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Grow-mat for cultivating plants and a method for manufacturing same

US5009031A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 17, 1989
Grant dateApr 23, 1991
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Expiry dateOct 17, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD04H1/74
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a grow-mat for cultivating plants, and to the production thereof, which grow-mat comprises a layer of mineral fibres cross-linked to one another by cured binding agent and treated with hydrophilic wetting agent, characterized in that in said grow-mat the principal direction of said mineral fibres extending in said layer extends in the longest dimension of said mat, in which preferably in both upright longitudinal surfaces of the grow-mat a curing oven profile is present, and/or the layer is a primary layer and at least two of said primary layers forming a secondary layer are present in a horizontal longitudinal plane of said grow-mat.

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