Abstract:
An egg cracking machine is provided wherein a first conveyor moves a plurality of eggs past a stationary blade which severs the top portion of the egg. The top portions of the eggs are carried away by a second conveyor. The egg bottoms are emptied as the egg bottoms are inverted. The egg shells are prevented from intermixing with the emptied contents by guide rails. The egg contents are collected for use in collector means beneath the first conveyor.
Abstract:
An automatic hen''s egg processing apparatus which comprises a framework; a cam shaft journaled in said framework and having an egg feeder actuating cam, a hammer blade opening and closing cam and a hammer blade driving cam; an egg feeder having an actuating bar; an egg receiving section adapted to open sideways in opposite directions; an egg holding down member having an actuating bar; a hammer having blades adapted to move toward and away from each other and vertically in unison; and a link mechanism operably related to the various cams and their related operation bars for performing a processing operation on one egg at one time.
Abstract:
There is disclosed an apparatus and a system for automating the handling of eggs in the various steps of virus production in eggs containing a living embryo. Manual handling of individual eggs is avoided by keeping the eggs in trays, and eight eggs are automatically processed at one time in candling, sterilizing, hole punching, inoculating and sealing the eggs prior to incubation. After incubation the eggs are similarly handled and processed, eight at a time, in candling, chopping off the tops of the eggs, harvesting the extra-embryonic fluids from the eggs, and finally discarding the remainder of eggs.