Device, assembly, and method for stunning poultry

A technology for stunning poultry, applied in slaughtering devices, applications, slaughtering/stunning, etc., can solve the problems of difficulty in bloodletting, the heart does not have residual function, etc., and achieves the effect of distance optimization, length optimization, and compact stunning effect.

CN107846910AActive Publication Date: 2018-03-27BAADER FOOD SYST DENMARK AS
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CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
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Publication Date
2018-03-27

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Abstract

The invention relates to a device (10) designed and configured for stunning live poultry, located in containers (11) and provided for slaughter, by means of a gas mixture containing a stunning gas, comprising a stunning chamber (12) with at least two stunning zones (13), an input station (14) arranged on an input side of the stunning chamber (12) for the or each container (11) containing live poultry, and an output station (15) arranged on an output side of the stunning chamber (12) for the or each container (11) containing stunned poultry, at least one transport conveyor (16) for transportingthe or each container (11) from the input station (14) to the output station (15) in a transport direction T through the stunning zones (13), as wells as means (17) for supplying the gas mixture intothe stunning zones (13) of the stunning chamber (12), characterized in that the means (17) for supplying the gas mixture comprises at least one injection tube (18) that is designed and configured tobe movable relative to the container (11) for detachable connection to the or each container (11) and for detaching from the same, in such a way that each container (11) can be filled with the gas mixture in the state of the detachable connection to the or each injection tube (18). The invention additionally relates to an assembly (27) comprising a device (10) of this type and at least one container (11), as well as a corresponding method.
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[0001] The present invention relates to a device designed and manufactured for stunning a live poultry animal intended to be slaughtered and located in a container by a gas mixture comprising a stunning gas, said device comprising a stunning chamber having at least two stunning zones , arranged on the inlet side of the stun chamber, for the introduction station of the or each container containing live poultry animals, arranged on the outlet side of the stun chamber, for the or each container containing the stunned a discharge station for containers of poultry animals, at least one transfer conveyor for conveying the or each container in the conveying direction T from the introduction station through the stunning area and to the discharge station, and for conveying the mechanism for delivering the gas mixture to the stun area of ​​the stun chamber.

[0002] The invention also relates to an apparatus for stunning a live poultry animal which is being slaughtered ...

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[0048] The device 10 shown in the figures is used for stunning poultry animals, ie broilers, which are conveyed in five containers stacked on top of each other to form a stack of containers. However, the device according to the invention also stuns poultry animals conveyed through the stunning chamber in a single container or in a stack of containers formed from two or more containers stacked on top of each other in the same way. The device is of course also suitable for stunning other poultry animals such as geese, ducks and the like.

[0049] figure 1 There is shown an apparatus 10 designed and constructed to stun a live poultry animal intended for slaughter and located within a container 11 by means of a gas mixture comprising a stunning gas. Said device 10 comprises a stunning chamber 12 having at least two stunning zones 13, an introduction station 14 for said or each container 11 containing live poultry animals is arranged on the inlet side of said stunning chamber 12, ...