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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
May. 07, 2010
Applicants:
Gary Dee Lang, Naperville, IL (US);
Narsimha R. Nayini, Burr Ridge, IL (US);
Inventors:
Gary Dee Lang, Naperville, IL (US);
Narsimha R. Nayini, Burr Ridge, IL (US);
Assignee:
Praxair Technology, Inc., Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22B 3/00 (2006.01); A22C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Animals such as poultry are stunned while still caged and on a vehicle or stationary platform prior to processing the animal by isolating the atmosphere surrounding the animal, adjusting the composition of the isolated atmosphere by introducing a gaseous mixture that brings the animal to the desired state, and evacuating or exhausting the gaseous mixture.