Method and apparatus for selectively classifying poultry eggs
CA 2372157 A1 · Owner: Embrex, Inc. · Inventors: Hebrank, John H.
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An apparatus for classifying a plurality of poultry eggs includes means (20) for detecting the opacities of the eggs means (30) for detecting the , temperatures of the eggs and means (40) for classifying the eggs using the opacities and the temperatures of the eggs. A method for classifying poultry eggs includes measuring the opacities of the eggs measuring the temperatures , of the eggs and classifying the eggs as a function of the opacities and the temperatures of the eggs.
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- Filed May 10, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 10, 2020.
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