CN1126941A

CN1126941A - The Treatment of small animals

Info

Publication number: CN1126941A
Application number: CN 94192767
Authority: CN
Inventors: H·W·祖尔; E·T·克拉克; A·M·莫拉韦基; R·O·白金汉
Original assignee: Sun Valley Poultry Ltd
Current assignee: Sun Valley Foods Ltd
Priority date: 1993-06-02
Filing date: 1994-05-27
Publication date: 1996-07-17
Also published as: BR9406780A; EP0701396A1; HU9503451D0; HUT73292A; CA2164114A1; WO1994027425A1; PL311875A1; AU6801694A

Abstract

Poultry is stunned by a subjection to a treatment gas having an anaesthetic and/or noxious effect. A chamber (40, 106, 140, 170, 200, 218) is utilised, to which the treatment gas is delivered, and the treatement environment is maintained. Crates(18, 48, 72, 114) are delivered by a conveyor mechanism(22, 50, 78, 108) to the vicinity of an inlet (8, 42, 80, 102a, 102b, 102c), and mechanism is utilised which conveys the containers through the inlet and into the chamber and preferably through the chamber to an outlet (10, 144, 184, 102a, 102b, 102c), from which the crates are conveyed by further mechanism. The speed at which the containers are conveyed through the treatment gas in the chamber is such that humane stunning or killing of the poultry is effected during passage thereof from the inlet to the outlet.

Description

The processing of small animal

The present invention relates to improvement, specifically, relate to and be used for the genuine treatment facility that makes small animal (refer to poultry particularly, but be not only limited to poultry) lose consciousness or they are killed of people small animal processing aspect.

Traditionally, before killing poultry, first power device is lost consciousness these poultry, and even now is very quick, but this has many shortcomings.

At European patent document EP-A-434, a kind of method and apparatus that is used for poultry butcher has been described in 278, it comprises the anesthetic effect of adopting carbon dioxide gas, also will be with reference to more detailed data as obtaining further information.Yet,, specifically, relate to the problem of big output providing a kind of being used for aspect this device that puts into practice, to run into difficulty.

One of a plurality of purposes of the present invention provide the genuine device that makes small animal (refer to poultry particularly, but be not only limited to poultry) lose consciousness or they are killed of a kind of people of being used for.To describe the present invention to the use of poultry at this device below, can replace poultry with other small animal but be construed as.

According to the present invention, provide a kind for the treatment of apparatus, it comprises a chamber, be used in this chamber keeping the device of controlled environment, an inlet can move into container through this inlet, the device in the container process inlet immigration chamber, be used for making container to move through the device of chamber, and container by the device that shifts out in the chamber.

Can the present invention be put into practice with one or more following technology:

1. adopt density a kind of gas that anoxic or anaesthetic effect arranged bigger (below be referred to as to handle gas) than air.Such gas can comprise argon gas, krypton gas, xenon, and carbon dioxide gas;

2. adopt the density a kind of processing gas littler than air, such as helium, neon or nitrogen;

3. adopt a kind of gas that oxygen has wherein been removed as handling gas, such as using burning and/or adopting the material of absorption oxygen;

4. be in handling gas, to adopt a kind of nontoxic anesthetic gases.

Can use identical mechanism in order through the immigration chamber neutralization that enters the mouth container to be moved through chamber to container.Similarly, in order to make container process chamber and container to be shifted out chamber can use identical mechanism.

For example can adopt a kind of disk connecting gear of continuous operation, container is placed in this mechanism, container be moved in the chamber through inlet, make container shift out chamber through outlet through chamber with container by this mechanism.

In addition, can use separately mechanism in order to make container move through chamber through the immigration chamber neutralization that enters the mouth to container.For being shifted out chamber through outlet, container can use the other mechanism that separates.

Yet it is feasible that entrance and exit is arranged on identical position with respect to chamber.

Best, treating apparatus comprises conveying mechanism, with container preferably sequentially (no matter be individually in order, or in groups in order) deliver near the inlet, and container by being transported away near the outlet.

Best, this device is included on the short transverse container is transferred in the treatment chamber by inlet, and on short transverse container by the device that is transported to outlet in the chamber.

Therefore, treating apparatus comprises the device that is used in chamber keeping a controlled environment, and this environment comprises density than the little a kind of gas of air or the mixture of several gases, and described device preferably can upwards be transported to container among the controlled environment by inlet.

In addition, when the density of handling gas was bigger than air, described device preferably can be transported to container downwards among the controlled environment by inlet.

For example, the logical tube of inlet can be stretched over chamber downwards by inlet drilling, and the logical tube of outlet can stretch upwards inlet drilling by chamber, and chamber and described logical tube are sealed, and prevents that the processing gas below the entrance and exit perforate from overflowing.

