US 12,433,267 B2
Egg harvesting apparatus
Glen Jonathan Slade, Surbiton (GB); Rafael Homem, Surbiton (GB); and Michael Stallwood, Surbiton (GB)
Assigned to ZYZZLE LIMITED, Reading (GB)
Appl. No. 18/258,067
Filed by ZYZZLE LIMITED, Reading (GB)
PCT Filed Dec. 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/GB2021/053290
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/129892, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020201 (GB), filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0032518 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 67/30 (2025.01)
CPC A01K 67/30 (2025.01) 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for harvesting insect eggs, comprising:
a container for containing an insect,
a plurality of receiving members, said plurality of receiving members being independently detachable and removeable from said container,
said receiving members being configured to receive an egg laid by the insect, and
an actuator for removing each receiving member independently from the container, wherein, in use, as the plurality of receiving members are removed from the container, insects inside the container are not able to escape said container.