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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2005
Robert William Lofink, Jr., Pickens, SC (US);
Frederic Paul Granson, Mooresville, NC (US);
Gordon Douglas James, Mountain Rest, SC (US);
Robert L. Ilich, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Robert William Lofink, Jr., Pickens, SC (US);
Frederic Paul Granson, Mooresville, NC (US);
Gordon Douglas James, Mountain Rest, SC (US);
Robert L. Ilich, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Compact Automation Products, LLC, Westminster, SC (US);
Embrex, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
The present subject matter relates to methods and apparatus for metering and dispensing selected materials. Selected materials may correspond to liquids, suspensions, emulsions and solids, and in selected embodiments may correspond to treatment compositions directed to the treatment of poultry eggs. Certain embodiments provide selective dispensing of selected metered material upon detection of the presence of an object to be treated.