CN1655998A

CN1655998A - Method and package for packaging and shipping plants or bulbs

Info

Publication number: CN1655998A
Application number: CNA038117819A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 阿诺尔德斯·科内利斯·约瑟夫·阿默尔拉恩
Original assignee: MARDA DEVELOPMENTS BV
Current assignee: MARDA DEVELOPMENTS BV
Priority date: 2002-03-28
Filing date: 2003-03-28
Publication date: 2005-08-17
Also published as: DE60315961D1; EP1487719A1; NL1020277C2; EP1487719B1; RU2004131839A; AU2003221181A1; JP2005521607A; US20050150798A1; ATE371608T1; WO2003082710A1

Abstract

Method for packaging and shipping of plants or bulbs (2), wherein the bulbs or plants are positioned in a bottom part (4) and covered by a cover part (6), the cover part pressing the bulbs or plants at least partly into the bottom part, wherein the bottom part is designed to allow roots to grow into or through said bottom part and the cover part is designed to allow a stem or plant to grow into or through said cover part, means (7) being provided to hold the cover part on the bottom part.

Description

Be used to pack and transport the method and the package of plant or bulb

The present invention relates to a kind of package that is used to pack and transport the method for bulb or plant and is used for this method.The invention particularly relates to a kind of method that is used to have packed and transported or be about to grow the bulb of root and/or neck and/or stem.

As everyone knows, usually at a local cultivation bulb and they are transported to other place do further growth and bloom.In the process of transporting; especially when bulb or plant have begun to germinate; run into a problem; promptly need to pack by this way and protect bulb; so that they not can transport and subsequently treating process in suffer damage, and can easily from packing, take out in the final destination and not have any infringement.

An object of the present invention is to provide and a kind ofly be used to pack bulb or by the method for bulb growing plants, wherein these bulbs or plant are applicable to preparation, store, transport, display and grow.

Another object of the present invention provides the method for more than one general introductions, and wherein preparation of bulb or plant and early development phase all can separate with final growth and the florescence of these bulbs or plant on when and where.

Another purpose of the present invention provides a kind of said method, and wherein a plurality of bulbs and/or plant can be installed in and transport with an individual packaging spare.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of method that is used to pack bulb or plant, and wherein said bulb and plant are solid enough to keep, thereby they can not transport and further disarray in the treating process and suffer damage.

A further object of the present invention provides a kind of method that is used to pack bulb or plant, and wherein bulb and plant are secured in place and allow to grow neck and/or stem.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of package of preparing, store, transport and displaying of being used to, wherein tolerable neck and/or stem growth, and cause damage can not for final properties of product.

Another purpose of the present invention provides a kind of above-mentioned package, and it manufactures relatively cheap, and outward appearance is attractive.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of package, and it can be removed at least in part in the final destination.

A further object of the present invention provides a kind of package, can not cause damage from wherein taking out bulb or plant simply, especially can not cause damage to root.

These and other objects and advantages can realize by the method for claim 1.

Utilize method of the present invention, bulb is clamped between a bottom and the cap, above-mentioned parts press each other by suitable closing appliance such as belt, band or elastic webbing.Bulb is fixed thus in position to maintain, and avoid effectively being subjected to may be in the external influence power of transporting and further occurring in the treating process and the influence of impact.Design bottom like this and cap, so that it allows that bulb grows root and/or stem and/or neck, enough spaces are provided for simultaneously these growing parts, so that allow them grow its final cultivation phase from early stage germination period, arrived the final cultivation phase, in its just implantable soil.

The invention still further relates to a kind of package as claimed in claim 6, it is applicable to the method according to this invention.

For the present invention is made explanations, with reference to the accompanying drawings the one exemplary embodiment of method of the present invention and package is described, wherein:

Fig. 1 shows the bulb that part is put into the package of cardboard case;

Fig. 2 shows the package of seeing from the end face of cap;

Fig. 3 shows the package of seeing from the side;

Fig. 4 shows the bulb of growing in package of the present invention;

Fig. 5 shows the bottom, and wherein a bulb is just desiring to break through the opening of bottom;

Fig. 6 show have a plurality of bulbs with a bottom that demonstrates the free bulb of root and stem;

Fig. 7 schematically shows packing method of the present invention and growth course with top view and lateral plan;

Fig. 8 and 9 shows the Packing Condition of package of the present invention.

Fig. 1 shows a package 1, and it is partly sealed by a cardboard case 3, and is filled with bulb or plant 2, is located in to be transported to the client or finally to grow.Plant 2 can for example be tulip, narcissus, belladonna lily etc. by rhizome or bulb growth.Package 1 comprises a bottom 4 and a cap 6, and they keep together by closing appliance 7 (for example elasticity or sealing band or adhesive strip).Bottom 4 has and is roughly rectangular shape, and can be made of a variety of materials, as cardboard, papermaking material or plastic material, and the especially combination of foamed materials such as E.P.S or these materials.

Bottom 4 has the Frusto-conical hole 10 of two rows, as shown in Figure 7.Hole 10 can be from the bottom at least one side 12 of 4 approaching, this side 12 is in use in the face of cap 6.Because the reason that will illustrate below, hole 10 preferably also can be approaching from opposite side 14, for example by opening 15 (as shown in Figure 7) or by the fragility in the bottom 4, be easy to run through or removable zone.At least identical at the cap 6 shown in the embodiment of Fig. 1-3 with bottom 4.Because will become clearly reason below, preferably, the end face 16 of described cap 6 have with bottom 4 in similar opening or the vulnerable areas 15 described.

