APPARATUS FOR THE AUTOMATIC STUNNING OF SLAUGHTER CATTLE

摘要

The invention relates to an apparatus for the automatic electric stunning of slaughter cattle, in particular pigs, by making use of two electrodes (3,4) placed next to each other in the V-shaped passage (7) formed between two endless conveyors (1,2) which electrodes according to the invention are suspended from a transverse shaft (6) placed high above the conveyors so that the electrodes like a pendulum (5) can be pushed aside in the direction of transportation by the animal to be stunned and return into the vertical starting position by gravity, said electrodes being arranged preferably close to the exit of the conveyors with the receiving surface (10) sufficiently low to make sure that a stunned animal does not prevent the return of the electrodes.