Patent ID: 7798890
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: A01K,A22C,B65G

Abstract:
1. A device for converting a stream of living poultry, which fluctuates over the course of time, into a stream of living poultry, which is substantially uniform over the course of time, in a slaughter line, the device comprising at least the following stations: an unloading station configured to unload the living poultry from at least one holder; a connecting station configured to connect the living poultry to carriers; a conveying station configured to convey the living poultry as a stream of living poultry from the unloading station to the connecting station, the conveying station comprising at least one conveyor device; and at least one control device constructed to control the number of living poultry that is transferred from the unloading station to the conveying station or from the conveying station to the connecting station per time unit, in order to reduce fluctuations in the stream of living poultry.