Gender Sort Machine

The system consists of three modules. Module one consists of two over/under conveyor systems, a dial, a reciprocating pick-and-place, and a sample tray indexer. In the first module, the allantoic sample is extracted from good eggs only and placed on a sample collection tray. Module two uses a camera to inspect the trays that hold the allantoic samples and to determine the gender of each egg. Here, a camera inspects different sections of the sample tray as the tray is being indexed. A bar code reader will read the label on the tray so that the database can associate the results of the visual inspection with the correct universal flat bar code label. In Module three, live eggs are injected with one of two vaccines, depending on the gender.