Patent ID: 6790469
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: A01N,A23B

Abstract:
A method for applying a sprout-inhibiting compound, that exists in a solid state at ambient temperatures, to tubers, the method comprising the steps of:providing a tuber storage enclosure in which are located tubers stacked, one on top of another; providing a compressor to generate a pressurized airstream; cooling the pressurized airstream by passing it through a heat exchanger; ducting the cooled pressurized airstream into the tuber storage enclosure; pulverizing solid sprout-inhibiting compound to generate a sprout-inhibiting powder; introducing the sprout-inhibiting powder into the cooled pressurized airstream, which transports it to the tuber storage enclosure and discharges it into the airspace surrounding the tubers, the discharged powder filtering through the stacked tubers.