The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2002
Gerardus Johannes J. DE Wit, Bovenkarspel, NL;
Gerardus Johannes J. de Wit, Bovenkarspel, NL;
Germaco B.V., Bovenkarspel, NL;
Abstract
A feeding station for processing bulbous flowers comprises a conveyor unit with suspension elements provided at discrete mutual distances and at least one feeding unit () with a guiding mechanism () for guiding, for instance by hand, flowers suspended in the guiding mechanism () with the bulbs upward to the conveyor unit and to take over the flowers therein in this position. Below the guiding mechanism () an actuator () is provided to place the bulbous flowers in the suspension elements () of the conveyor unit while seizing the stems. Preferably, a suspension element () is provided with a lock, which, dining the takeover of bulbous flowers in a suspension element (), is released for the time required to affect the takeover of the flower in the suspension element ().