SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAPIDLY AND ACCURATELY IDENTIFYING LIVE EGGS WITHIN A STREAM OF EGGS

Systems and methods for rapidly identifying live eggs within a stream of eggs with high accuracy, are provided. A stream of eggs are candled via a candling apparatus and each candled egg is designated as being either live, non-live, or "uncertain". Eggs designated as non-live and uncertain...

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Main Authors JOHN, H. HEBRANK, THOMAS, E. BRYAN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 04.05.2004
Subjects
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS
FISHING
FORESTRY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HUNTING
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MEASURING
NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
PHYSICS
REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
TESTING
TRAPPING
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Summary:Systems and methods for rapidly identifying live eggs within a stream of eggs with high accuracy, are provided. A stream of eggs are candled via a candling apparatus and each candled egg is designated as being either live, non-live, or "uncertain". Eggs designated as non-live and uncertain are removed from the stream. Each egg designated as uncertain is "recandled" at a separate station via an additional candling procedure in order to definitively determine if the "uncertain" egg is live or non-live. Uncertain eggs identified as being live via recandling are returned to the egg stream such that the stream contains only live eggs. The uncertain eggs determined to be non-live via recandling are removed and are either discarded or used for other purposes.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU20030263102