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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Barney K Huang, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
47-101 ; 47901 ;
Abstract
The present invention entails a plant transfer system basically comprising a vacuum chamber that is operative to induce young potted plants to a receiving area or receptacle such as a pot or cavity within a plant tray. In the embodiment disclosed herein the plant transfer system has the capability of transferring a set of multi-plants simultaneously, and then to shift a supply tray to a subsequent position and then to transfer a second set of multi-plants. In addition, the plant transfer system of the present invention is specifically designed and adapted such that it can be utilized internally within a greenhouse.