System and method for harvesting aquatic plants
AssigneeHinoman Ltd.
InventorsMiri Lapidot, Oren Shani, Amit Inbart
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Abstract
A harvesting system for harvesting aquatic plants in or floating on a culture medium a harvesting bed configured to be circulated in and out of the culture medium. An actuator circulates the harvesting bed, a scraper positioned against a surface of the harvesting bed scraps the aquatic plants on the harvesting bed and a channel transports the aquatic plants removed by the scraper toward a collection vat. The collection vat receives the aquatic plants transported via the channel.
Claims29
A harvesting system for harvesting aquatic plants in or floating on a culture medium, the system comprising:
- a harvesting bed configured to be circulated in and out of the culture medium;
- an actuator configured to circulate the harvesting bed;
- a scraper positioned against a surface of the harvesting bed and configured to scrape the aquatic plants off the surface;
- a nozzle configured to release the aquatic plants from the surface prior to scraping based on spraying fluid at a height above a position of the scraper;
- a fluid source configured to supply the nozzle with the fluid;
- a channel configured to transport the aquatic plants removed by the scraper;
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- a collection vat configured to receive the aquatic plants transported via the channel.
A method for harvesting aquatic plants in or floating on a culture medium, the method comprising:
- partially immersing a harvesting bed in a culture medium, the culture medium comprising aquatic plants;
- circulating the harvesting bed in and out of the culture medium;
- scraping the aquatic plants adhering to the harvesting bed as the harvesting bed is being circulated;
- releasing the aquatic plants adhering to the harvesting bed prior to scraping based on spraying the harvesting bed above the scraper with a fluid;
- channeling the aquatic plants removed by the scraper toward a collection vat;
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- collecting the aquatic plants in the collection vat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.