A kind of like this device is specially adapted to adopt heavier-than-air gas with the related processing that chamber carried out, such as carbon dioxide gas, for example with the mixture of a kind of inert gas (as argon gas).In this case, the gas loss that may cause when shifting out when container enters in the chamber or in by chamber can drop to minimum, particularly by selecting for use suitable falling/when promoting speed especially like this.Container that device is adopted and conveying plant are preferably, the container that enters treating apparatus only accounts for the part of the sectional area of logical tube of inlet and the logical tube of outlet on the horizontal cross-section, such as no more than 75%, best 65% or still less, to prevent when logical tube of container shift-in inlet and the logical tube of outlet because the piston effect of container shifts out gas in too much by chamber.Similarly, container is preferably in a part that only accounts for the sectional area of treatment chamber on the vertical section, no more than similarly 75%, best 65% or still less, with prevent when container during through chamber because the piston effect of container shifts out gas in too much by chamber.

The entrance and exit perforate can be a side opening, but preferably upwards we opens.This device preferably includes loader mechanism, be used for a container by move on near a loading depot of inlet drilling described container can with device (for example Descent apparatus) articulate position movably on first vertical direction, and this treating apparatus preferably includes feel trim actuator, be used for a container by with second vertical direction on movably the position that engages of device (for example lifting device) move on to a discharge point near the outlet perforate.

Promote and Descent apparatus, and loading and unloading mechanism is applicable to once to move a container, but preferably all is applicable to once and moves more than one, such as two or three containers.

According to the present invention, provide a kind for the treatment of apparatus, it comprises a chamber, be used in this chamber, keeping a controlled environment, this environment comprises poultry had anoxic or make loses consciousness effect and a kind of gas of the density different with atmospheric density is arranged or the device of the mixture of several gases (below be referred to as to handle gas), be used between described processing gas and air, keeping the device at an interface, be used for poultry is handled device in the gas through the interface shift-in, and be used for handling the device that gas shifts out poultry in by processing gas after desired effect is arranged.

Poultry is delivered into the step of handling in the gas through the interface after, and poultry by handle transfer out in the gas before, carry out an intermediate steps easily, poultry is carried through processing gas, thereby poultry is stopped desired a period of time in handling gas.

Comprise it mainly being a kind of mixture of inert gas (for example argon gas) and carbon dioxide gas at processing gas, it is than under the big situation of the density of air, treating apparatus can comprise a recess, remain in this recess handling gas owing to handle the density height of gas, poultry is transported among this recess, make processing gas that desired effect be arranged, then poultry is raised up by this recess, further process.

In addition, comprise light but be inert gasses handling gas, under the situation such as helium or neon, treating apparatus can comprise the chamber on a top, remain in the chamber handling gas because the density of processing gas is lower, conveying plant can upwards be transported to poultry and handle in the gas through the interface, and shifts out by handling in the gas through the interface downwards subsequently.

In addition, handle gas and can comprise a kind of gas that oxygen has wherein been removed or the mixture of several gases, such as by a kind of suitable material of burning (as methane) oxygen being removed, and/or the material of employing oxyphie absorbs the oxygen of oxygen or remnants.

Be preferably in the container poultry is carried through treatment chamber, these containers are equipped with many poultry easily, these containers sequentially ground or this chamber of transmission process in groups.

This device preferably is suitable for being used for the European patent EP-B-0 that handles at us, the container of the sort of form of institute's general description in 061, No. 869 the specification.Like this, treating apparatus more advantageously comprises with automatically container being removed on cause storage rack or the framework, and is used for containers sequentially ground or is transported to device in the loading depot in groups.

This conveying mechanism is preferably channel-type, so that poultry is isolated, thereby reduces otherwise owing to they are subjected to the anxiety that the influence of light and motion causes.

Yet, preferably be provided with device in addition, be used for before container enters treatment chamber, a lid being applied on the container, thereby make the container band lid, and be provided with the device of after container is exposed by treating apparatus, lid being removed by treatment chamber.

Cover bottom-open preferably, and when the top of opening wide of crossing container moves down, can on container, be out of shape, be provided with and bite adapting device and guarantee at container lid to be remained on the container through in the process for the treatment of apparatus.

Yet best, an end of lid opens wide, and leans against the transversely relative motion between them, at an easy rate lid is placed on the container.

Therefore, can be provided with device, with a lid and a channel alignment, and make by by passage towards the moving for the treatment of apparatus, make container enter into lid.Like this, can further reduce the tensity of poultry.

Structure and be provided with preferably makes when a container is released in by passage, it is entered in the lid, and engages with the end wall of lid, and further transfer movement makes container be sent to loading depot together with covering.

Best, disengaging gear is arranged on the downstream part for the treatment of apparatus, with easily by be applied to container on opposite they of the action of lid between relatively move, separate with container covering.

Best, conveyer is set, turn back to the lid that these have been separated and can be again they be used position on the new container.

The size of each lid goes for single container, perhaps goes for a plurality of containers, and is comparatively convenient during container number that its number is admitted to simultaneously for the inlet drilling by the loading depot place.

Before being preferably in the station that applies lid an observation station is set, makes and before container enters treatment chamber, to observe the poultry in the container.

