Harvesting and incubating systems for cultivation of insects

Abstract

A system for harvesting insects from a habitat. The system configured to separate waste, live insects, and dead insects in a manner that the live insects may undergo a first processing procedure and the dead insects may undergo a second processing procedures. For example, the first processing procedure may include processing the insects for human consumption and the second processing procedure may include processing the dead insects for minerals or materials.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for harvesting insects comprising:
 a bin flipping device for receiving a habitat, the bin flipping device configured to secure to the habitat and to rotate the habitat by at least 120 degrees, the habitat having contents including waste, live insects, and dead insects;   a screen having perforations sized to allow waste material to pass but to retain live insects on a top surface of the screen;   a shield to prevent contents of the habitat from escaping the system as the bin flipping device rotates the habitat and to direct the contents onto the screen;   a first shoot positioned adjacent to at least one edge of the screen, the first shoot formed form a material having a coefficient of friction select to allow the live insect and at a first angle to direct the live crickets into a first collection bin;   a second shoot positioned below the first shoot, the second shoot at a second angle to direct the dead crickets into a second collection bin; and   a height adjusting device coupled to the screen, the height adjusting device configured to lower the screen from a first position to a second position adjacent to the second shoot after the expiration of a predefined period of time, and wherein when the screen is in the second position, the screen is at a third angle to allow gravity to move the dead insects on the screen into the shoot.