Unit for stunning and suspending animals for slaughtering, method in the suspension of stunned animals and stunning box for use in stunning animals

摘要

The unit comprises at least one box 1 with floor 2a, 2b and side walls and at least one gate as entrance and exit for the animals, in which box 1 the animals are stunned, means 2a, 2b for removing stunned animals from the box 1 through the exit gate for the animals and a continuous conveyor 9, which passes the exit gate for the animals and leads to a suspension station 10 with a continuous conveyor 9 and a suspension conveyor 15 arranged above this. There is a detector 13 for the detection of animals at the entrance to the suspension station 10, a second detector 14 for the detection of animals on the continuous conveyor 9 in the suspension station 10 at a distance from the detection range of the first detector 13, and means for controlling the speed of the continuous conveyor 9, which adjust the exit gate for the animals and the continuous conveyor 9 in the suspension station 10 as a function of the detections by the detectors 13, 14, the continuous conveyor that passes the exit gate for the animals or another located as an extension thereof possibly forming the continuous conveyor in the suspension station. <IMAGE>