Patent ID: 9239321
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: A01K,A47J,G01N

Claim Text:
1. An egg transfer system for providing automated inspection and tracking of eggs, comprising: an inlet for receiving a volume of eggs, said inlet further including an egg accumulator; an egg inspection subassembly downstream from said inlet and including a number of inspection stations for determining various properties of each egg; an egg breaker subassembly interfacing with an outlet of said egg inspection subassembly; a processor communicating with each of said inlet and said inspection subassembly and compiling a data record of each egg including, at a minimum, positional information from said inlet and egg property information from said inspection subassembly; said processor providing an output communication to at least said inspection subassembly in order to instruct the removal, through at least one gate defined in said subassembly, of eggs within a parameter set by said processor and prior to said eggs advancing to said breaker subassembly; and a post breakage vision scanner in operative communication with said processor for determining at least yolk properties of each broken egg, said processor updating said data record.