Patent ID: 7958843
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An automated injection machine for injecting fluid substances into eggs, said machine comprising: a support frame having a movable supporting structure mounted thereon, said movable supporting structure retaining an egg tray thereon and said movable supporting structure and said egg tray moving together laterally in a generally horizontal direction when said egg tray is retained on said support structure; an injector assembly mounted on or coupled to said support frame and having a plurality of injectors arranged in a generally rectangular, longitudinally extending matrix above said egg tray; said plurality of injectors being movable in a substantially vertical direction and having needles to inject eggs in said egg tray retained on and positioned by said supporting structure; and said supporting structure being movable between an injection position in which eggs in an egg tray retained on said supporting structure are positioned directly underneath and in vertical alignment with said injectors and a loading position in which said supporting structure and said egg tray retained thereon are positioned laterally away from said injectors, said supporting structure being movable back and forth between said injection and loading positions.