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US20060090813A1
US20060090813A1 US11/248,600 US24860005A US2006090813A1 US 20060090813 A1 US20060090813 A1 US 20060090813A1 US 24860005 A US24860005 A US 24860005A US 2006090813 A1 US2006090813 A1 US 2006090813A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/08—Devices for filling-up flower-pots or pots for seedlings; Devices for setting plants or seeds in pots
    • A01G9/081—Devices for filling-up pots
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/08—Devices for filling-up flower-pots or pots for seedlings; Devices for setting plants or seeds in pots
    • A01G9/083—Devices for setting plants in pots
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/08—Devices for filling-up flower-pots or pots for seedlings; Devices for setting plants or seeds in pots
    • A01G9/088—Handling or transferring pots

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  • the present invention relates to a device for filing a container with substrate.
  • a device for filing a container with substrate is disclosed in NL 8702850 A.
  • a device is described for filling a plant pot with substrate and then making a hole in the soil introduced in this way.
  • the conveyor used for this purpose will operate intermittently both for depositing the material into the pot and for making the opening.
  • the first aim of the present invention is to provide uniform filling of the containers.
  • an assembly comprising a device for filling containers with substrate, comprising a conveyor for accommodating and moving containers past various stations, said stations comprise a substrate introduction station for filling said containers with a substrate, wherein the outlet of said substrate introduction station is above said conveyor, wherein said conveyor comprises a linear conveyor, as well as containers, wherein said conveyor is embodied to rotate containers during said linear movement.
  • the conveyor comprises two spaced apart belts.
  • the conveyor will not be affected when soil is spilt.
  • the belts are preferably elastic and are able to adapt to the prevailing conditions.
  • the distance between the belts is adjustable. By moving the belts closer together and further apart pots or other containers of different sizes can be processed without too many problems with the device according to the invention. Such an adjustment can be made by hand or by means of a motor and does not require the need for separate parts which can get lost.
  • the adjustment of the belts is such that the two of these can be moved with respect to the original centre line, so that this centre line is retained as axis. As a result it is not necessary to make changes in the positioning of the various stations.
  • the station for introducing substrate can be embodied to introduce soil or to introduce bark or any other substrate.
  • the station for drilling can be constructed in any way known in the state of the art. According to a particularly advantageous embodiment this consists of a crank mechanism to which a reciprocating drill is connected.
  • the device is, provided with a conveyor for cuttings that is installed at the substrate introduction station and is provided with a engaging, moving and positioning member for cuttings embodied to move linearly and synchronously with said linear conveyor and wherein said engaging, moving and positioning member for cuttings and said linear conveyor can move towards one another. That is to say a cutting or other plant is positioned in the container at the same time as or before filling. According to a preferred embodiment such a cutting or other plant is gradually moved into the container from above while engaged, whilst filling with substrate also takes place at the same time. If sufficient material has been deposited into the container, the engagement between the cutting or other plant and the engaging, moving and positioning member for cuttings will be released. In this way pots can be continuously filled with both soil and a plant, a drilling station and subsequent station for positioning cuttings being superfluous. This furthermore has the advantage that no compaction of the substrate takes place during drilling.
  • both the container and the cutting are rotated as they move towards one another.
  • the invention also relates to an assembly comprising a device for filling containers with substrate, comprising a conveyor for accommodating and moving containers past various stations, said stations comprise a substrate introduction station for filling said containers with a substrate, wherein the outlet of said substrate introduction station is above said conveyor, wherein said conveyor comprises a linear conveyor as well as said containers, wherein the length of said outlet in the direction of movement of said conveyor is at least twice the size of said container.
  • the invention also relates to a method for introducing a cultivation substrate into a container, comprising separating said containers from a stack of containers, transporting the series of containers thus obtained, filling said containers with substrate and making an opening for receiving a plant during transport, wherein said transport comprises a continuous rectilinear movement.
  • the containers can comprise pots or trays. Trays are understood to be rectangular containers, which may or may not be provided with internal divisions for accommodating different plants.
  • FIG. 1 shows, diagrammatically, a plan view of the device according to the present invention, where specific parts have been omitted for clarity;
  • FIG. 2 shows a cross-section along the line II-II when filling with potting compost
  • FIG. 3 shows a cross-section along the line III-III
  • FIG. 4 shows a cross-section along the line IV-IV in FIG. 1 , where the possibility for adjustment of the belts is shown;
  • FIG. 5 shows a variant of the substrate filling station 9 in side view
  • FIG. 6 shows a variant of the present invention in side view
  • FIG. 7 shows, diagrammatically, various stages in introducing a plant into a container according to the variant in FIG. 6 .
  • FIG. 1 an embodiment of the device according to the present invention is indicated in its entirety by 1 .
  • This consists of a station 2 for storing and then individualizing pots 30 .
  • conveyor 3 which consists of two belts 4 , 5 located some distance apart.
  • the belts are preferably square or rectangular, wherein the side thereof facing the container is somewhat oblique with respect to the vertical in order to provide as large as possible a contact surface with the edge of the container.