According to the present invention, also provide a kind of people genuine method of killing poultry, it comprises the effect of a kind of gas of the carbon dioxide gas that makes poultry be subjected to closing high concentration, wherein poultry in the container that open at the top in the feeder, and, wherein be moved into and make in the treatment chamber before poultry is subjected to handling the effect of gas, container is provided with a temporary transient lid at container.

Container is preferably formed by the plastic material mold pressing, and this container is an open-top, and sidewall and the diapire that is provided with the hole arranged, and freely flows so that air can pass these holes, and is stamped roof and at least two sidewalls that engage with the sidewall of container.

Preferably be provided with the device of throwing off through improper heart on preventing to cover by container in the process for the treatment of apparatus at container, such as structure by locking mutually, it because cover and container between relatively moving and can be joined together in one direction.

This mechanism that locks mutually is preferably on the direction that relatively moves between them can bite cooperation.

Lid can be to be formed by plastic mould pressing, and be applied on the container by the relative motion on the short transverse of container between them, promptly, cross the top of opening wide of container, easily by the sidewall of lid owing to cross the sidewall of container small distance separately flexibly, and make them mobile together after being placed into lid on the container having finished.

In addition, structure and to be provided with can be to make to lean between them relative motion in the vertical to make container enter into lid such as lid being placed on the path that container advances, makes container container in the process of advancing towards treating apparatus enter in the lid.Therefore, lid preferably has our end wall of opening at least, but one end thereof is preferably sealed.

Lid can be provided with aperture, makes that gas can enter in the container in handling the process of poultry, and has prevented because the strong excessively turbulent flow of gas in the treating apparatus that is caused of fluttering of the wing of poultry in the container.

In addition, Kongzui has enough little size well, to prevent that chip is dropped into by container among the treating apparatus, such as little feather in the container process process for the treatment of apparatus.

According to the present invention, also provide a kind for the treatment of apparatus, it comprises a chamber, be used in this chamber, keeping controlled environment, this environment is included in the chamber that to keep mainly be a kind of gas of anoxic or the mixture of several gases, and poultry is stopped enough a period of times in treatment chamber poultry is lost consciousness or killed device.

Except anoxic, handle gas and preferably include one or more anesthetic gaseses, such as carbon dioxide gas.

The present invention who is narrated in second from the bottom in front section can be used as the part of a continuous process and uses, in this continuous process, poultry for example is transported in the treatment chamber through an inlet chamber, and by transferring out through an outlet chamber in the treatment chamber, can reduce processing gas by the effusion in the treatment chamber by this outlet chamber, be provided with processing gas is supplied to treatment chamber so that keep the device of desired environment in treatment chamber.

For example, the form of such device can be to be positioned at a near inlet of outlet chamber, by this inlet fresh processing gas is sent into treatment chamber, outwards flows out by the inlet chamber, plays the effect of ventilation.

In addition, the present invention can use in the process of batch processing, and in such process, small animal (for example in crate) loaded to be input in the treatment chamber, and after finishing loading, chamber is closed, and the use operation that body takes a breath of regulating the flow of vital energy.

In this case, handle gas and may be heavier than air, so just from the bottom chamber is taken a breath easily, perhaps handle gas possibility lta, treating apparatus is got up at top seal, and chamber is taken a breath from the top.

The present invention who is narrated in second from the bottom in front section can use in transportation easily, this transportation comprises poultry by the transportation of (for example) farm to a processing factory, and provide a kind of method of transporting poultry according to another aspect of the present invention, it comprises that kind processing device described in second from the bottom in front section of the employing, adopts that described treating apparatus people in the process of this transportation is genuine to make poultry lose consciousness or poultry is killed.

Provide detailed description with reference to accompanying drawing as the treating apparatus of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, selecting this device is for the mode with example the present invention to be described, and provide the detailed description of handling the method for poultry to a kind of, this method also is for some aspect of the present invention is described.Also described five kinds of additional embodiments, the present invention also can put into practice by them.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a decomposition diagram, and it shows the device of the preferred embodiments of the present invention;

Fig. 2,3 and 4 for being applied to a process schematic diagram on the container to a lid in the process that is illustrated in the method for optimizing that enforcement kills poultry;

Fig. 5 is the schematic profile of a treatment chamber of this device; And

Fig. 6-10 is respectively the schematic diagram of five kinds of additional embodiments.

Be used for device that poultry is killed specifically as the treating apparatus of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, it comprises the effect that makes poultry be subjected to a kind of anesthesia and poisonous gas mixture, as realizing with the low carbon dioxide gas of a kind of oxygen content and the mixture of a kind of inert gas (such as argon gas).

This device comprises a D of dispatching station, it comprises a platform 6 that can vertically move, a plurality of container C (be typically 24 chickens are arranged in each container) can be placed on this platform easily, a push rod 8, it can be sent to ternary container on first straight section 10 of passive conveying plant by piling bin.It is favourable making the operation of push rod 8 piecewises, and this makes in each section, once a container is shifted onto on second straight section 12 of passive conveying plant, and one second push rod 14 moves this container along this section.After the transmission of finishing the ground floor container, push rod shrinks and goes back, and platform 6 is raised up, second layer container is offered the straight section 10 of conveying plant.

