Compressing growth medium pots
US7276192B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 30, 2003 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01G24/60
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention concerns an apparatus and a method for making and compressing growth medium pots, where the growth medium pots are made as a growth medium pipe, where a tubular wall is formed by the fibre-containing material, where the growth medium pipe contains slightly compressed growth medium. It is the purpose of the invention to achieved an apparatus and a method for cheap and efficient production of firmly compressed growth medium pots, where the growth medium pots are rapidly and efficiently compressed contained in the fibre-containing material. This may be achieved with an apparatus as described in the introduction, if the apparatus is designed so that the end of the growth medium pipe is disposed in an opening in a revolving unit by transport means, where the opening in the revolving unit can be surrounded by at least a wall and a bottom, where means for cutting is separating the individual growth means pot from the growth medium pipe, where the revolving unit is rotated between a number of stop positions, where at least one stop position interacts with a cylinder unit at least including a pressing cylinder with connection to at least one piston, where the piston in…
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