Transporting unit for live poultry on board a truck

Abstract

Transporting Unit ( 1 ) for live poultry on board a truck comprising a supporting frame ( 2 ) and a plurality of drawer-type cages ( 3 ) having a lateral wall ( 6 ) without aeration openings and intended to be selectively positioned at one side ( 2 a ) or the opposite side ( 2 b ) of the supporting frame ( 2 ), depending on the climatic and environmental transport conditions. The drawer-type cages ( 3 ) are arranged in a single pile or in two adjacent piles, and in both cases the arrangement is such to be able to occupy the entire width of the loading deck of a truck.

1 . A transporting unit for live poultry on board a truck (A), comprising a supporting frame ( 2 ) a plurality of drawer-type cages ( 3 ) open the upper part and arranged in mutually stacked condition in the supporting frame ( 2 ) in such a manner that the bottom ( 4 ) of a drawer-type cage ( 3 ) provides the cover for the underlying drawer-type cage ( 3 ), said drawer-type cages ( 3 ) having lateral walls ( 5 ,  7 ) with aeration openings and being extractable only towards the dorsal side ( 2   b ) of the supporting frame ( 2 ) opposite to its front side ( 2   a ) at which, during use, the poultry to be transported is introduced into said drawer-type cages ( 3 ), wherein each of said drawer-type cages ( 3 ) has a lateral wall ( 6 ) substantially without aeration openings and intended to be selectively positioned at one side or the opposite side of the supporting frame ( 2 ). 
     
     
         2 . The transporting unit according to  claim 1 , wherein said drawer-type cages ( 3 ) are arranged in a single pile. 
     
     
         3 . The transporting unit according to  claim 2 , wherein the transporting unit has dimensions such to occupy, coupled with an identical unit ( 1 ) adjacent thereto, the entire width of the loading deck (P) of a truck (A). 
     
     
         4 . The transporting unit according to  claim 2 , wherein said lateral wall ( 6 ) substantially without aeration openings is selectively positionable at said front side ( 2   a ) or at said dorsal side ( 2   b ) of the supporting frame ( 2 ), and in that said front side ( 2   a ) of the supporting frame ( 2 ) is positionable at a side of the deck (P) of the truck (A). 
     
     
         5 . The transporting unit according to  claim 1 , wherein said drawer-type cages ( 3 ) are arranged according to adjacent piles in a single supporting frame ( 2 ). 
     
     
         6 . The transporting unit according to  claim 5 , wherein the transporting unit has dimensions such to occupy the entire width of the loading deck (P) of a truck (A). 
     
     
         7 . The transporting unit according to  claim 1 , wherein said lateral wall ( 6 ) without aeration openings has a pair of spaced slits ( 8 ) defining handles for holding the drawer-type cage ( 3 ). 
     
     
         8 . The transporting unit according to  claim 1 , wherein, said drawer-type cages ( 3 ) are arranged on sliding guides ( 13 ) of said supporting frame ( 2 ) in a mutually vertically spaced manner.