HATCHING EGG INSPECTION APPARATUS

摘要

A hatching egg inspection apparatus includes a loader unit, an inspection unit for determining the viability or the like as to whether a hatching egg is an unfertilized egg or a growth-stopping egg, a rejection unit for rejecting a hatching egg determined to be an unfertilized egg or the like, and an unloader unit for sending a hatching egg toward the next step. The inspection unit is provided with a light emitting unit for emitting prescribed light toward the hatching egg, a cap attachment unit through which the light having been emitted to the hatching egg and having transmitted through the hatching egg passes, and a light receiving unit for receiving the light that has passed through the cap attachment unit. The cap attachment unit includes a cylindrical cap coming into contact with the hatching egg, and a plate to which the cap is attached.

主权项

1. A hatching egg inspection apparatus for inspecting a plurality of hatching eggs (E) each arranged at a prescribed position, comprising:
a light emitting unit (11) including a light emitting element (13) arranged to correspond to said prescribed position and emitting prescribed light from said light emitting element (13) toward each corresponding hatching egg (E); a cap attachment unit (16) having: a cap (20) which is arranged to correspond to said prescribed position, which comes into contact with said hatching egg (E), and which allows the light having been emitted from said light emitting element (13) and having transmitted through the inside of or diffused in said hatching egg (E) to pass through; and a base (17) to which said cap (20) is attached; a light receiving unit (22) including a light receiving element (24) for receiving the light that has passed through said cap attachment unit (16) via said cap (20); and a holding unit (21) for detachably holding said cap attachment unit (16).