Preferably first and second straight sections 10 of conveying plant and 12 usefulness passages 16 are surrounded, so that owing to imperceptible light and motion reduce the unnecessary anxiety of the poultry in the container, the end wall that a plunger of push rod 14 passes passage easily stretches.

Can one easily the position observation window is set, make and can observe chicken in each container, be provided with and will need easily be used for any device that chicken removes of from a container, shifting out.

Treating apparatus comprises a chamber, and chicken is subjected to handling the effect of gas in this chamber, and two vertical

logical tube

42,44 chamber stretching, extensions are thus arranged.Each logical tube is an opening at its top, and the perforate 46 of logical tube 42 is an inlet drilling, and the perforate 48 of logical tube 44 is the outlet perforate.

Be provided with the device 20 (in Fig. 1 and Fig. 5, schematically illustrating) that is connected to this chamber, be used in chamber 40, keeping a controlled gaseous environment, this processing gas is heavier than the air that remains in the chamber 40, and vertically is being charged to only about half of height in the

logical tube

44,46.

Usually, treatment chamber 40 is sealed, prevent that gas from overflowing in the place that is not opening 46 and 48,, clear up and keep in repair so that can enter in the chamber 40 even an access door may be set.

Provide a loading depot by a fixed platform 50, it nestles up inlet drilling 46, ternary container is shifted onto on this fixed platform, certainly, also container individually, perhaps two one group, perhaps more than three one group.Falling mechanism 52 for one can move in logical tube 42, can be mobile between the same high position of height and loading platform 50 and a lower position (this position is the same with the height of the passive conveying plant 41 that passes the chamber stretching, extension).The table top of falling mechanism 54 by means of the porch that leans against loading platform 50, loading push rod 58 once is pushed forward to three containers on the platform 54, subsequently, push rod 52 withdrawals, container is dropped to its minimum position in logical tube 42, advance one section towards logical tube 44 on advance the direction that push rod 60 advancing described three containers one of this position, subsequently, push rod 60 withdrawals.

Make once more and fall mechanism's operation, three containers of next group are dropped in the treatment chamber 40.

Treating apparatus comprises a hoisting mechanism 66, it comprises a platform 68 that can move near a position of offload platform 70 in logical tube 44, be provided with a feel trim actuator 72, so that three containers that are in its upper position are shifted onto on the platform 70 by platform 68.

When pushing ahead in the horizontal straight section 41 of each group container in treatment chamber 40, this group container pushes away those group containers of its front forward, and that group container (those containers of promptly the most close logical tube 44) foremost shifted onto on the platform 68, in order that they are risen to discharge point 70 by outlet perforate 48.

Be provided with other conveying mechanism 80, container is fed forward on another straight section 82 of conveying plant by offload platform 70.

Before in entering treatment chamber 40, be provided with in the position that container exposes in by passage 16 lid 90 devices that are applied on each container easily.A typical lid is shown in Fig. 2, and in 3 and 4, it comprises

sidewall

92,92 and roof 94.Be provided with an outstanding structure 95 easily in the lower end of sidewall 92, make that can work as container is placed into lid on the container C when exposing in the passage 16, concrete method is: move down, outstanding structure 95 makes sidewall 92 flexibly separate (see figure 3) with engaging of container, when outstanding structure engaged with the edge 96 of the corner cut of container, each wall returned its origin-location.

In addition, particularly under the situation that container C is carried towards loading platform 50 with the relation of leaving mutually, can be arranged on lid 90 on the path that container pushes ahead, thereby make container enter in the lid through the end of opening of lid, an end on the other side is closed easily, and this makes that moving on of container is to make lid reach loading platform 50 with container.

Similarly, be provided with device in the downstream of offload platform 70, with lid by removing on the container, and lid returned along path P recycle.

Cover and preferably be provided with aperture, thereby make processing gas can enter the inside of container, but make the size of aperture can not cause any tangible turbulent flow to feasible not fluttering of wing greatly owing to chicken in the container.

Although in a preferred embodiment each container is illustrated a lid,, if desired, can contain a plurality of containers with a lid, such as being fallen and the simultaneously treated so a plurality of containers of hoisting mechanism.

Relevant with the number in sending chamber 40 simultaneously to, and it is relevant through the speed of treatment chamber with the size and the container of size of leading to

tube

42 and 44 and chamber 40, the size of container preferably makes pump-absorb action become minimum, because this pump-absorb action particularly can make gas by moving on to the logical tube of outlet in the chamber.Like this, have now found that can keep the composition of the processing gas in the chamber 40 that high accuracy is arranged, it is highly effective guaranteeing to handle, and handles gas simultaneously and has only minimum loss by guaranteeing that (for example) handle half the height that gas reaches

logical tube

42 and 44.