Package 1 can use by following manner.Can be placed on the bulb that is transported or plant 2 on the bottom 4 or be placed at least in part in the hole 10 of bottom 4.Before this, growth medium such as a soil or a suitable substitute can be filled in hole 10, thereby forms the cup 10 of taking root, and bulb or plant 2 can grow root 20 therein, as shown in Figure 7.Subsequently, by cover cap 6 to them, make bulb or plant 2 fix in position.By above-mentioned closing appliance 7, cap 6 tightly can be pressed against itself on the bottom 4.Hole 10 in the cap 6 allows that bulb or plant 2 grow stem and/or neck 18, supports and protect this stem or neck 18 simultaneously, to prevent deletrious ectocine.Opening 15 in the end face 16 of cap 6 or vulnerable areas are allowed stem of bulb or plant 2 or the outside that neck 18 unhinderedly grows into package 1 always.This point bulb 2 after arriving at the final destination be placed in the soil and still packaged 1 particularly favourable when surrounding.

Fig. 7 shows the cap 6 ' of another embodiment, and wherein this cap 6 ' is formed by a single sheet material, and this sheet material is for example made by cardboard or plastic material.In this embodiment, after bulb 2 had been placed in the bottom 4, sheet material 6 ' was folding around the end face 12 of bottom 4 simply, thereby covers bulb 12, for example is connected on the side of upper bottom portion 4 by nail or glue subsequently.As in the aforementioned embodiment, preferably, cap 6 ' has opening 15 ' or is made by weaker materials, and it can be eliminated the pressure of growth tender shoots 18 or provide the space for it in the growth of plant or bulb 2 and preparation process.

After bulb 2 being packaged in above-mentioned bottom 4 and the cap 6, package 1 can be placed in the standard paperboard box 3, further to transport, shown in Fig. 1,8,9.After arriving at the final destination, from cardboard case 3, take out package 1 and lift

cap

6 or 6 '.Subsequently, thus can by will point or some instrument such as pencil stretch into the opening of bottom 4 or vulnerable areas 15 with bulb 2 upwards introduction hole 10 4 take out bulbs 2 from the bottom, and can not disturb the formation of root, as illustrated in Figures 5 and 6.Seem that as shown in Figure 4 bulb or plant 2 can implant in the final cultivation medium subsequently.

Perhaps, when when finally cultivating bulb vegetatively, can make package 1 leave bulb 2 around.In this case, bottom 4 and cap 6 should be made by suitable material, and suitable material will have enough intensity on the one hand, keep original position to make soil and root 20 in transportation, on the other hand, in case being cultivated at it, bulb finally just allows root 20 and stem's 18 growths vegetatively the time.

In a preferred embodiment, bottom 4 and preferably also have cap 6 at least by decomposing or biodegradable material is made.In this case, after arriving at the final destination, plant or bulb 2 can be placed in the soil of package 1, need not move any part of this package 1.This mode has been saved the plenty of time, even has prevented that better bulb 2 from suffering damage in treating process, because needn't mobile package 1 or its each several part.

Therefore; package 1 of the present invention can keep effectively and from the early development of bulb or plant during the phase in storage, display and transport during until their final growth and florescence all protect them; in this final growth and florescence; package is removable or leave around the bulb, bulb is implanted it finally vegetatively simultaneously.

Preferably, package of the present invention is block basically, thereby can adopt simple mode to make and pile up, and needs minimum space.

By adopting an outer wrapper, especially an osed top outer wrapper can realize such advantage, and promptly box is an osed top, and sand and analogue can be from wherein not spilling.Therefore, this package is particularly suitable for being used by for example mail-order firm and supermarket.Preferred design like this cap of the present invention in use promptly, can be pressed into bulb the bottom and also give bulb and stem and partly provide protection by its growing plants at least in package, and preferred packaging spare is stackable simultaneously.Show, utilize method of the present invention and package, bulb is for example avoided suffering damage and dewatering well, therefore just allows by its growing plants and flowers in simple mode and blooms in the zone that is unsuitable for this purpose usually.

The present invention is not limited to described embodiment.For example, the number in the size of bottom 4 and cap 6, the hole 10 that wherein is provided with and the position and the shape thereof in these holes 10 all can change.This shape for example can be cylindrical, oblong or pyramid.And each several part can be by the group system of multiple material or material, as cardboard, papermaking material or plastics.

Claims

1, a kind of method that is used to pack and transport plant or bulb, this bulb or plant are arranged in a bottom and are covered by a cap, this cap is pressed into this bottom with bulb or plant at least in part, wherein, this bottom is designed to allow that root grows into or pass this bottom, and this cap is designed to allow that stem or plant grow into or pass this cap, and is provided with this cap is remained on device on this bottom.

2, the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, a plurality of bulbs or plant are packaged between this bottom and the cap, and is packaged in one subsequently for example in the container of cardboard case.

3, method as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, this bottom and/or cap are respectively equipped with the opening that is used for root or stem or plant.

As any one described method among the claim 1-3, it is characterized in that 4, this bottom and/or cap are by decomposing or biodegradable material is made.

As any one described method among the claim 1-4, it is characterized in that 5, this cap and/or bottom are by plastics, especially foamed materials and be preferably EPS and make.

6, a kind of package that is used for the described method of arbitrary as described above claim.

7, as the purposes of package as described in the claim 6, wherein this package is placed in the milpa with the bulb that holds in it.