Patent ID: 7377844
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: A22B

Abstract:
1. Method for stunning of slaughter animals in a stunning atmosphere in a stunning apparatus with boxes ( 1 , 1 a , 1 b , 1 c , 1 d ) that are conveyed around after one another to various stop positions by means of a transport system ( 11 , 12 ), wherein animals are driven forwards in a driveway ( 2 ) and into an entrance area ( 3 ), the animals in the entrance area are separated from other animals after a group of animals has passed into the area, and the group is driven into an empty box ( 1 ) that is brought to a halt in a first stop position at the entrance area, and wherein the box is then conveyed into the stunning atmosphere, and the box after the animals have been in the atmosphere is conveyed out of the atmosphere and is brought to a stop at an emptying area ( 13 ) to empty the box of stunned animals, comprising: measuring a time period comprising a separation time that elapses from a first state, at which the animals pass or are allowed to pass into the entrance area ( calculation of a desired box transport time to a third state, at which the filled box has been lowered into the atmosphere and a certain event occurs, which calculation is performed on the basis of the time period measured; and controlling the transport system to obtain the desired box transport time to the third state.