The sectional area of container preferably be not more than logical tube sectional area 75%, preferably 65% or lower.

The conveying plant that described the present invention has adopted straight section and push rod by passive conveying plant to provide also should be appreciated that, although also can adopt conveying plant initiatively in the occasion of needs.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram for the treatment of apparatus, and it expresses the another kind setting of the entrance and exit of the

logical tube

42 and 44 of turnover.As shown in Figure 5, gas flows to outlet 92 to flow through chamber 40 in the opposite direction with the side of container C process in chamber by inlet 90.Sensor 94 is arranged on the spaced position along chamber easily, and the oxygen content in the chamber for confirmation in the gas is sufficiently low.

If desired, can make the height of chamber on the direction of the logical tube 42 of inlet, increase arranged slightly, as shown in Figure 5 by the logical tube 44 of outlet.

Preferably conveying plant 41 is arranged on a bit of distance on the porose floor 96, makes and to clear up the inside of chamber 40 easily, if desired, an outlet 98 can be set.

As shown in Figure 5, inlet 46a and outlet 48a stretch in vertical plane, rather than resemble and stretching in horizontal plane Fig. 1.

At the treating apparatus shown in Fig. 6, it is first additional embodiments of the present invention, and it comprises a process tank 106, can keep a kind of environment of controlled sealing in this jar, opens into the 108 and outlets 110 of an inlet to the top 112 of chamber 106.

A carousel 114 is housed in treatment chamber 106, it comprises a plurality of suspension platforms 116 that the periphery by this device for disc suspends out, and each platform 116 can and carry one container or the crate 118 of poultry are housed with the configuration mode supporting of level normally.The drive unit (not shown) of carousel makes disk rotate in mode stage by stage, make each platform 116 lean against the next door of loading depot 120 according to priority, one is loaded push rod 124 and can be moved on on the platform 126 by conveying plant 122 being transferred the crate 118 that device 122 is transported to loading depot 120 in loading depot.

What nestle up outlet 110 is a discharge point 126, is provided with a unloading push rod 128 at this place a container 118 is moved on on the conveying plant 130 by the platform 116 at discharge point, can be container by being transported away near the treating apparatus by this conveying plant.

Be provided with the device 132 that keeps handling gas in chamber 106, handle gas and be heavier than air, it comprises the mixture of carbon dioxide gas and nitrogen, also can partly use argon gas, replaces nitrogen at least.

Heavier-than-air processing gas drops to the bottom of jar, and in order to reduce the loss of handling gas, hope makes the sub-fraction on the top of treatment chamber comprise air, and the border between air and processing gas is by representing at the interface shown in Fig. 6 134.

When using the treating apparatus of first additional embodiments of the present invention, needed processing gas is anoxic and/or narcotic, and this gas is maintained in the chamber 106, and carousel conveyor 114 is rotated in mode stage by stage.Each interstage between its revolving process is loaded into the containers 118 that live poultry is housed on the platform 116 by push rod 124, and by being rotated further of disk, and container is sunk regulates the flow of vital energy in the body everywhere.The concrete number of the platform 116 that is provided with on the disk transmitting device and the speed of rotation make that the poultry in the container had lost consciousness as requested like that, or is killed when container was exposed by outlet 110.

When container when exposing, makes 128 actions of unloading push rod by outlet 110, so that container is sent on the conveying plant 130 by platform 116, poultry is transported to the treatment step of back by this conveying plant, this step can comprise depilation and taking-up internal organ.

If desired, carousel is rotated continuously, automatics can be so that when container 118 during by loading depot 120, guarantee that platform 116 can obtain this container, and when container during by discharge point 126, platform is sent its container.

Treating apparatus (being shown in Fig. 7) as second additional embodiments of the present invention adopts a kind of lighter-than-air processing gas, so treating apparatus 140 has an inlet 142 and an outlet 144 that is located at the bottom of chamber.A conveying plant 146 is installed in the top of chamber, be provided with one and promote push rod 148, so that container is upwards risen in the treatment chamber 140 by a loading conveying plant 150 in order, be provided with a transmission push rod 152 each container preface successively is sent on the conveying plant 146 by promoting push rod 148.

A unloading push rod can make container pass outlet 144, and container is continued to be moved on on this push rod by conveying plant 1 46, is provided with a transmission push rod 156, when container reaches position, its underpart, container is sent on the other conveying plant 158 by the unloading push rod.

Be provided with device 160, to be used for keeping controlled environment on the top of chamber 140, described device can provide a kind of lighter-than-air environment on described top, such as helium, and include the sensor (not shown) in the chamber 140.Because anoxic, the poultry that passes treatment chamber on conveying plant 146 is killed by the people is genuine, and the length of the speed of service of various conveying plants and chamber 140 is chosen to guarantee that poultry can stop desired a period of time in processing environment.

If desired, controlled environment can comprise a kind of narcoticness gas, before poultry is killed poultry is lost consciousness.

