Patent ID: 6612918
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A poultry loader system for loading a series of front-doored multi-compartmented poultry cages, comprising:(a) a plurality of poultry receiving bins arranged side by side, (b) means structurally associated with said bins for longitudinally removing poultry in one of said bins while not removing poultry from the others of the bins, (c) means longitudinally arranged relative to said removing means for receiving said removed poultry directly from said removing means and longitudinally discharging said removed poultry into an open compartment of a transversely facing front-doored compartment of said poultry cage, (d) means for staging a series of empty said poultry cages on a platform having a front end and a longitudinal centerline, such that the cage doors face in a selected direction towards or away from said centerline when an empty cage is on a rear portion of the platform on one side of said centerline, face the front end of the platform transversely to the centerline at a front portion of the platform for loading with poultry, and face in the same selected direction towards or away from said centerline at a rear portion of the platform on a side of the centerline opposite from said one side for removal of a loaded cage from said platform.