US 12,402,607 B2
Incubator tray and a method of incubating
Amir Farschi, Johannesburg (ZA); and Rean Bootsma, Sinoville (ZA)
Assigned to Ovo Incubators (Pty) Ltd, Johannesburg (ZA)
Appl. No. 18/560,841
Filed by Ovo Incubators (Pty) Ltd, Johannesburg (ZA)
PCT Filed May 18, 2022, PCT No. PCT/ZA2022/050021
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 15, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/246482, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021/03448 (ZA), filed on May 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0268358 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 41/02 (2006.01); A01K 43/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 41/023 (2013.01) [A01K 41/026 (2013.01); A01K 43/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An incubator tray includes a body that defines:
a first surface and a second surface that defines a sealed void therebetween;
an inlet that permits fluid communication into the void defined between the first and second surfaces of the body;
an outlet that permits fluid communication from the void defined between the first and second surfaces of the body;
a plurality of bores that extend between the first and second surfaces, through the void defined between the first and second surfaces, wherein:
each bore is open at both axial ends; and
a first axial end of the bore proximal the first surface is larger in cross-sectional area than the cross-sectional area of a second axial end of the bore proximal the second surface; and
a temperature sensor associated with each bore,
such that an object to be incubated that is:
undersized relative to the cross-sectional area of the first axial end of a bore; and
oversized relative to the cross-sectional area of the second axial end of the bore, is supportable on the body, within the bore, with the open axial ends of the bore permitting ventilation through the bore, past the object.