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Apparatus for transferring seedlings from plant trays

US5868086A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 7, 1997
Grant dateFeb 9, 1999
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01C11/025
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic transplanter. More specifically, the invention relates to a mechanism for transferring seedlings or plants from plant trays or flats in which they have been grown or propagated onto a conveyor for delivering to means for effecting transplanting into a field.

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