A METHOD OF MONITORING THE BREAKING OF EGGS, AN EGG RECEIVING DEVICE FOR HOLDING THE CONTENTS OF AN EGG, AND AN EGG BREAKING APPARATUS COMPRISING SUCH AN EGG RECEIVING DEVICE

摘要

The invention relates to an egg breaking apparatus, comprising a plurality of egg breaking devices (13), each for holding and breaking single eggs (4) and a feeder (3) for feeding eggs individually to each egg breaking device (13). The apparatus further comprises a plurality of egg receiving devices (23) for receiving the contents of eggs broken by the egg breaking devices (13), each egg receiving device (23) being designed to receive the contents of a single egg at a time, and each egg receiving device comprising a cup (232) for receiving the albumen of the egg and a holder (231) for receiving the yolk of the egg. The cup is of translucent material and a light source is arranged to illuminate the translucent cup from a side opposite a detection device (5), said detection device (5) being vision based. Preferably, the detection device is capable of detecting at least the transparency of the cup and possible contents therein. The invention further relates to an egg receiving device for receiving the contents of an egg broken by means of an egg breaking apparatus and to a method of monitoring the breaking of eggs.