Patent ID: 6939218

Claim:
A method of removing carcass of dead poultry randomly scattered throughout a poultry house having a floor, a width, a length and a longitudinal centerline axis, the method comprising the steps of: arranging items in the poultry house to form unobstructed lanes that extend substantially lengthwise through the poultry house; positioning at least a portion of a conveyor substantially parallel to the longitudinal centerline axis of the poultry house, the conveyor having a movable surface on which the carcasses are placed; while traversing the width of the poultry house along each unobstructed lane of the poultry house, depositing the carcasses of dead poultry found in each unobstructed lane of the poultry house onto the floor of the poultry house at the conveyor; placing all the carcasses collected on the floor of the poultry house onto the surface of the conveyor; and conveying the collected carcasses for removal out of the poultry house using the conveyor.