Patent ID: 8413371
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
1. A system applying mushroom growing material to a mushroom growing bed in a mushroom house comprising a hopper for the material, a transport hose, a blower unit communicating with said hopper and said hose for creating an air stream which functions as a carrier for blowing the material through said hose, an applicating head for being longitudinally movably mounted on the mushroom growing bed, said hose being a flow communication with said applicating head to feed the material into said applicating head, said applicating head including a housing having an inlet for receiving the material blown through said hose, a distributor in said housing in flow communication with said inlet for receiving the material flowing through said inlet and into said housing and spreading the material transversely, a discharge section in said housing, an applicating member in said housing in flow communication with said distributor for receiving the material from said distributor, and said applicating member being located at said discharge section of said housing to deposit the material on the mushroom bed whereby the material may be blown through said hose and deposited on the mushroom bed as said applicating head moves longitudinally over the mushroom bed.