NL2022318B1 - System for growing mushrooms - Google Patents

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NL2022318B1
NL2022318B1 NL2022318A NL2022318A NL2022318B1 NL 2022318 B1 NL2022318 B1 NL 2022318B1 NL 2022318 A NL2022318 A NL 2022318A NL 2022318 A NL2022318 A NL 2022318A NL 2022318 B1 NL2022318 B1 NL 2022318B1
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Alexander Jozef Lemmen Jacobus
Gerardus Maria Van Doremaele Marcus
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Alexander Jozef Lemmen Jacobus
Gerardus Maria Van Doremaele Marcus
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Priority to RU2019142276A priority patent/RU2800728C2/en
Priority to EP19217709.5A priority patent/EP3673726B1/en
Priority to EP21172616.1A priority patent/EP3900522A1/en
Priority to PL19217709T priority patent/PL3673726T3/en
Priority to ES19217709T priority patent/ES2892480T3/en
Priority to HUE19217709A priority patent/HUE056411T2/en
Priority to LTEP19217709.5T priority patent/LT3673726T/en
Priority to CA3065822A priority patent/CA3065822A1/en
Priority to AU2019284106A priority patent/AU2019284106B2/en
Priority to US16/726,847 priority patent/US11582921B2/en
Priority to CN201911356767.7A priority patent/CN111492898B/en
Priority to IL271735A priority patent/IL271735B2/en
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    • 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
    • A01G18/00—Cultivation of mushrooms
    • A01G18/70—Harvesting
    • 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
    • A01G18/00—Cultivation of mushrooms
    • 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
    • A01G18/00—Cultivation of mushrooms
    • A01G18/60—Cultivation rooms; Equipment therefor

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for growing mushrooms, comprising a shelving, comprising multiple support beds for holding compost and casing soil arranged above each other, a picking platform for harvesters, the platform movable with at least a vertical directional component along the shelving and a harvesting conveyor, comprising a harvesting conveyor belt that extends at least partially along the beds and is supported by a number of guides, along which the harvesting conveyor is movable, wherein at least one of the guides is coupled to the shelving; and at least one of the guides is coupled to the picking platform and is movable together with the platform with at least a vertical directional component.

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System for growing mushrooms The present invention relates to a system for growing mushrooms.
At industrial scales, mushrooms are traditionally grown at indoor locations, often called growing rooms, wherein shelvings are placed that support beds for holding compost and casing soil, on which the mushrooms are grown.
The compost and casing soil are placed on pulling nets, that allow to fill and empty the bed with compost and casing soil easily.
Usually, this is done after every two or three flushes of mushrooms, since the compost has lost its fertility and nutrition then.
The beds are placed at a mutual distance above each other in the shelving, and harvest of the mushrooms takes place manually by harvesters, standing next to the beds at various height levels and delivering the mushrooms to harvesting conveyors once they are cut.
From there on they are further processed, either manually or in an automated way.
The beds have an average length of 10 to 100 meters, a width of 0,5 to 2 meters, and are usually placed 0,4 to 1,4 meters above each other.
As a result, the harvesters cannot reach all mushrooms without stooping.
Given the required speed of working and the total length of the beds, this makes harvesting a cumbersome job, with even certain health risks.
Moreover, harvesters tend to stand straight to avoid a painful back, but in this position they only have sight to a part of the bed, with the result that part of the harvesting takes place on intuition, which may have a negative impact on the quality of the work, since a better selection can be made when an eye is kept on the work.
The harvesting conveyors are usually arranged in a frame, that can be lifted to approximately the height of the bed that is to be harvested, so that the harvested mushrooms can be easily transferred.
This lifting can be done manually or be powered, but it remains a cumbersome task, which is worsened by the weight of the frames, that, additionally form a heavy load on the shelvings.
It is a goal of the present invention to provide a device for growing mushrooms that takes away the disadvantages of the prior art, and in particular the disadvantages regarding the harvesting conveyors.
