Agitators Patents (Class 209/53)
  • Method and apparatus for selectively classifying poultry eggs
    Patent number: 6234320
    Abstract: An apparatus for classifying a plurality of poultry eggs includes means for detecting the opacities of the eggs, means for detecting the temperatures of the eggs, and means for classifying the eggs using the opacities and the temperatures of the eggs. A method for classifying poultry eggs includes measuring the opacities of the eggs, measuring the temperatures of the eggs, and classifying the eggs as a function of the opacities and the temperatures of the eggs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Embrex, Inc.
    Inventor: John H. Hebrank