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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Grover S. Harben, Iii, Gainesville, GA (US);
Inventor:
Grover S. Harben, III, Gainesville, GA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 25/08 (2006.01); A22C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 21/0053 (2013.01); A22C 21/0007 (2013.01); A22C 21/0015 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention relates to automated systems and methods for hanging live poultry for further processing. The system has an alignment conveyor, an alignment stunner, a hanging box, and a shackle. The alignment conveyor conveys poultry from an input point to the alignment stunner. The alignment stunner urges the poultry to move to a desired position on the alignment conveyor and stuns the poultry. The hanging box grasps the stunned poultry and places the poultry into the shackle for further processing. A computer and at least one sensor control operation of the system so that human intervention is minimized.