Patent ID: 11937997
Assignee: NOVA-TECH ENGINEERING, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A method of opening a beak of a bird, the method comprising:
positioning a bird in a delivery location;
moving a beak splitter from a home position to an opening position after positioning the bird in the delivery location using a beak opening actuator operably connected to the beak splitter and controlled by a control unit, wherein the beak splitter comprises an upper beak contact surface and a lower beak contact surface forming a wedge configured for insertion between an upper mandible and a lower mandible of a beak of a bird, wherein the upper beak contact surface contacts the upper mandible of the beak of the bird in the delivery location before the lower beak contact surface contacts the lower mandible when the beak splitter is moving from the home position to the opening position to separate the upper mandible from the lower mandible to open the beak of the bird; and
moving the bird out of the delivery location after opening the beak of the bird.