Patent ID: 11937610
Assignee: MIDWAY MACHINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A poultry processing system comprising:
a receiving module for receiving and unloading a poultry transport vehicle and defining a transport vehicle drive path;
a poultry stunning system for irreversibly stunning poultry;
a stunned poultry hanging station configured for retrieval and processing of stunned poultry for transfer to a slaughter facility;
a conveyor system configured to convey poultry from said receiving module to said poultry stunning system to said poultry hanging station;
a plurality of poultry cage pushing apparatuses disposed on one side of said drive path; and
a plurality of shuttle conveyors disposed on an opposite side of said drive path and configured to (i) receive poultry cages pushed by said poultry cage pushing apparatuses and (ii) convey the received poultry cages from said receiving module toward said poultry stunning system.