发明授权
- 专利标题: Self-propelled poultry cage handler and method
- 专利标题(中): 自行式家禽笼式处理机及方法
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申请号: US11534009申请日: 2006-09-21
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公开(公告)号: US07500448B1公开(公告)日: 2009-03-10
- 发明人: J. Michael Melhorn
- 申请人: J. Michael Melhorn
- 代理机构: Howson Howson LLP
- 主分类号: B60P3/04
- IPC分类号: B60P3/04
摘要:
A self-propelled vehicle is provided for use in transporting poultry loaded in a wheeled multi-tier cage from a first location to a second location, such as through the tight confines of a poultry house. The apparatus has a gripper assembly for releasably laterally engaging and disengaging one end of the cage above its fixed wheels and a lifter assembly disposed below the gripper assembly for selectively raising and lowering the cage adjacent its fixed wheels. The apparatus also has self-propelled drive wheels enabling linear and pivotal translation of the apparatus and cage along a support surface, such as the floor of the poultry house. Accordingly, the cage can be coupled to the apparatus and decoupled therefrom for efficient transportation of live poultry within a poultry house. A method of moving live poultry within a poultry house is also provided.
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