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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Weyerhaeuser Nr Company, Federal Way, WA (US);
Inventors:
Anthony P. Swanda, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Henry M. Givens, Tacoma, WA (US);
Assignee:
Weyerhaeuser NR Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07B 4/08 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 47/04 (2013.01); B07B 4/08 (2013.01); C12N 5/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Separating and singulating embryos employs a spray module configured to spray a plurality of embryos which are loaded on a porous substrate so as to separate and singulate the plurality of embryos, and a drying module configured to dry the plurality of separated and singulated embryos retained on the porous substrate while the porous substrate is moved across the drying module. A robotic arm operates to transfer the porous substrate from module to module, and a control device controls the operation of the system of separating and singulating embryos.