If desired, can combine use to the chamber 140 of the carousel 114 of first additional embodiments and second additional embodiments.

The 3rd additional embodiments among Fig. 8 adopts density and air similar, but oxygen removed and/or a kind of gas that carbon dioxide gas has been added as processing gas.Like this, treating apparatus as the third embodiment of the present invention comprises treatment chamber 170, a conveying plant 174 is carried the crate 172 that poultry is housed and is passed this chamber, conveying plant 176 is transported to crate 172 on the conveying plant 174 by an inlet region 180 by a transmission conveying plant 178 in the middle of having adopted one, and adopts a middle conveying plant 182 that crate is delivered to one by conveying plant 174 by an outlet area 184 and remove on the conveying plant 186.By this way, can reduce the loss of the gas of the controlled environment of forming process tank 170.Yet, an injection device 188 can be set easily, the gas of the controlled environment of maintenance is injected in the outlet area 184 by a control device 189 by this device, the treated chamber 170 of gas reverse flow, and by inlet region 180 outflows, thereby minimizing air when crate 172 enters treating apparatus enters the situation of treatment chamber 170.Similar with the embodiment of front, control device 189 comprises the sensor (not shown) that can be used for determining the gas ingredients in the chamber 170.

The gas of forming the controlled environment of the 3rd embodiment can be air easily, in this air, lean against combustion of methane wherein and remove wherein oxygen, adopt the material of oxyphie to absorb remaining oxygen simultaneously, guarantee not have carbon monoxide gas carefully, and before in sending into chamber 170 unnecessary heat is removed in by gas.

Similarly, the speed of service of the length of chamber 170 and various conveying plants is for can guarantee that poultry is subjected to handling one section reasonable time of effect of gas effect.

Comprise our casing 200 of opening of an elongated top as the treating apparatus of the 4th additional embodiments of the present invention, this casing is divided into a plurality of treatment region 202a by each vertical wall, 202b, and 202c, or the like.Be provided with 204, one push rods 206 of a vertical platform at each treatment region and can drop to nethermost position to this platform by position, as shown in Figure 9 near the top of opening wide of treatment region.

Against treatment chamber operation be a transmission conveying plant 208, load push rod 210a, 210b, 210c, or the like, these push rods are arranged on each treatment region next door, with unloading push rod 212a, 212b, 212c, or the like vis-a-vis.

In the process of using the fourth embodiment of the present invention, a conveying plant 208 is carried the crate 214 that live poultry is housed towards treating apparatus.

Load push rod 210 by the push rod 206, that is in its position that raises up crate 214 is moved forward on the platform 204, then, push rod 206 will bounce back, and crate is dropped in the treatment chamber.

In controlled environment that poultry is submerged, keep after desired a period of time, by push rod 206 crate is raised up, utilize unloading push rod 212 that crate is moved on on the unloading conveying device 218 by platform 204, this conveying plant is arranged on the top of conveying plant 208 easily.

In the 4th additional embodiments, the perforate that feeds the inlet of chamber is provided with the structure identical with outlet is provided, and poultry is transported away in the chamber through outlet.In addition, we opens although shown treatment chamber 200 is the top, and the environmental gas under the control of control device (not shown) is heavier than air, such as a kind of mixture that is nitrogen and carbon dioxide gas, but, should be appreciated that the 4th embodiment can adopt lighter-than-air processing gas, just simply treatment chamber 200 is turned around, and be provided with load push rod 206 with the motion that makes progress through a bottom of opening among the controlled environment of container shift-in.

The embodiment that is shown in Figure 10 represents that the present invention is used to suit to betransported poultry situation about in the process of (for example, by a farm to a poultry processing plant) poultry being handled.Like this, the schematically illustrated lorry of Figure 10 can be crate 220 pack in a conventional manner (for example using fork truck) in the compartment 218 of this car.After the opening in compartment 21 8 (such as back door 222) was closed, the compartment was airtight basically.

Be provided with the device (not shown), to handle the inside that gas pumps into compartment 218 a kind of, this processing gas is made up of the mixture of nitrogen and carbon dioxide gas easily, and an outlet 224 oxygen containing gas being passed through easily the top that is arranged on the compartment is by discharging in the compartment.If desired, near outlet 224 the control device (not shown) is set, detecting has tangible carbon dioxide gas to occur in the gas of discharging, so that stop or reduce the operation of input unit.Yet, if desired, keep continuous slowly gas to send into, to guarantee that 218 li keep desired processing atmosphere in the compartment.

Certainly, should be appreciated that, embodiment shown in Figure 10 also can adopt lighter-than-air gas, as long as in this case air exit 224 is arranged on the bottom in compartment 218 easily, or the 21 8 li gases that comprised originally in compartment is removed with the gas of having removed oxygen with the method for taking a breath simply and got final product.

