Patent ID: 6302264
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: A01D,A23N

Abstract:
Conveyor system for plants comprising at least one track, each track comprising a support assembly for holding each stalk, stem or root of the plants with heads of said plants being transported, a guide having a determined shape and made up of a succession of straight and curved portions able to extend in any direction in three-dimensional space and a defining a transport route, and a slide within the guide, said slide being integral with the support assembly and having a translation movement that is parallel to the guide to convey the plants over the transport route, the shape of the guide being substantially identical to the transport route taken by the plants, and further wherein the support assembly comprises a plurality of plates mounted on the slide via a fastening tongue such that each plate is substantially parallel to the stalks, stems or roots of the conveyed plants and such that a determined space exists between each plate, each plate also comprising positioners to position the stalks, stems or roots of the plants.