US 12,213,418 B2
Apparatus for receiving and depositing plant pots which stand in rows
Malte Hamann, Edewecht (DE); Florian Lücking, Godensholt (DE); Michael Pokriefke, Hude (DE); and Dennis Pülscher, Edewecht (DE)
Assigned to SEED2SOIL GMBH & CO. KG, Weifelstede (DE)
Filed by SEED2SOIL GMBH & CO. KG, Weifelstede (DE)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/162,289.
Claims priority of application No. 102022102330.3 (DE), filed on Feb. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0240202 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. A01G 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 9/088 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus (2) for receiving and depositing plant pots (26) which stand in rows, the apparatus comprising:
a frame (22);
a plurality of receiving channels (4) which are arranged in parallel beside each other and which extend in an extent direction (R) and which are provided with lateral delimitations (6), wherein the receiving channels (4) in each case extend from a transfer zone (8) up to a channel end (10);
a conveying apparatus (12) for moving the plant pots (26) in the extent direction (R) of the respective receiving channel (4); and
an adjustment apparatus (14) for adjusting a channel width (24) of the receiving channels (4), wherein the lateral delimitations (6) are supported in a laterally displaceable and rotationally secure manner on a displacement member (16), which is orientated transversely relative to the extent direction (R) of the receiving channels (4), the lateral delimitations (6) are connected to an adjustable coupling rod linkage (18) and the lateral delimitations (6) are retained in respective operating position, the coupling rod linkage (18) forms the adjustment apparatus (14), and the coupling rod linkage (18) when activated adjusts the channel width (24) of all the receiving channels (4) by a same value simultaneously.