ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,808, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to EGG-CHICK AUTOMATED TECHNOLOGIES (Landivisiau, France).
"Method for inspecting, as they pass, eggs placed in containers" was invented by Laura Trubuil (Plouedern, France) and Devan Lharidon (Plouedern, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for inspecting, as they pass, eggs placed in containers. According to the invention, during the movement of these containers (1) along a conveyor line, the following steps are carried out: triggering a data acquisition cycle on each passage of a downstream end of a container (1) through a first position,...