Apparatus for cultivating market garden products, particularly mushrooms
OwnerHendrik van den Topinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for cultivating for example mushrooms, whereby a desired climate is preserved in a building. Disposed in the building standing parallel to each other are racks in which trays are placed in which the mushrooms are cultivated. Arranged in the passage between the racks and horizontally along them are rails which can be driven synchronously in vertical direction. A platform can travel over the rails. The platform can therefore be carried to any required position along the racks. Personnel can take up position on the platform, for instance to pick the mushrooms. Further coupled to the rails is a belt conveyor which carries away the picked mushrooms.
Claims11
Apparatus for cultivating market garden products such as mushrooms, which comprises the combination of:
- a building defining a space within which a desired climate is maintained;
- a pair of horizontally spaced and opposed racks, each including horizontal trays disposed in vertically spaced relation and adapted to contain soil for growing the product;
- a work platform of a length which is small compared with the length of the racks;
- horizontal guide means for traveling the work platform back and forth along the racks, there being one horizontal guide means along each rack and the two horizontal guide means being in spaced opposition to each other;
- vertical guide means spaced lengthwise along the racks;
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- the horizontal guide means being engaged with the vertical guide means for guiding the horizontal guide means vertically.
Apparatus for cultivating market garden products such as mushrooms, which comprises the combination of:
- a building defining a corridor within which a desired growing climate is maintained;
- vertically spaced growing means along the opposite sides of the corridor;
- a work platform of a width commensurate with the width of the corridor and of a length which is small compared with the length of the corridor;
- horizontal guide means along each side of the corridor for traveling the work platform back and forth along the corridor for access to the growing means on either side of the corridor;
- means for vertically adjusting the height of the horizontal guide means and the work platform;
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- horizontally extending conveyer means carried by the horizontal guide means for providing a product transport above the work platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.