Inoculation system
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1. Apparatus for inoculating poultry, comprising an inoculation needle indented to retain serum applied to the needle and pointed at one end for piercing a web of a bird'"'"'s wing;
- a container for liquid serum to be applied to the needle;
means to position a bird'"'"'s wing so that the web of the wing is positioned for injection by the needle;
means mounting the wing positioning means and the container in laterally spaced positions, which locate the container where it is not entered by the needle when the needle extends through the web of a wing in the wing positioning means;
means to move the needle, said moving means including needle holding means secured to the needle, movable means supporting the needle holding means, and the drive means connected to the movable means and operable to move the needle holding means back and forth along a fixed path having one end extending downwardly toward the container and its other end extending downwardly toward the position of the web of a wing in the wing positioning means; and
means to direct the pointed end of the needle downward to enter the container when said needle holding means moves downwardly along said one end of its path, and to direct the pointed end of the needle downward to pass through where the web of a wing is positioned in the wing positioning means when the needle holding means moves downwardly along said other end of its path;
means to actuate said directing means in response to movement of said movable means, whereby the drive means causes the needle to move down into and up out of the container and thereafter down and up through the web in the wing positioning means.
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Abstract
Apparatus for operating needle to inoculate the web of a bird'"'"'s wing. An arm rocks a needle holder back and forth between a serum container and web positioner, along a path which causes the needle holder to move substantially vertically into and out of the container and web positioner. Gears cause the needle holder to pivot on the arm in response to pivotal movement of the arm, so that the needle points downwardly throughout its movement.
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1. Apparatus for inoculating poultry, comprising an inoculation needle indented to retain serum applied to the needle and pointed at one end for piercing a web of a bird'"'"'s wing;
- a container for liquid serum to be applied to the needle;
means to position a bird'"'"'s wing so that the web of the wing is positioned for injection by the needle;
means mounting the wing positioning means and the container in laterally spaced positions, which locate the container where it is not entered by the needle when the needle extends through the web of a wing in the wing positioning means;
means to move the needle, said moving means including needle holding means secured to the needle, movable means supporting the needle holding means, and the drive means connected to the movable means and operable to move the needle holding means back and forth along a fixed path having one end extending downwardly toward the container and its other end extending downwardly toward the position of the web of a wing in the wing positioning means; and
means to direct the pointed end of the needle downward to enter the container when said needle holding means moves downwardly along said one end of its path, and to direct the pointed end of the needle downward to pass through where the web of a wing is positioned in the wing positioning means when the needle holding means moves downwardly along said other end of its path;
means to actuate said directing means in response to movement of said movable means, whereby the drive means causes the needle to move down into and up out of the container and thereafter down and up through the web in the wing positioning means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- a container for liquid serum to be applied to the needle;
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7. Apparatus for innoculating poultry comprising an inoculation needle indented to retain serum applied to the needle and pointed at one end for piercing the web of a bird'"'"'s wing;
- a container for liquid serum to be applied to the needle, means to position a bird'"'"'s wing so that the web of the wing is positioned for injection by the needle;
means mounting the wing positioning means and the container in laterally spaced positions which locate the container where it is not entered by the needle when the needle extends through the web of a wing in the wing positioning means; and
arm;
means connected to one end of the arm and supporting the arm for pivotal movement about said one end, said one end of the arm being positioned about midway between the container and the wing positioning means;
means secured to the needle to hold the needle;
means journaling the needle holding means on the other end of the arm;
means to rock the arm about its said one end between a first position where it supports the needle holding means over the container and a second position where it supports the needle holding means over the wing positioning means; and
means to direct the pointed end of the needle downwardly to enter the container when the arm is in the said first position, and to direct the needle downwardly to pass through the web of a wing in the wing positioning means when the arm is in its said second position. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
- a container for liquid serum to be applied to the needle, means to position a bird'"'"'s wing so that the web of the wing is positioned for injection by the needle;
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12. Apparatus for inoculating poultry, comprising a container for serum, means for positioning a bird'"'"'s wing with its web extending substantially horizontally, said wing positioning means comprising means to position horizontally the web of a wing in the wing positioning means, said web positioning means having an opening therethrough to permit a needle to move down through the opening to pierce a web extending across the opening, the container and the web positioning means being spaced laterally apart so that a needle extending through the opening cannot enter the container, means adapted to be secured to an inoculation needle to hold the needle, and means to move the needle holding means downwardly from a position above the web positioning means and thereby cause a needle held by the needle holding means to pass through said opening, to move the needle holding means up to withdraw a needle held by it from said opening, to move the needle holding means to a position above the container, to move the needle holding means downwardly toward and upwardly from the container for applying serum to the needle, and to move the needle holding means to return it to its said position above the web positioning means, said means for moving the needle holding means comprising a supporting structure, mounting means fixed to said structure, means pivotable about said fixed mounting means, means mounting the needle holding means to pivot on the pivotable means, and means to cause the needle holding means to pivot on the pivotable means to maintain constant orientation of the needle holding means during movement of the pivotable means about its fixed pivotal mounting means, whereby a needle held downwardly by the needle holding means is caused to continue to project downwardly during movement of the pivotable means about its fixed mounting means.
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13. Apparatus according to claim 25, in which said means to cause the needle holding means to maintain constant orientation comprises a gear secured to the needle holding means, a second gear, and a belt trained around said gears.
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