La Crosse, WI (US);
Donald Mayer, Trempealeau, WI (US);
Assignee:
Babson Bros. Co., Naperville, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 5/02 ; G08B 2/300 ; G06F 7/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 5/02 ; G08B 2/300 ; G06F 7/04 ;
Abstract
A livestock sorting system that uses an activity-based controller for receiving sort signals, opening a sort gate in response to each of said signals, and closing the sort gate only when no sort signals are pending.