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US 2006/0180242 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for filling trays
OwnerT. Kennedyinventor
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Abstract
One aspect of the present invention relates to an apparatus for filling trays with polymerized growth medium. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of filling a tray with polymerized growth medium using an apparatus of the present invention.
Claims23
An apparatus for filling trays with polymerized growth medium, comprising:
- a plurality of feed rollers which propel a tray containing at least one tray cavity downstream through a filling region;
- a slurry dispenser nozzle which deposits polymerized growth medium in a slurry state on the tray, positioned downstream of the feed rollers;
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- a filler roller, positioned downstream of the slurry dispenser nozzle, which distributes the polymerized growth medium into and over the at least one tray cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.