UNIT FOR MOVING AND SEPARATING LIVE POULTRY Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC B65G47/14 A01K45/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: unit for moving and separating live poultry comprises first conveyor (10) for conveyor movement of poultry; carousel device (12) comprising rotary platform (14), wherein carousel device (12) is made with possibility of spatial separation of birds and their orientation during rotation of such platform (14); pusher (18) for pushing separated birds from carousel device (12) and their orientation towards unloading conveyor (19). Carousel device (12) includes annular platform (14) defining a hollow inner space of the carousel device, a vertical guide wall (15) extending over a part of the outer peripheral edge of this carousel device to hold the chickens in motion with the rotary platform. Rotary platform (14) defines a transport zone between this vertical guide wall (15) and the inner space of carousel device (12), size of which allows placing one chick in one given point of this zone.

EFFECT: enabling adjustment of distance or separation between two birds to ensure adaptation to different production equipment used in the sorting process, and/or to determine the sex and health of birds.

14 cl, 4 dwg