Egg candling device

摘要

An egg candling device according to the present invention includes at least an egg input and alignment unit for installing trays with eggs to be tested taken out from an incubator on a transporting means. An egg candling unit determines goodness or badness of eggs to be tested in the tray transported from the egg input and alignment unit, and specifies defective eggs. A disposal unit picks up the eggs determined as defective eggs in the egg candling unit. The egg candling unit includes light sources arranged above, a lift unit for lifting up the eggs to be tested installed below the tray and causing the eggs under test to contact the light source. A determining unit determines the goodness or badness of the eggs illuminated by the light source. A notification means specifies the position of the egg determined as a defective egg by the determining unit, and notifies the position to a disposal unit. The lift unit includes an egg holding base having a smaller diameter than diameters of eggs to be tested, a moving means for moving the egg holding base up and down, a tested egg holding unit has plate-like elastic members provided around the egg holding base at specific intervals and extending at a specific length above from the egg holding base.

主权项

1. An egg candling device for determining goodness or badness of eggs to be tested in a transported tray of eggs and for specifying defective eggs, the egg candling device comprising:
a disposal unit to pick up and dispose of eggs determined as defective eggs in an egg candling unit, wherein said egg candling unit comprises:
plurality of light sources arranged above the transported tray of eggs,a lift unit, installed below the transported tray of eggs, to lift up the eggs to be tested from the transported tray of eggs to place the eggs to be tested in contact with respective ones of the plurality of light sources,a determining unit for determining the goodness or badness of the eggs to be tested using illumination by the plurality of light sources, andnotification means for specifying a position of each egg determined as a defective egg by the determining unit and notifying the position of each defective egg to the disposal unit, wherein the lift unit comprises:
a plurality of egg holding bases each having a smaller diameter than diameters of the eggs to be tested,moving means for moving the plurality of egg holding bases up and down, anda tested egg holding unit comprising a plurality of planar members of elastic material provided around each respective one of the plurality of egg holding bases at specific intervals and extending to a specific length above said egg holding bases.