Livestock weighing and sorting apparatus
US6805078B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 10, 2003 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 30, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01K1/0023
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A livestock weighing and sorting apparatus includes a frame, a weighing station supported by the frame and defining inlet and outlet openings and a passageway extending therebetween for permitting an animal to go through the weighing station and be weighed while therein, dual inlet gates mounted to the frame side-by-side one another adjacent to the inlet opening and movable toward and away from each other between opened and closed positions, a first actuator mechanism actuatable to move the dual inlet gates between the opened and closed positions, an outlet sort gate mounted to the frame adjacent to the outlet opening and movable between a centered closed position and either a first opened position or a second opened position, and a second actuator mechanism actuatable to move the outlet sort gate between the centered closed position and either the first or second opened positions.
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