US 12,458,001 B2
Singulating device for organisms
Thomas Winje Svinåmo, Utskarpen (NO)
Assigned to Zoetis Services LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Filed by ZOETIS SERVICES LLC, Parsippany, NJ (US)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/385,941.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/381,952, filed on Nov. 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0138380 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 61/95 (2017.01); A01K 61/13 (2017.01); A01K 63/00 (2017.01)
CPC A01K 61/95 (2017.01) [A01K 61/13 (2017.01); A01K 63/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for singulating organisms comprising:
a chute including a first chute end that is open to receive a plurality of organisms and a second chute end;
an output nozzle formed in a funnel shape and having a first nozzle end and a second nozzle end;
a valve assembly having a valve attached to the second chute end and the first nozzle end, the valve is movable to a range of positions including an open position and a closed position; and
wherein one organism travels to and blocks the second nozzle end and another organism travels to the second chute end, the organism that is positioned at the output nozzle is discharged from the apparatus upon movement of the valve from the open position to the closed position.