Patent ID: 7281496
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: A01K,B60P

Abstract:
1. A poultry-loading machine adapted to guide poultry into a container, wherein the container has an opening and a bottom surface, wherein the machine comprises: a main frame; a first conveyor belt for transporting the poultry from a first position close to the ground into a second position, wherein said first conveyor belt is supported by said main frame; and a second loading conveyor belt for transporting the poultry into said container, wherein said second loading conveyor belt defines a loading belt surface; a device for modifying inclination of said second loading conveyor belt so that said loading belt surface is substantially parallel to the bottom surface of the container; an approach frame which supports the second loading conveyor belt, said approach frame being adapted to move said second loading conveyor belt towards and away from said container, wherein said second loading conveyor belt is displaceable so as to enter, at least partly, into said container and to transport the poultry inside it; a pivoting frame configured to be inclined with respect to said main frame and wherein said inclination modifying device also comprises at least one piston connected to said pivoting frame.