Title: Egg collector

Abstract: Apparatus for collecting eggs from a number of poultry cages is disclosed. The apparatus includes a collector conveyor belt for receiving the eggs from egg cages, and a ramp conveyor belt for de-escalating the eggs from the collector conveyor. The cage bottoms are extended to provide a trough in which the collector conveyor belt is carried. Opposite the cages, strips of low-friction material act as bumpers to maintain without damage eggs upon the collector conveyor. A diagonal fence is provided above the collector-ramp belt conveyor junction point to encourage easy, undamaged egg transfer action from the collector to the ramp conveyor. Resilient fingers mounted in rows upon the ramp conveyor encourage undamaged egg de-escalation. An accumulator belt conveyor receives the eggs from the ramp conveyor and carries the eggs to an accumulation point.

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Inventors: Barrentine, Earl (Bogart, GA, US)

Application Number: 885122
Filing Date: 1978-03-10
Publication_date: 1980-10-07
Assignee: Chore-Time Equipment, Inc. (Milford, IN)
Primary Class(es): 119/337 198/579
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

2264156	Nov, 1941	Apple	119/48.
2710682	Jun, 1955	Coll	119/48.
2973742	Mar, 1961	Kaegebein	119/48.
3552537	Jan, 1971	Vamvakas	198/579.
4159696	Jul, 1979	Martin	119/48.

Other Refs: 21010202123982

Jul, 1972	DE
Nov, 1972	DE

Primary Examiner: Chamblee, Hugh R.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Trexler, Wolters, Bushnell & Fosse, Ltd.