Method and apparatus for automatically debeaking poultry, such as young chicks, young turkeys, young guinea fowl, and ducklings
CA 1322903 C · Owner: Poultry Robotic Systems Limited · Inventors: Gourlandt, Albert
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A method of automatically debeaking poultry in which a frame with holding or restraining and/or supporting means is provided for holding or restraining and/or supporting the head of a bird substantially immobile a, debeaking assembly is disposed in the vicinity of said holding or restraining and/or supporting means, and comprises a debeaking element which is displaceable between a non-operative position and an operative position where the debeaking element is in a debeaking position against the beak the method, including the improvement whereby debeaking is performed in two stages: a first stage in which the debeaking assembly together with the debeaking element is brought into the …
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- Granted October 12, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 12, 2010.
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