Egg micro-crack detection systems

US7796241B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US

Inventors

• Kurt C. Lawrence · Watkinsville, US
• Seung C. Yoon · Athens, US
• Gerald W. Heitschmidt · Athens, US
• Deana Jones · Athens, US
• Bosoon Park · Bogart, US
• Vernon A. Savage · Watkinsville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 5, 2008
• Grant date: Sep 14, 2010
• Expiry date: Sep 5, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/08
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An avian eggshell egg-check/crack detection system was developed to aide official egg graders. It includes an imaging system and a device to produce negative pressure in an egg chamber.