Patent ID: 7276192

Claim:
An apparatus for making and compressing growth medium pots, where the growth medium pots contains slightly compressed growth medium, where the growth medium pots are made as a growth medium pipe surrounded by a tubular wall which is formed by a fibre-containing material, wherein the end of the growth medium pipe is disposed in an opening in a revolving unit by transport means, where the opening in the revolving unit is surrounded by at least a wall and a bottom, where means for cutting is separating the individual growth means pot from the growth medium pipe, where the revolving unit is rotated between a number of stop positions, where at least one stop position interacts with a cylinder unit at least including a pressing cylinder with connection to at least one piston, where the piston interacts with one of the openings of the revolving unit, where the growth medium pot contained in the opening of the revolving unit is compressed by the piston with an advancing movement, where at least one of the stop positions of the revolving unit interacts with an ejector cylinder that is connected with a piston which is pressing a finished growth medium pot out of an opening in the revolving unit.