Patent ID: 7162979

Claim:
Device for driving animals in an oblong corridor section ( 21 ), the device comprising: a driving gate ( 2 ) adapted to be moved from one end of the corridor section to the other; a first transport arrangement ( 3 , 5 , 10 , 12 ) adapted to move the driving gate ( 2 ) in the corridor section in a longitudinal direction of the corridor section from a first position ( 2 b ) at one end of the corridor section to a second position ( 2 c ) at the other end and to move the gate ( 2 ) in the opposite direction after it has been brought outside the corridor section, from a third position ( 2 d ) which is opposite the second position ( 2 c ) in the corridor section, to a fourth position ( 2 a ) which is opposite the first position ( 2 b ) in the corridor section, the first arrangement comprising a first displaceable mounting part ( 6 ), which can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the corridor section over a distance corresponding to the distance between the first position ( 2 b ) and the second position ( 2 c ) of the gate; and a second transport arrangement ( 13 , 14 , 18 , 19 ) adapted to pull the gate sideways out from the corridor section in the plane of the gate from the second position ( 2 c ) in the corridor section to the third position, and to push the gate sideways into the corridor section in the plane of the gate from the fourth position ( 2 a )to the first position ( 2 b ) in the corridor section, the second arrangement comprising a second displaceable mounting part ( 16 ), to which the gate ( 2 ) is fastened and which is adapted to be moved transversely to the longitudinal direction of the corridor section over a distance corresponding to at least a width of the driving gate ( 2 ).