In the above description, or in the claim below, or disclosed in the accompanying drawings characteristics, with their particular form, or by a kind of device of realizing disclosed function, or a kind of method or process that is used for obtaining disclosed effect expressed, as long as put, or a kind of method or process that is used for obtaining disclosed effect express, as long as suitably, just can utilize these characteristics to be used for various forms realization the present invention dividually or with any combination.

Claims

1. treating apparatus, it comprises a chamber; Be used in this chamber keeping the device of a controlled environment; An inlet can move into container through this inlet; The device in this inlet shift-in chamber of container process; Be used for making container to move through the device of chamber, and container by the device that shifts out in the chamber.

2. according to the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus of claim 1, wherein, being used for container is same mechanism through the mechanism of inlet shift-in chamber with the mechanism that container moves through chamber.

3. according to claim 1 or 2 described a kind for the treatment of apparatus, wherein, be used for that container moved through the mechanism of chamber and be container same mechanism by the mechanism that shifts out in the chamber.

4. any one described a kind for the treatment of apparatus in requiring according to aforesaid right, it comprises a carousel, container is placed on this device, and by this device container through an inlet shift-in chamber, shift out chamber through chamber with through an outlet.

5. according to the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus of claim 1, wherein adopt mechanism separately in the container process inlet shift-in chamber, and make the container motion through chamber.

6. according to claim 1 and 5 described a kind for the treatment of apparatus, wherein adopt other separating mechanism that the container process is exported by shifting out in the chamber.

7. according to claim 4 and 6 described a kind for the treatment of apparatus, wherein entrance and exit is located at identical position for chamber.

8. any one described a kind for the treatment of apparatus in requiring according to aforesaid right, it comprises and is used for container is sent near the inlet, and container by near the transmitting mechanism of taking away exporting.

9. according to the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus of claim 8, it comprises conveying plant, is transported in the treatment chamber on short transverse by inlet to be used for a container, and on short transverse container is transported to outlet by chamber.

10. according to the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus of claim 8, it comprises the device that is used in chamber keeping a controlled environment, this environment comprises density than the low a kind of gas of atmospheric density or the mixture of several gases, and described conveying plant can upwards be transported to container among the controlled external environment by inlet.

11. according to the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus of claim 8, it comprises the device that is used in chamber keeping a controlled environment, this environment comprises density than the high a kind of gas of atmospheric density or the mixture of several gases, and described conveying plant can be transported to container downwards among the controlled environment by inlet.

12. according to the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus of claim 10, it comprises that an inlet that is stretched in the chamber by inlet leads to tube and the logical tube of outlet that is stretched upwards outlet by chamber downwards, chamber and described logical tube are sealed, prevent that the processing gas below the entrance and exit perforate from overflowing.

13. according to the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus of claim 11, it comprises that a logical tube of inlet and that is stretched upwards in the chamber by inlet is stretched over logical of the outlet of outlet downwards by chamber, chamber and described logical tube are sealed, prevent that the processing gas above the entrance and exit perforate from overflowing.

14. according to any one described a kind for the treatment of apparatus in the above-mentioned claim, it comprises loader mechanism, be used for container by one near a loading depot of inlet drilling move on to described container can with the means for engaging position of getting up movably on first vertical direction, and this treating apparatus comprises feel trim actuator, be used for a container by with second vertical direction on movably the position that engages of device move on to a discharge point near the outlet perforate.

15. according to the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus of claim 14, wherein promote and Descent apparatus, and each of loading and unloading mechanism all is applicable to and once moves a plurality of containers.

16. a treating apparatus, it comprises a chamber; Be used in this chamber keeping a controlled environment, this environment comprises to be had anoxic or makes a kind of gas of the effect of losing consciousness or the mixture of several gases (below be referred to as to handle gas) poultry; And the device of the density different with atmospheric density arranged; Be used between described processing gas and air, keeping the device at an interface; Be used for poultry is moved into the device of handling in the gas through the interface; And be used for handling the device that gas transfers out poultry in by processing gas after desired effect is arranged.

17. according to the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus of claim 16, wherein poultry is delivered into the step of handling in the gas through the interface after, and poultry by handle transfer out in the gas before, carry out an intermediate steps, promptly poultry is transmitted through processing gas, thereby poultry is stopped desired a period of time in handling gas.

18., wherein handle gas and comprise it mainly being a kind of mixture of inert gas and carbon dioxide gas according to claim 16 and 17 described a kind for the treatment of apparatus.

19. according to the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus of claim 18, it comprises a recess, remain in this recess handling gas owing to handle the density height of gas, poultry is transported among this recess, make processing gas that desired effect be arranged, then poultry is raised up by this recess, further process.

20. according to claim 16 or 17 described a kind for the treatment of apparatus, but wherein handling gas comprises light is inert gasses, such as helium or neon, treating apparatus comprises the chamber on a top, remain in the chamber handling gas because the density of processing gas is lower, conveying plant can upwards be transported to poultry and handle in the gas through the interface, and shifts out by handling in the gas through the interface downwards subsequently.

21. according to claim 16,17,18,19 or 20 described a kind for the treatment of apparatus are wherein handled gas and are comprised a kind of gas that wherein oxygen has been removed or the mixture of several gases.

