Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
  • A01G23/00—Forestry
  • A01G23/02—Transplanting, uprooting, felling or delimbing trees
  • A01G23/04—Transplanting trees; Devices for grasping the root ball, e.g. stump forceps; Wrappings or packages for transporting trees

Definitions

• the invention relates to a packaging according to the preamble of claim 1, a device according to the preamble of claim 8, and a method according to the preamble of claim 21.
• Background of the invention It is known to package the excavated/cut-out root balt of a tree or shrub to be transplanted. After the root balt has been excavated/cut out, the plant is lifted and placed with the root balt on a piece of iron wire mesh and/or a piece of jute mesh cloth. The wire mesh and/orthe mesh cloth is then folded around the root balt and pulled taut around the root balt by tensioning/tightening a tensioning wire/tightening wire.
• the object of the present invention is now to provide an improved solution for wrapping the root balt of a plant, such as a tree or shrub. Summary of the invention The invention provides a packaging according to claim 1, a device according to claim 8, and a method according to claim 21. The root balt can thus be wrapped with little labour, quickly and advantageously.
• - figure 1 shows three embodiments of a packaging according to the invention
• - figure 2 shows a device according to the invention for wrapping a root balt by means of such a packaging
• - figure 3 shows a first example of folding such a packaging around the root balt as according to the invention
• - figure 4 shows a second example of folding such a packaging around the root balt as according to the invention
• - figure 5 shows the tensioning of the tensioning wire as according to the invention
• - figure 6 shows the placing as according to the invention of the two ends of the tensioning wire into grooves arranged in rollers.
• each (4) comprise at least one piece of mesh material (5,6) and a tensioning wire (7) for pulling the at least one piece of mesh material (5,6) taut around the root balt (2) by tensioning thereof.
• FIG 1 the top figure shows a piece of mesh cloth (5) with a tensioning wire (7) arranged therein
• the middle figure shows a piece of wire mesh (6), here shaped like a 'concertina', with a tensioning wire (7) attached thereto and a piece of mesh cloth (5) attached thereon
• the bottom figure a piece of wire mesh (6), here shaped like a 'windmill', with a tensioning wire (7) attached thereto and a piece of mesh cloth (5) lying thereon.
• Each packaging (4) now also comprises according to the invention a coupiing member (17), here a 'Grippie wire joiner' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/grippie], for mutually coupiing the two ends of the tensioning wire (7) and keeping the tensioning wire (7) in tensioned state following tensioning thereof.
• the coupling member can also be a tube.
• the packaging (4) here also comprises, here two, fourth engaging members (14), here two eyes, arranged on the two ends of the tensioning wire (7) for engaging thereon with, here two, third engaging members (13) provided for this purpose, here two pins.
• Thepackaging (4) here also comprises second engaging members (11), here loops, arranged on the at least one piece of mesh material (5,6) for engaging thereon with first engaging members (10) provided for this purpose, here hooks.
• first engaging members (10) provided for this purpose, here hooks.
• the root balt (2) of a plant (3) here a tree
• the device (1) comprises for this purpose first means (8) for folding the at least one piece of mesh material (5,6) around the root balt (2), and also second means (9) for tensioning the tensioning wire (7).
• the first means (8) comprise here first engaging members (10), here four hooks, for engaging on second engaging members (11), here fourloops, arranged for this purpose on the at least one piece of mesh material (5,6).
• the first means (8) can here comprise a first mechanism (12) for moving the first engaging members (10) vertically, as in figures 2 and 3, wherein the first mechanism (12) is operated manually or is motor-driven.
• the first means (8) can here also comprise a platform (25) provided with an opening (26), as in figure 4.
• the first means (8) can here also comprise a third mechanismfor moving the platform (25) vertically, wherein the third mechanism is operated manually or is motor-driven.
• the second means (9) comprise here third engaging members (13), here two pins, for engaging on fourth engaging members (14), here two eyes, arranged for this purpose onthe two ends of the tensioning wire (7).
• the second means (9) here also comprise a holding member (15), here a block, provided with a first receiving space (16), here a first groove, for holding a coupling member (17), here the 'Gripple wire joiner', provided for mutually coupling the two ends of the tensioning wire (7) and keeping the tensioning wire (7) tensioned following tensioning thereof.
