IL24365A - Device for the transportation of fowl - Google Patents

Description

Device the transportation of fowl STATE OP OF YORAM and The present invention concerns a vehicle for the transportation of fowl such as In the following specification the invention will be described with reference to it being understood that it applies also to other the invention will be described with rence to transportation of poultry to it being understood that the vehicle according to the invention may also serve for transportation for other Poultry is generally transported to the packed in a plurality of These cages require a lot of handling in that they are loaded on suitable tation such as a trailer a or the like requires a considerable of handling during loading and including the stacking of the cages on the in the very case of iron cages when approximately 23 kgs and weighing much more when fully packed with the loading and unloading of the cages requires a considerable physical Although this effort can be somewhat reduced by making the cages of wood or plastic and thereby much the effort still remains considerable when the cages are there always subsists the disadvantage of the considerable of handling These shortcomings are overcome by the present invention which provides a vehicle for the transportation of fowl being a trailer comprising mounted thereon at least one battery of cages rotatable about a vertical each cage being adapted for opening at one side transportation to the the live 3 any handling can be carried out by two one handing the poultry and the other standing on the trailer and packing it into the individual Owing to fact that the assembly is rotatable about a vertical axis the packer has access to every compartment of the assembly without having to move on the Field tests have shown that the vehicle according to the invention redices considerable the amount of handling required for transportation of poultry to the house and therefore constitutes a considerable technical and economic The invention is by way of with reference to the accompanying drawings in 1 is a side elevation of a vehicle according to the invention comprising two batteries of and 2 is a plan view of the vehicle according to The poultry transportation vehicle according to the invention herein illustrated comprises a trailer platform generally indicated at 1 on which are rotatably mounted two identical batteries of cages and of rectangular matic comprising a plurality of individual cages 3a one of and cage and can be opened sides for the introduction and removal of Battery is rotatably mounted on a bearing assembly 4a and likewise battery is rotatably mounted on a bearing assembly Owing to these mountings the are rotatable about their vertical as illustrated in 2 where battery During operation the packer stands on the platform between the two batteries 2a and owing to the fact that these are rotatable he has access to everyone of the cages of these batteries without having to Due to the fact that each cage can be opened at one the side that can be opened will face the operator in one of the angular positions of each It is thus seen that a large quantity of poultry can be packed into this vehicle with a In lieu of the two batteries which are provided in the vehicle described hereinbefore there may be a vehicle with only or with more than two batteries of All these are deemed to be within the scope of the present Also the rectangular shape of the batteries in the embodiment herein illustrated and described can be replaced by any other suitable shape such as cylindrical or insufficientOCRQuality

Claims (1)

1. CLAIMS A vehicle for the transportation of fowl being a trailer thereon at least one batter of cages rotatable about a vertical each cagebeing adapted opening at one side A vehicle according to Claim substantially as For insufficientOCRQuality