The invention therefore provides a system for growing mushrooms, comprising a shelving, comprising multiple support beds for holding compost and casing soil arranged above each other, a picking platform for harvesters, the platform movable with at least a vertical directional component along the shelving, a harvesting conveyor, comprising a harvesting conveyor belt that extends at least partially along the beds and is supported by a number of guides, along which the harvesting conveyor is movable, wherein at least one of the guides is coupled to the shelving; and at least one of the guides is coupled to the picking platform and is movable together with the platform with at least a vertical directional component.
The system according to the invention provides several benefits. Firstly, the harvesting conveyor is automatically aligned with the harvesting platform in the vertical direction, since the height adjustment of the picking platform, which may be part of the lorry, is integrated and takes place simultaneously. This saves harvesters effort and time and leads to a more efficient harvesting of the mushrooms, and it leads to a simpler and lighter construction of the entire system. The guides may comprise rollers, wherein the harvesting conveyor belt is looped around the rollers. The rollers may be provided with flanges on order to keep the belt aligned and to avoid that it slips away, or known solutions in the art for keeping the belt on track may be applied.
Preferably the harvesting conveyor belt is an endless conveyor belt. This allows to operate the conveyor continuously and also allows to position the driven guide or roller at any place along the trajectory the belt follows. This can for instance be a distal location where harvesters cannot come in contact with the drive or its power cables.
In a preferred embodiment, the conveyor is frameless. That is, the harvesting conveyor is supported locally by the guides, but is hanging freely in between, without support or a frame, and in particular without a sliding contact with anyfurther parts. This makes the entire construction simpler, lighter, and easier to maintain. Moreover, without a sliding contact, there is less friction and it costs less energy to drive the belt, which makes it possible to work with smaller or lighter drives.
The picking platform to which at least one of the guides is coupled may in a practical embodiment form part of a picking lorry. Picking lorries are commonly used for mushroom harvesting and are movable along the shelvings. The lorry may have lifting equipment for lifting the platform, which may be automated and/or powered, and be controllable by the harvester. The same goes for a horizontal movement of the lorry, which may also be powered and controllable by the harvester, so that there is no need to leave the platform or the lorry while harvesting.
In order to enable the harvesters to remain on the lorry and/or platform, the harvesting conveyor preferably extends over the entire length of the conveyor. At the end of the conveyor, mushrooms may be taken from the conveyor or the conveyor may drop them for further processing.
The at least one guide that is coupled to the picking platform may be movable together with the platform with a horizontal directional too.
When the picking platform moves with a vertical or horizontal directional component, the total length of the trajectory the harvesting conveyor has to take may change. For that reason, the length of the belt may be over dimensioned, and the harvesting conveyor may be provided with a tensioner.
In a further embodiment, the harvesting conveyor belt returns at least partly below the shelving. This is a safe location where no harvesters need to be, so that the risk of unintended contact of picking lorries or harvesters with the conveyor belt is minimized.
In yet a further embodiment, the system according to the invention is provided with a harvesting conveyer fixed at the height level of the lowest support bed. This harvesting conveyor may be a separate second conveyor, but it may also be a loopof the first conveyor.
This harvesting conveyer at a fixed height level allows harvesters to pick mushrooms from said lowest level independent from the position and height of the picking platform.
In order to move the conveyor belt, the system according to the invention may comprise a drive, which may comprise at least one guide that drives the conveyor.
This driven guide may as well be positioned below the shelving.
The drive may be configured to adapt the speed of the harvesting conveyor to a horizontal speed of the picking platform.
In particular, the drive may be configured to keep the relative speed of the harvesting conveyor with respect to the picking platform constant, to facilitate the harvesters.
That means that the speed of the harvesting conveyor is increased when the picking platform / lorry moves along with it, and is decreased when the picking platform / lorry moves in opposite direction.
The invention will now be elucidated into more detail with reference to the following figures, wherein like referential numerals indicate like parts and: - Figure 1 shows a perspective view on a first embodiment of a system according to the invention; and - Figure 2 shows a perspective view on a second embodiment of a system according to the invention Figure 1 shows a system 1 for growing mushrooms, comprising a shelving 2 , comprising multiple support beds 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 for holding compost and casing soil arranged above each other, a picking platform 8 for harvesters 9. The platform 8 is movable with at least a vertical directional component V along the shelving.
