| 摘要 |
<p>An egg collection device (10) for collecting eggs (24) from an array (12) of confinement cage rows (16) of an improved nature is provided. The improvement disclosed by the present invention relates to the unique design of the vertical egg collector (10) which comprises separate continuous flexible belts (50) of individual, interchangeable basket members (52) themselves linking together to form the egg collector (10). Each individual basket member (52) includes a pair of sidewalls (56) for containing the egg (24) transported therein. this unique design enables the separate continuous flexible belts (50) forming the egg collector (10) to be spaced apart to conform to the spacing between the confinement cage rows (16) with which the collector (10) is being used, thereby making the collector (10) adaptable to a wide variety of cage arrangements (12). Another improvement is directed to the manner in which the individual continuous flexible belts (50) are driven and provides for a sprocket wheel (84) which does not protrude into the basket member (52) carrying the eggs (24). <IMAGE></p> |
