US3224559A - Egg candling and grading apparatus - Google Patents

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US3224559A
US3224559A US179345A US17934562A US3224559A US 3224559 A US3224559 A US 3224559A US 179345 A US179345 A US 179345A US 17934562 A US17934562 A US 17934562A US 3224559 A US3224559 A US 3224559A
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Alvoid V Scollard
Alfred E Comstock
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/16—Sorting according to weight
    • B07C5/24—Sorting according to weight using moving weighing mechanisms, e.g. moving along a circular path
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K43/00—Testing, sorting or cleaning eggs ; Conveying devices ; Pick-up devices

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1. IN A MACHINE FOR HANDLING EGGS, A PLURALITY OF TRANSPORT ASSEMBLIES ADAPTED TO CARRY INDIVIDUAL EGGS, MEANS FOR ADVANCING SAID TRANSPORT ASSEMBLIES BETWEEN AN EGG PICKUP STATION AND AN EGG DISCHARGE STATION, EACH OF SAID TRANSPORT ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING A MOUNTING BLOCK, MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID BLOCK FOR MOVEMENT LATERALLY OF THE PATH OF ADVANCEMENT, SPRING MEANS YIELDABLY URGING SAID BLOCK IN ONE DIRECTION, A SELECTRO SHAFT HAVING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED NOTCHES THEREIN MOUNTED IN SAID BLOCK, DETENT MEANS ENGAGING THE NOTCHES IN THE SHAFT TO RETAIN
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Cited By (3)

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WO1995002321A1 (en) * 1993-07-14 1995-01-26 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Low cholesterol eggs
US5807933A (en) * 1992-06-22 1998-09-15 The Mead Corporation Carboxyl-containing phenolic resin developer and method of preparation
US20060038978A1 (en) * 2004-08-18 2006-02-23 David Zweig Automatic candling machine

Citations (9)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1220439A (en) * 1916-01-13 1917-03-27 Charles T Mclellan Egg-candler.
US1394445A (en) * 1921-03-17 1921-10-18 Charles O Rogers Egg testing and sorting machine
US1987336A (en) * 1930-04-10 1935-01-08 Pacific Egg Producers Cooperat Egg pick-up apparatus
US2487354A (en) * 1945-02-14 1949-11-08 Anchor Hocking Glass Corp Conveyer for changing course of articles from single to plural rows
US2487877A (en) * 1946-08-12 1949-11-15 James W Johnson Egg candling machine of the power-driven type
US2714523A (en) * 1952-04-10 1955-08-02 George N Bliss Egg lifter
US2864281A (en) * 1956-01-12 1958-12-16 Roy E Draper Egg candling apparatus
US2978952A (en) * 1956-02-28 1961-04-11 Jonas L Stucky Egg candler
US3100571A (en) * 1960-01-04 1963-08-13 Herbert J Reck Feeding, arranging and grading apparatus for eggs

Patent Citations (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1220439A (en) * 1916-01-13 1917-03-27 Charles T Mclellan Egg-candler.
US1394445A (en) * 1921-03-17 1921-10-18 Charles O Rogers Egg testing and sorting machine
US1987336A (en) * 1930-04-10 1935-01-08 Pacific Egg Producers Cooperat Egg pick-up apparatus
US2487354A (en) * 1945-02-14 1949-11-08 Anchor Hocking Glass Corp Conveyer for changing course of articles from single to plural rows
US2487877A (en) * 1946-08-12 1949-11-15 James W Johnson Egg candling machine of the power-driven type
US2714523A (en) * 1952-04-10 1955-08-02 George N Bliss Egg lifter
US2864281A (en) * 1956-01-12 1958-12-16 Roy E Draper Egg candling apparatus
US2978952A (en) * 1956-02-28 1961-04-11 Jonas L Stucky Egg candler
US3100571A (en) * 1960-01-04 1963-08-13 Herbert J Reck Feeding, arranging and grading apparatus for eggs

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5807933A (en) * 1992-06-22 1998-09-15 The Mead Corporation Carboxyl-containing phenolic resin developer and method of preparation
WO1995002321A1 (en) * 1993-07-14 1995-01-26 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Low cholesterol eggs
US5520938A (en) * 1993-07-14 1996-05-28 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Low cholesterol eggs and method of selecting same
US5759600A (en) * 1993-07-14 1998-06-02 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Low fat eggs
US20060038978A1 (en) * 2004-08-18 2006-02-23 David Zweig Automatic candling machine

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