Method and apparatus for poultry colony storage and conveyance

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11540493
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16428368

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An apparatus and method for a colony system for growing poultry includes a rack system including vertically and horizontally oriented support members, where the support members can be beams that are structurally interconnected forming multiple vertically tiered channels through which a poultry basket can be conveyed, and where each channel formed by the support members has an entry end and an exit end. The system further includes an entry end pulley having multiple side-by-side entry end pulley grooves around an entry end circumference of the pulley. The system further includes an exit end pulley, and the exit end pulley has multiple side-by-side exit end pulley grooves around an exit end circumference of the exit end pulley, where the exit end pulley is rotatably mounted on an exit end bearing axle where the exit end bearing axle has opposing ends fixedly positioned.

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  • TYSON FOODS INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brannan, Stephen Wesley, US 19 451
DeRoche, Timothy J Harahan, US 14 71
Foreman, Doug Springdale, US 21 51
Guernsey, Kevin W Destin, US 31 167
Lee, Brian R Kenner, US 22 529
Mantooth, David Lee Fayetteville, US 14 33
Ruff, James A Farmington, US 15 12

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