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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
May. 24, 2007
Anthony Visser, 's-Gravendeel, NL;
Anthony Visser, 's-Gravendeel, NL;
Visser 'S-Gravendeel Holding B.V., 'S-Gravendeel, NL;
Abstract
A method for buffering containers () with plants includes: providing a buffer space () for buffering containers in a greenhouse; providing containers with plants; supplying and disposing a number of containers in a row (--) in a first direction (); buffering the row of disposed containers by gripping, lifting and displacing the row through the buffer space in a second direction () which differs from the first direction, and by setting down the row in the buffer space. A related buffering device for temporarily storing containers with plants in a buffer space includes a supply system () for supplying containers, a disposing apparatus for disposing a number of supplied containers in a row extending in a first direction, a distributing system () provided with at least one controllable gripping device () for gripping a row of containers, wherein the distributing system is movable substantially in a second direction which differs from the first direction, and is movable above the disposing apparatus.
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