Patents by Inventor Patrick Le Moine

Patrick Le Moine has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for automatically determining the sex of chicks and device for conveying living animals
    Patent number: 8019125
    Abstract: A living animals conveying device for sorting animals with respect to a characteristic such as color, size, gender, or weight. In the case of chicks, an embodiment of the invention includes a section for conveying chicks with chicks positioned in buckets with their wings spread out, and an automatic chicks sexing system. A first endless bucket conveyor comprising pre-positioning buckets able to individually receive and transport a living animal, is oriented with respect to a second endless bucket conveyor, comprising sorting buckets able to individually receive and transport a living animal, the first conveyor and the second conveyor being arranged in such a way that each pre-positioned living animal in a pre-positioning bucket falls from the pre-positioning bucket into a sorting bucket arranged below the pre-positioning bucket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Egg-Chick Automated Technologies
    Inventors: Michael Nadreau, Jean-Claude Yvin, Patrick Le Moine
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING THE SEX OF CHICKS AND DEVICE FOR CONVEYING LIVING ANIMALS
    Publication number: 20090000915
    Abstract: A living animals conveying device for sorting animals with respect to a characteristic such as color, size, gender, or weight. In the case of chicks, an embodiment of the invention includes a section for conveying chicks with chicks positioned in buckets with their wings spread out, and an automatic chicks sexing system. A first endless bucket conveyor comprising pre-positioning buckets able to individually receive and transport a living animal, is oriented with respect to a second endless bucket conveyor, comprising sorting buckets able to individually receive and transport a living animal, the first conveyor and the second conveyor being arranged in such a way that each pre-positioned living animal in a pre-positioning bucket falls from the pre-positioning bucket into a sorting bucket arranged below the pre-positioning bucket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Nadreau, Jean-Claude Yvin, Patrick Le Moine