Method of Preparing a Plant for Transport, and an Apparatus
AssigneeJ. van Dam Onroerend Goed B.V.
InventorsHendrik Baars, Gerrit Baars
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Abstract
A method of preparing a plant for transport, said plant including a root system embedded in soil, and woody member such as a stem. The method includes the step of wrapping the root system together with the surrounding soil. To prepare the plant for transport in a less laborious manner, the step of wrapping the root system together with the surrounding soil includes encompassing the root system together with the surrounding soil by wrapping an oblong band of flexible material, preferably a net, around the root system and surrounding soil multiple times using a wrapping device.
Claims24
A method of preparing a plant for transport, said plant comprising
- a root system embedded in surrounding soil, and
- a woody member,
- wherein the method comprises the step of wrapping the root system together with the surrounding soil, and
- wherein the step of wrapping the root system together with the surrounding soil comprises encompassing the root system together with the surrounding soil by wrapping an oblong band of flexible material around the root system and surrounding soil multiple times using a wrapping device.
An apparatus comprising a mast, a wrapping device and a gripper, said wrapping device comprising a wrapping head comprising a first ring and a moveable second ring wherein the first ring serves as a guide for the second ring, the wrapping head further comprising an opening for allowing access to the center of the rings and the wrapping head and the gripper being moveable along the mast.
A wrapping device for preparing a plant for transport, said plant comprising a root system embedded in surrounding soil and a woody member, the wrapping device comprising a wrapping head and a gripper configured to hold the woody member of the plant;
- the wrapping head being configured to circle a band dispenser along a circular path in a plane of rotation around a wrapping space of the wrapping head, wherein the wrapping head is rotatably coupled to the wrapping device to allow changing the orientation of the plane of rotation relative to the direction of the woody member of the plant hold by the gripper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.