22. according to any one described a kind for the treatment of apparatus in the above-mentioned claim, wherein poultry is carried in each container through treatment chamber, these containers are equipped with many poultry easily, these containers sequentially ground or this chamber of conveying process in groups.

23. according to the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus of claim 22, it comprises with automatically container being removed on cause storage rack or the framework, and is used for containers sequentially ground or is transferred to device in the loading depot in groups.

24. according to a kind for the treatment of apparatus of claim 23, wherein conveying mechanism is a channel-type.

25. according to claim 23 or 24 described a kind for the treatment of apparatus, wherein be provided with additional device, be used for before container enters treatment chamber, a lid being applied on the container.

26. according to any one the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus in the claim 22 to 25, its middle cover be the bottom we open, and at it through in process for the treatment of apparatus, can bite them and be coupled on the container.

27. according to any one the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus in the claim 22 to 25, a side of its middle cover is that we opens, and leans against the transversely relative motion between them, at an easy rate lid is placed on the container.

28. according to any one the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus in the claim 25 to 27, it comprises the lid and the device of channel alignment, make by by passage towards the moving for the treatment of apparatus, container enters into lid.

29. according to any one the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus in the claim 25 to 28, it comprises the disengaging gear that lid and container are separated.

30. according to any one the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus in the claim 25 to 29, it comprises these lids that has separated are turned back to can use them the conveying plant of a position on the new container again.

31. according to any one the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus in the claim 25 to 30, wherein the size of each lid is applicable to single container.

32. according to any one the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus in the claim 25 to 31, it is included in an observation station before the station that applies lid, so that can observe the poultry in the container before container enters treatment chamber.

33. genuine method of killing poultry of people, it comprises the effect of a kind of gas of the carbon dioxide gas that makes poultry be subjected to containing high concentration, wherein poultry is delivered in the treating apparatus, and before container is moved into the effect that makes poultry be subjected to handling gas in the treatment chamber, container is provided with a temporary transient lid with container.

34. according to any one described a kind for the treatment of apparatus in the above-mentioned claim, wherein container is formed by plastic mould pressing, is open-top.

35. according in claim 33 and 34 one of described a kind for the treatment of apparatus, wherein be provided with the device of throwing off through improper heart on preventing to cover by container in the process for the treatment of apparatus at it.

36. according to the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus of claim 35, wherein be provided with the structure that locks mutually, it is by relatively moving and can be joined together in one direction between lid and the container.

37. according to the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus of claim 36, its middle cover is to be formed by the plastic material mold pressing, and is applied on the container by the relative motion on the short transverse of container between them.

38. according to the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus of claim 34, wherein structure and being arranged so that can lean between them relative motion in the vertical to make container enter into lid.

39. according to the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus of claim 38, its middle cover has a unlimited end wall at least, and the end of a sealing.

40. any one the described a kind for the treatment of apparatus according in the claim 33 to 39 wherein, is covered with aperture.

41. a treating apparatus, it comprises a chamber; Be used in this chamber, keeping a controlled environment, this environment is included in the chamber that to keep mainly be a kind of gas of anoxic or the mixture of several gases, and poultry is stopped enough a period of times in treatment chamber poultry is lost consciousness or killed device.

42., wherein except anoxic, handle gas and also comprise one or more anesthetic gaseses according to the described treating apparatus of claim 41.

43. according to the described treating apparatus of claim 41, wherein in a continuous process, poultry is transported in the chamber through an inlet, and, be provided with processing gas is supplied to treatment chamber so that keep the device of desired environment in treatment chamber by transferring out through an outlet in the chamber.

44. according to the described treating apparatus of claim 43, the form of wherein such device is to be positioned at a near inlet of outlet chamber, inlet gas is admitted to treatment chamber thus, outwards flows out by the inlet chamber, plays the effect of ventilation.

45. according to the described treating apparatus of claim 41, wherein the poultry in crate is loaded in the treatment chamber, and after finishing loading, chamber is closed, and the use operation that body takes a breath of regulating the flow of vital energy.

46. according to the described treating apparatus of claim 45, wherein handle gas and be heavier than air, chamber is taken a breath from following.

47. according to the described treating apparatus of claim 45, wherein handle the gas lta, chamber taken a breath from the top.

48. according to the described treating apparatus of claim 45, wherein container is a kind of conveying arrangement, it is used for poultry by the transportation of a farm to a processing factory.

49. a method of transporting poultry, it comprises employing at the treating apparatus described in the claim 45, and adopts that described treating apparatus people in the process of this transportation is genuine to make poultry lose consciousness or poultry is killed.

50. as the front with reference to the described a kind of processing method of any accompanying drawing.

51. the method that a people is genuine to make poultry lose consciousness or poultry is killed, it is realized described with reference to any accompanying drawing as the front basically.

52. noted earlier and/or in the accompanying drawings shown in any new feature or the new combination of characteristics.