Patent ID: 9232773
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: A01K,B65B,B65G

Claim Text:
1. A method of destacking or restacking at least one standardized container used in poultry hatchery operations using robotic means, comprising the steps of: providing a multi-axis robot arm, wherein said multi-axis robot arm is a series-link, five or six-axis robot arm that is servo-driven on all axis; providing an end effector adapted to hold and move a container in three dimensions, said end effector having a frame and container retaining structures which are configured to clamp and support an external surface of the container, wherein said end effector is attached to said multi-axis robot arm; removing eggs from an egg flat with the end effector; clamping and supporting the external surface of the container; moving the container from a first stacked position to a second destacked position; transferring the eggs into the destacked container using the end effector.