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A conveyor system for sorting poultry carcasses comprises a plurality of poultry carcass carriers arranged successively to convey a plurality of carcasses along a closed path past a plurality of data input stations and then a plurality of carcass release stations. Sensors positioned along the convey

A conveyor system for sorting poultry carcasses comprises a plurality of poultry carcass carriers arranged successively to convey a plurality of carcasses along a closed path past a plurality of data input stations and then a plurality of carcass release stations. Sensors positioned along the conveyor path, one at each of the data input and release stations, are connected to a controller for receiving poultry grade and weight data from the data input stations, processing the data, and transmitting the resultant classifying data to the release stations for the selective release of carcasses from the carriers. The conveyor system maintains an individual identification of the poultry carcass carriers passing through each of the stations independent of the distance between the carriers and independent of the time lapse between a poultry carcass carrier passing one station and the next station.

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A conveyor system for sorting poultry carcasses comprising: (a) a plurality of carriers arranged to travel in succession along a path, each carrier including means to support a poultry carcass; (b) first and second data input stations arranged along said path, each station comprising means for sensi

A conveyor system for sorting poultry carcasses comprising: (a) a plurality of carriers arranged to travel in succession along a path, each carrier including means to support a poultry carcass; (b) first and second data input stations arranged along said path, each station comprising means for sensing the presence of a carrier and means for inputting data relating to a characteristic of a poultry carcass, said means for inputting data at said first data input station being adapted to input first data different from said data capable of being inputted by said data input means at said second data input station; (c) a plurality of release stations along said path downstream of said data input stations, each said release station comprising detecting means for detecting the presence of a carrier and means for removing a poultry carcass from a carrier; and (d) control means comprising: (1) a first memory means having an input and an output, (2) a first input counter section connected to the input of said first memory means, (3) a first output counter section connected to the output of said first memory means, (4) a second memory means having an input and an output, (5) a second input counter section connected to the input of said second memory means, (6) a second output counter section connected to the output of said second memory means and comprising a plurality of counters, each counter being associated with one of said release stations, (7) data processing means for classifying poultry, (8) means connecting said data processing means to said first output counter section and to said second input counter section, (9) means connecting said sensing means at said first data input station with said first input counter section and means connecting said data input means at said first data input station with said first input counter section whereby data associated with each successive poultry carcass is stored successively in said first memory means, (10) means connecting said data input means at said second data input station with said data processing means and means connecting said sensing means at said second data input station with said first output counter section and with said second input counter section whereby each successive first data is transmitted from said first memory means to said data processing means, said data processing means associates successive first data with successive second data and generates classifying data for each successive poultry carcass, and said classifying data is successively stored in said second memory means, and (11) separate means connecting each of said detecting means at said release stations with the respective associated counter of said second output counter section and separate means connecting each of the associated counters of said second output counter section with each of said poultry carcass-removing means at the respective release station whereby the presence of a poultry carcass on a carrier at a release station causes the transmission of the classifying data associated with said poultry carcass to be transmitted to said release station and said poultry carcass to be removed from said carrier at a predetermined one of said release stations, (e) whereby said conveyor system maintains an individual identification of said poultry carcass carriers passing through each of said stations independent of the distance between said carriers and independent of the time lapse between a poultry carcass carrier passing one station and the next station.