• the second means (9) here also comprise, here two, winding members (18), here rotatable rollers, for winding up the two ends of the tensioning wire (7).
• the second means (9) here also comprise a second mechanism (19) for inserting the two ends of the tensioning wire (7) into second receiving spaces (20), here two second grooves, arranged for this purpose in the winding members (18), wherein the second mechanism is operated manually or is motor-driven.
• the device (1) here also comprises third means (21), here a first pair of gripper arms, for gripping, holding and manoeuvring the plant (3), also fourth means (22), here a second pair of gripper arms, for gripping, holding and tying up the branches (23) of the plant (3), and also fifth means (24) for removing the excess part of the tensioning wire (7), here by cutting,following tensioning thereof.
• the methods shown in figures 3-6 comprise of folding the at least one piece of mesh material (5,6) around the root balt (2) by means of the first means (8), and of tensioning the tensioning wire (7) by means of the second means (9).
• the plant (3) here the trunk of the tree
• the placing on the ground or on a platform can in principle also be done manually.
• the branches (23) of the plant (3) can here be gripped, held and tied up by means of the fourth means (22), here the second pair of gripper arms.
• the second engaging members (11), here the four loops, arranged on the at least one piece of mesh material (5,6), are subsequently engaged by means of the first engaging members (10), here the four hooks.
• the first engaging members (10), here the four hooks can be moved upward by means of the first mechanism (12), wherein the piece of meshmaterial (5,6) is folded around the root balt (2), as shown in figure 3.
• the at least one piece of mesh material (5,6) and the root balt (2) can also be placed on the platform (25) and the root balt (2) and the platform (25) can be moved vertically relative to each other, such that the root balt (2) moves through an opening (26) provided for this purpose in the platform (25) and the at least one piece of mesh material (5,6) is here folded around the root balt (2), as shown in figure 4.
• the platform (25) can here also be moved vertically by means of a third mechanism provided for this purpose, wherein the third mechanism is operated manually or is motor-driven.
• the coupling member (17), here the 'Gripple wire joiner', is here held in the first receivingspace (16), here the first groove, arranged in the holding member (15), here the block, after which the fourth engaging members (14), here the two eyes, arranged on the two ends of the tensioning wire (7), are engaged by means of the third engaging members (13), here the two pins.
• the two ends of the tensioning wire (7) are here inserted by means of the second mechanism (19) into the second receiving spaces (20), here the two secondgrooves, arranged in the winding members (18), here the rotatable rollers, after which the two ends of the tensioning wire (7) are wound onto the rotatable rollers, wherein the tensioning wire (7) is tensioned and the piece of mesh material (5,6) is pulled taut around the root balt (2).
• the tensioning wire (4) is here kept in tensioned state by the ⁇ Gripple wire joiner'. If a tube is used, by squeezing the tube.
• the excess part of the tensioning wire (7) here the wound-up parts of the ends of the tensioning wire (7), are subsequently removed, here cut off, by means of the fifth means (24), and pushed off and discharged from the winding members (18), here the rotatable rollers, after which the plant (3) is ready for transport and transplanting.
• a winding member can be movable relative to the coupling member. The winding member can then move toward the coupling member during the winding up due to the tensioning forces in the tensioning wire which occur during the winding up. The amount of excess tensioning wire can thus be limited.
• Reference numerals used 1. device for wrapping 2 2. root balt of 3 3. plant (tree or shrub) 4. packaging for wrapping 2 5.
• first means for folding 5,6 around 2 9.
• second means for tensioning 7 10.
• first engaging members (hooks) for engaging on 11 11.
• first mechanism for vertical movement of 10 13.
• third engaging members (pin) for engaging on 14 14.
• fourth engaging member (eye) arranged on end of 7 15.
• holding member (block) for holding 17 16.
• first receiving space (first groove) arranged in 15 for 17 17.
• coupling member for mutually coupling ends of 7 and keeping 7 in tensioned state ('Gripple wire joiner' or tube) 18.
• winding member (rotatable roller) for winding up end of 7 19.
• second mechanism for inserting end of 7 into 20 20.
• second receiving space (second groove) arranged in 18 21.
• third means for gripping, holding and manoeuvring 322.
• fourth means for gripping, holding and tying up 23 23. branches of 3 24.
• fifth means for removing (cutting off) excess part of 7 following tensioning 25. platform 26. opening in 25

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