Apparatus for gripping balls containing plants
CA 1297925 C · Owner: Visser 'S-Gravendeel Holding B.V. · Inventors: Visser, Anthony
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
An apparatus for the gripping of plants located in a container is disclosed. This apparatus comprises a pushing element which pushes the ball of the plant upwardly from underneath until the ball is released for a substantial part above the container. Then the ball is gripped by a number of gripping arms, movable in a horizontal direction which transports the, ball including the plant to its destination. To be able to push the ball upwards the continer comprises at location of each of the cavities for the balls a guiding channel for the pushing element. This channel has a cross-section of a starlike configuration, the number of points thereof coinciding with the number of points of the …
Read the whole patent
Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted March 24, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 24, 2009.
- We check Canadian rights only. A patent in its family in another country could still be in force: check its family on Google Patents.
Timeline
Timeline From CIPO dates
Sources & verification
Official CIPO records
Everything on this page comes from the CIPO record linked above. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.