Apparatus for packaging arthropods infected with entomopathogenic nematodes
US8505236B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 24, 2010 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 7, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B51/16
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is a taping apparatus for packaging arthropods having been infected with entomopathogenic nematodes wherein the tape forms a continuous line of packaged arthropods. In one embodiment of the invention, the tape formulation has the arthropods Tenebrio molitor, Aethina tumida, or Diaprepes abbreviatus infected with the nematodes of Heterorhabditis indica or Steinernema carpocapsae.
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