  • the various features will be made to suit the construction of the raised rim of the pot and the part immediately beneath this.
  • the pots 30 are provided with a protruding rim 29 that bears on the belts 4 and 5 , respectively.
  • the centre line between the belts 4 and 5 is indicated by axis 16 .
  • Station 9 is a filling station.
  • Station 10 is a drilling station, whilst station 11 is a cutting introduction station. Details of the stations are shown in the further figures. The details of station 9 are given in FIG. 2 .
  • This consists of a feed conveyor 6 that ends in a bunker 8 filled with soil 18 .
  • the discharge of feed conveyor 6 is indicated by 12 and emerges above the pots 30 .
  • the substrate introduced can, for example, be potting compost.
  • a drilling station is indicated by 10 . Details of this can be seen in FIG. 3 .
  • the drilling station consists of a drill 31 with a crankshaft 32 with arm 33 connected to a drilling rod 34 .
  • the crankshaft 32 turns the drill 34 executes a reciprocating movement in the direction of the arrow 35 , as a result of which openings are pressed into substrate 18 provided in pots 30 .
  • This opening is indicated by 36 .
  • a cutting 40 can then be placed in such an opening, as is shown diagrammatically in FIG. 1 . Holes can be drilled rapidly with such a drilling device.
  • the belts are routed round and driven at the end of the device 1 .
  • motors 22 with reduction gearing 23 by means of which belts 4 and 5 , respectively, are driven and routed round in a manner that is not shown in more detail.
  • Motors 22 are mounted via supports 21 and sliders 24 fixed thereto such that they can move on the frame 20 of the device. A movement in the direction of arrow 26 is possible with the sliders. This movement is achieved by means of a system 25 that engages on threading in sliders 24 that is not shown.
  • System 25 can be driven with crank handle 27 .
  • Vibrator rods that engage on the side wall of the container 30 and which are made to vibrate with an eccentric construction are indicated by 61 .
  • the construction is such that by operating handle 27 the two sliders 24 move towards one another or away from one another so that axis 16 always remains in the middle between the belts 4 , 5 .
  • a corresponding construction which may or may not be provided with motors 22 , at the other end of the belts 4 , 5 , that is to say at station 2 .
  • FIG. 5 An alternative for station 9 is shown in FIG. 5 . This is used in particular if loose material, such as bark material that has been shredded, has to be placed in containers.
  • the outlet of feed conveyor 12 emerges at an auxiliary conveyor belt 15 that emerges in a shaking trough 13 . Shaking movement of trough 13 is effected by motor 14 .
  • a pot can be filled along a path.
  • several pots are filled at the same time during continuous movement of the conveyor, that is to say non-intermittent movement.
  • a high production rate can be achieved.
  • Any material spilt between the pots can be recycled.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 A variant of the invention is shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 . As far as possible, corresponding parts have been provided with the same reference numerals.
  • the pot is driven with two belts 4 and 5 .
  • the pot is no longer suspended by the rim on the belt but is restrained at a lower level by belts 4 and 5 .
  • the speed of movement of the belts 4 and 5 differs, as a result of which the pot executes a rotary movement. This can be achieved in that the belts 4 and 5 move in the same direction but at different speed, in that one of the belts 4 or 5 is stationary, or in that the belts 4 and 5 move in different directions at different speeds.
  • the outflow opening of filler funnel 44 used in this embodiment is indicated by 60 and extends to close to the rim of the pot 30 .
  • the cutting insertion station which is directly above the filling station, is indicated by 41 .
  • This cutting insertion station consists of an engaging, moving and positioning member 42 for cuttings.
  • This member 42 is mounted on a plate 65 , which is stationary.
  • Belts 45 and 46 or other transport members are fitted above this plate, which belts move in the same way as the belts 4 and 5 , that is to say by this means a rotary conveying movement is applied in the same way to disc 47 that is joined to shaft 48 of the engaging, moving and positioning member 42 for cuttings and thus protrudes through a slot 66 in plate 65 .
  • Slot 66 extends over an appreciable length, for example a length that is equal to the length of five pots.
  • a clamp 49 is fitted that consists of clamping parts 50 and 51 which can be moved towards one another in the direction of arrows 52 and can be moved apart again.
  • the various features are constructed such that a plant 53 with roots 54 can be picked up between them.
  • what can be achieved as a result of clamping is that the leaves of the plant 53 are compressed.
  • Shaft 48 is provided with a pivot 55 about which clamp 49 is able to move in the direction of arrow 56 .
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 functions as follows:
  • step e the plant has been placed in such a stable manner that support with an engaging, moving and positioning member for cuttings is no longer needed and this is tilted out of the way in the direction of arrow 56 according to FIG. 7 e and is no longer effective.
  • a particularly compact device can be obtained using this variant according to FIGS. 6 and 7 .
  • the various stations can be constructed in the most diverse ways, whilst further stations can be added.
  • the engaging, moving and positioning member 42 for cuttings can be constructed differently. Both the type and the location of grasping can differ. This applies, inter alia, if plant plugs are used, where the plug can be grasped. It is also possible to grasp a root ball or the stem of the plant.

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