Transplating apparatus
US5121701A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 12, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jun 16, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 12, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01C11/02
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A transplanting apparatus for transplanting plants from free draining matrix trays in which each plant containing cell of each matrix tray is provided with a drainage hole at the bottom of a cell. The transplanting apparatus has a matrix tray rotary supply device, an expulsion/indexing device, a plant catching device, and a planter device. The matrix tray rotary supply device vertically holds and supplies matrix trays to the expulsion/indexing device, and rotates to supply a new matrix tray. The explusion/indexing device moves a supply matrix tray in a row by row movement and expulses one row of plants after the other. The plant catching device catches the expulsed plants and aligns the expulsed plants root end down, and the planter device plants the expulsed aligned plants.
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