Method and apparatus for packing flower bouquets
AssigneeCreatech Co., Ltd.
InventorPaulus Maria van der Laan
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Abstract
The invention relates to a work method and apparatus for packing flower bouquets (3), in which large amounts of flower bouquets (3) are transported transversely on a conveyor belt (4) to a lifting conveyor belt (7) to a mounted thereon transversely placed feeding belt (17), which has compartments (20) which constantly contain a flower bouquet (3), which is brought from a horizontal to a vertical position, in which a box-shaped cell space (22) is created and a cross partition turns away and subsequently the flower bouquet (3) falls through a trap door instrument (24) into an already opened cover (25) and is then further processed and brought to a collecting box for shipment.
Claims10
A method for packing flower bouquets comprising the steps of:
- feeding a plurality of flower bouquets transversely in a first direction via a first conveyor to a second conveyor, wherein the plurality of flower bouquets are conveyed in an approximately horizontal orientation and are separated by a horizontal distance;
- lifting the plurality of flower bouquets via the second conveyor to a third conveyor placed at a right angle to the first conveyor;
- rotating the plurality of flower bouquets through an angle of rotation from an approximately horizontal position to an approximately vertical position via the third conveyor, wherein the third conveyor includes compartments forming approximately box shaped cell spaces;
- dropping the plurality of flower bouquets, stems first, from the third conveyor onto a trap door instrument;
- wrapping the plurality of flower bouquets;
- dropping the wrapped plurality of flower bouquets from the trap door instrument onto a fourth conveyor;
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- transporting the wrapped flower bouquets via the fourth conveyor to collection boxes for packaging and shipment of the wrapped plurality of flower bouquets.
An apparatus for packing flower bouquets comprising:
- a first conveyor, wherein said first conveyor is oriented approximately horizontally;
- a second conveyor adjacent to said first conveyor, wherein said second conveyor includes a first end and a second end, further wherein said second end is elevated with respect to said first end;
- a third conveyor adjacent to said second conveyor and oriented at a right angle relative to said second conveyor, wherein said third conveyor includes lateral and cross partitions, wherein said cross partitions are spaced a distance, and said lateral and cross partitions are provided at a height, to form compartments into which flower bouquet may be dropped, further wherein said third conveyor includes a first conveyor portion that is approximately horizontal and a second conveyor portion that is approximately vertical, wherein said second conveyor portion runs along a vertical plate to create a box-shaped cell space;
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- a trap door instrument adjacent to said second conveyor portion of said third conveyor;
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- a fourth conveyor adjacent to said trap door instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.