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Device for automatically cleaning birds

US5493996A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 5, 1994
Grant dateFeb 27, 1996
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Expiry dateOct 5, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61D11/00
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and device for cleaning a bird whose plumage has been soiled by pollution are provided, in which the bird is placed in a cage and the bird, with the exception of its head, is subjected to the action of jets of cleaning and rinsing liquid issuing from a plurality of nozzles rotating inside a tank in which said cage is placed.

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