Global Patent Index - EP 0531238 B1

EP 0531238 B1 19950531 - Method and apparatus for packaging plant roots.

Title (en)

Method and apparatus for packaging plant roots.

Title (de)

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Verpacken von Pflanzenwurzeln.

Title (fr)

Procédé de conditionnement des racines d'une plante et machine pour sa mise en oeuvre.

Publication

EP 0531238 B1 19950531 (FR)

Application

EP 92420289 A 19920901

Priority

FR 9111027 A 19910902

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0531238A1] The method consists in depositing the substrate (5) and the plant (3) into a gutter (12), in longitudinally pressing the substrate (5), in entraining the plant (3) and the substrate (5), maintaining the said pressure, in rolling a ventilated fabric (web) (43) around the substrate (5) and in fixing the free end of this fabric (web) (43) to the root ball. The machine comprises four drive rollers (10a to 10d) and an endless belt (11) which delimits the gutter (12), one (10a) of the rollers being movable between two positions, one of which is close to the other upper roller (10b) and one of which is at a distance therefrom. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

B65B 25/02

IPC 8 full level

B65B 25/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65B 25/02 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB IE IT LI LU NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0531238 A1 19930310; EP 0531238 B1 19950531; AT E123266 T1 19950615; DE 69202741 D1 19950706; DE 69202741 T2 19960208; ES 2075664 T3 19951001; FR 2680752 A1 19930305; FR 2680752 B1 19941125

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 92420289 A 19920901; AT 92420289 T 19920901; DE 69202741 T 19920901; ES 92420289 T 19920901; FR 9111027 A 19910902