DE1945387U - SALES PACKAGE FOR LIVE PLANTS, IN PARTICULAR ROSES. - Google Patents

Description

P.A.3M36ÖH.7.GB

Hanover, June 27, 1966

Re. i Plants with root balls made of plastic foam applicant; Günther Ostermeier, Hanover, Robertstrasse 29 and Rolf Conrad, Hanover, Am Schiffgraben 20

Authorized delivery agent s

Jfünther Ostermeier, Hanover, Robertstrasse 29

The sale of live plants, especially roses, in self-service shops, department stores and other places Specialist and retail trade is more and more prepackaged today. For this it is necessary that the packers remove the roots of the plants, especially roses, cover with a suitable material that can absorb water so that the roses or other plants during the time in which they remain in the packaging, they do not perish due to a lack of moisture «The period in storing roses and plants in the packaging is on average between 14 days and 4 months. Partly overlay also the plants and roses in cold stores at temperatures around 0 degrees from autumn to spring of next year than already packaged goods. The roses and plants need water or some during this time that they are packaged Nutrient solution.

So far, as moisture-retaining materials - anyway known - paper wool, wood wool, moss, damp peat and similar materials are used. To make this moisture-retaining The root ball required manual labor or the use of balling machines because the materials mentioned had to be wrapped tightly around the rhizome and then moistened In balling machines of a conventional type, the balling material must be introduced and the machine lends it out this one shape, for example round; then it is made by linking threads, wrapping with plastic film, Aluminum foil or similar material attached. The same, time-consuming process occurs when manufacturing the Root ball by hand, which is still the case today with large quantities of plants to be packaged, especially roses.

The type described here makes the work much easier or eliminates them entirely if foam covers getting produced. This foam is a plastic that is liquid and transported in containers can be. The pressure in the containers causes the foam, which is still liquid, to be injected into a shape that corresponds to the roots of the rose or other plants is filled. The foam fills the cavities within the mold and hardens inside A uniform bale in the shortest possible time. Corresponding plastics are known and are used by relevant companies delivered.

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The mold is made so that only the underground Parts of the Eosen and other plants are enveloped with foam »The above-ground parts and shoots are not enveloped.

The foam is as large-pored and as effective as a Sponge that, after being wrapped in a shower or bath, he has the necessary amount of moisture that is necessary for the Preservation of the plant in the packaging is required, ingests.

It is easily possible that instead of the water a, liquid nutrient solution is used. The foam stores the Liquid and allows the plant to live for a few months in the packaging.

With an added color solution, the foam can also be colored. This is particularly recommended for labeling of various qualities, styles, prices etc. and is great for the sales force, the end user and the manufacturer useful..

The foam can also be used together with a peat or earth substrate be used. For this purpose, the peat or earth substrate is placed mechanically or by hand between the ones in the spray box Scattered plant roots and then wrapped in the foam.

Furthermore, the peat or earth substrate can be mixed with the foam during the spraying process, so that a root ball arises in which, depending on the desire, certain proportions are more natural Earth or peat are contained, which are held together by the plastic.

Due to this type of packaging, in addition to the fact that the plant survives, the significantly faster production and thus rationalization, labor and cost savings are to be cited. This enables the can and plant packers, who have to pack up to several million plants at short notice, to achieve significant relief. Roses and ¹ plants can only be harvested when they are mature. Since the goods are not available all year round, but have to be packaged as seasonal business at short notice, the conventional process results in large work peaks, which are reduced because the packaging of living plants with foam covering the roots is possible with only a few assistants and a large production output . This is mainly due to the evenness of the root ball. For shipping and sale, the roses or other plants can be put in folding boxes, transparent plastic bags or similar wrappings.

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Sheet 3 for registering a utility model

Since the specific weight of porous foam is very low, there is also a significant weight saving all resulting advantages such as easier transport, Freight savings, etc. If the end consumer has purchased the roses or other plants, he can do the same Lower the foam into the ground. The roots of the Roses and plants grow through the cavities of the foam into the natural soil »

The growth of the roses and plants is promoted by the foam ball, as it is one against the surrounding earth Storage of heat enables. At the same time, roses, for example, are given an additional layer of foam thanks to the bale of foam Winter protection, especially when the foam pad the refinement is wrapped in, it is known that roses very easily freeze to death in extreme cold and insufficient protection by covering. An additional winter protection is achieved through the heat storage of the foam pad.

If desired, the end user can also crumble or crumble the foam from the roots of the roses or other plants strip off and lower the plants into the earth in the conventional manner.

Claims (1)

Protection claims 1) sales package for living plants, especially roses, characterized in that the root ball of the plant a cover made of plastic foam. 2) Sales pack for living plants, especially roses, according to claim 1, characterized in that the foam contains water or a nutrient solution due to its porosity, which enables the plant to survive in a further cover 3) Sales pack for living plants, especially roses, according to claim 1, characterized in that the further covering mentioned under 2 is all commercially available packaging such as clear foil bags, folding boxes, coated paper bags, aluminum foil wrappers and the like. 4) sales package for living plants, especially roses, according to claim 1, 2 + 3> characterized in that the sheathing of the plant root in the core .auch from a peat or Earth substrate can exist, while the outer casing is formed from a plastic foam jacket. 5) sales package for living plants, especially roses, according to claim 1, 2 + 3> characterized in that the root ball covering consists of one A mixture of earth or peat and foam exists. ' according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, + 5, Differentiation from ^ optical ^ j Tß to or from the foam for 7) sales package for living plants, especially roses, according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 + 6, characterized in that for Achieving special sales effects round, elongated, square, conical or similar shapes of the ball are formed. Note: Diesi Unt6'ioa> (, BesshreiDuno vnc "Schutronso ·.) Is 4ie juletii jinqerelchte. * It vetehf ran the word version oV originally singefetchier. Ümerioger od. Oil« recntliene Sedeurunp <ie · Deviation is not checked. .. utiprOngliWi ainoereisnten unierio ^ he betmsen IIER> ir 3 .VmtäoKien Si "can ederjei ¹ without proof Ainet legal Inietesseb 9ebtinrenfre;... turned sener iveroen on Antroo be iucn thereof otokopjeff or filmneootwb t \ i the 'usual prices delivered?. German Patent Office