Current regulated electronic stunning apparatus
US5306200A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 15, 1993 |
| Grant date | Apr 26, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22C21/0015
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for stunning poultry has a conveyor moving along a predetermined path, for suspending the poultry and a compartmentalized basin defining individual compartments for a conducting liquid. The basin is positioned below a portion of the conveyor and moves at the same speed as the conveyor. A circuit senses the position of each of the compartments relative to a reference point. A circuit, responsive to the circuit for sensing, impresses a voltage across the conveyor and each of the individual compartments. The voltages are a function of the position of each of the compartments. The voltages are variable so as to produce a current regulated signal flowing between the conveyor and each of the individual compartments when the poultry is in contact with the conducting liquid in any of the individual compartments.
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