Patent ID: 7571799
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. A feeding station for processing bulbous flowers, comprising a conveyor unit with suspension elements provided at discrete mutual distances and at least one feeding unit with a guiding mechanism for guiding, for instance by hand, flowers suspended in the guiding mechanism with the bulbs upward to the conveyor unit and to take over the flowers therein in this position, characterized in that below the guiding mechanism an actuator is provided so as to be able to place the bulbous flowers in the suspension elements of the conveyor unit while seizing the stems, characterized in that means are provided to determine that there is a flower near the takeover location at the end of the guiding mechanism, and that, furthermore, the actuator comprises a pushing element and an operating means engaging this, while, when there is a flower near the takeover location and as soon as a free suspension element has come before the takeover location, the flower is placed in the suspension element by means of the operating means engaging the pushing element.