Patent ID: 8696297
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A01K,B65G,G01N

Abstract:
1. A system for positioning a plurality of eggs post-candling, the system comprising: a tray to be filled including substantially evenly distributed cells for receiving at least a portion of the plurality of eggs, each cell characterized by a likelihood that the cell does not contain one of the plurality of eggs; an information processing unit for storing data for each cell indicative of the likelihood that the cell does not contain one of the plurality of eggs; robotic means for picking up at least one egg from a supply tray and placing the at least one egg in an at least one empty cell of the tray to be filled, the robotic means having an egg pick-up head and being driven by the information processing unit; a stabilizing position; a conveyor for moving the tray to be filled to the stabilizing position; wherein the system further comprises a post-candling detecting device adapted to detect a presence or an absence of one of the plurality of eggs in the cells of the tray to be filled, said conveyor moving the tray to be filled under the post-candling detecting device; and the post-candling detecting device comprising a gantry having sensors arranged over the conveyor such that the tray to be filled is movable under the sensors.