Title:
EGG CANDLING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/064727
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
[Problem] The present invention address the problem of providing an egg candling device which has a structure capable of using an LED light source as a light source and is provided with a lift mechanism capable of reliably lifting and holding an egg in a suitable position. [Solution] This egg candling device comprises at least an egg input and alignment unit to position, on a moving means, a tray of eggs to be tested taken out from an incubator, an egg candling unit for identifying defective eggs by determining the quality of the eggs in the tray transported from the egg input and alignment unit, and a disposal unit for extracting and disposing eggs determined to be defective by the egg candling unit. The egg candling unit comprises light sources disposed at the top, a lifting unit for lifting up eggs in the tray from below the tray so as to cause the eggs to abut the light source, a determining unit for determining the quality of eggs irradiated by the light source, and a notification means for specifying the positions of eggs determined by the determining unit to be defective and notifying the disposal unit. The lifting unit comprises egg holding bases having diameters smaller than the diameters of the eggs, moving means for moving the egg holding bases up and down, and egg holding parts that are disposed at prescribed intervals on the periphery of each egg holding base and that are formed from plate-like elastic members extending a prescribed length upward from the egg holding base.
Inventors:
TSUBOI JOICHIRO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2012/006738
Publication Date:
May 01, 2014
Filing Date:
October 22, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
AIPI SERVICE LLC (JP)
TSUBOI JOICHIRO (JP)
TSUBOI JOICHIRO (JP)
International Classes:
G01N21/84; A01K43/00; G01N21/85; G01N33/08
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
OHNUKI & KOTAKE (JP)
Patent business corporation Onuki smallness Takekuni [Hajime] patent firm (JP)
Patent business corporation Onuki smallness Takekuni [Hajime] patent firm (JP)
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