The system further comprises a harvesting conveyor 10, comprising a harvesting conveyor belt 11 that extends at least partially along the beds 3, 4, 5,6, 7 and is supported by a number of guides 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 along which the harvesting conveyor belt 11 is movable.
Guides 12, 13, and 14 are coupled to the shelving and at guides 15, 16 and 17 are coupled to the picking platform 8 and are movable together with the platform 8 with at least a vertical directional component V.
The guides 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 comprise rollers, wherein the harvesting conveyor belt 11 is looped around the rollers 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. The harvesting conveyor 10 is an endless conveyor, and the belt 11 is looped around the guides.
Theharvesting conveyor 10 is provided with a tensioner 18, which is formed by a movable guide or roller, that can move in order to compensate for the change in the total length of the trajectory of the conveyor belt when the picking platform 8 is moved, either in horizontal H or vertical direction V. In order to move the picking 5 platform 8, it may form part of a picking lorry 19.
In the depicted embodiment, the harvesting conveyor 10 is frameless, that is, its belt 11 is supported by the guides, but extends without a cover or frame in between them over at least part of its total length. The harvesting conveyor may preferably extend at least over the entire length L of the shelving. The harvesting conveyor 10 is configured to deliver mushrooms to a delivery point 20 from where they can be processed further. The harvesting conveyor may return at least partly below the shelving (not depicted). It may further comprising a drive 21 for driving the conveyor
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Figure 2 shows a second embodiment of a system according to the invention. The system is provided with a second harvesting conveyor 22, placed besides the first harvesting conveyor 10, 11 in a width direction. The second conveyor is at a fixed height, allowing harvesters to pick mushrooms from the lowest supports 6 and 6, while standing on ground level. The picking lorry has such construction 23 that the first harvesting conveyor 10, 11 remains above the second harvesting conveyor 22, and for that purpose an additional guide 24 is provided. The embodiments shown are examples only and limit in no sense the scope of protection as defined in the following claims.

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ConclusiesConclusions 1. Systeem voor het telen van champignons, omvattende: - Een stelling, omvattende: a. meerdere boven elkaar geplaatste bedden voor het houden van compost en/of dekaarde; b. Een met ten minste een verticale richtingscomponent langs de stelling verplaatsbaar plateau voor plukkers; - Een oogstbandtransporteur, omvattende: c. Een oogstband die zich ten minste gedeeltelijk parallel aan de bedden uitstrekt, en is ondersteund door: d. Een aantal geleiders, waarover de oogstband beweegbaar is; Waarbij - Ten minste één van de geleiders verbonden is met de stelling; en - Ten minste één van de geleiders verbonden is met het plateau en daarmee met ten minste een verticale richtingscomponent verplaatsbaar is.System for growing mushrooms, comprising: - a rack, comprising: a. Several beds placed one above the other for holding compost and / or casing soil; b. A platform for pickers that can be moved with at least one vertical direction component along the rack; - A harvesting belt conveyor, comprising: c. A harvesting belt that extends at least partially parallel to the beds and is supported by: d. A number of guides, over which the harvesting belt is movable; Where - At least one of the conductors is connected to the rack; and - At least one of the guides is connected to the platform and is movable therewith with at least one vertical directional component. 2. Systeem volgens conclusie 1, waarbij de geleiders rollen omvatten, waarom de oogstband loopt.System according to claim 1, wherein the guides comprise rollers around which the harvesting belt runs. 3. Systeem volgens een van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de oogstband een eindloze oogstband is.System according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the harvesting belt is an endless harvesting belt. 4. Systeem volgens een van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de oogstband frameloos is.System according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the harvesting belt is frameless. 5. Systeem volgens een van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij het plateau deel uit maakt van een pluklorrie.System as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, wherein the tray forms part of a pluklorrie. 6. Systeem volgens een van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de oogstband zich uitstrekt over de lengte van de stelling.System according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the harvesting belt extends over the length of the rack. 7. Systeem volgens een van de voorgaande conclusies, voorzien van een spanner voor het spannen van de oogstband.System according to one of the preceding claims, provided with a tensioner for tensioning the harvesting belt. 8. Systeem volgens een van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de oogstband tussen de geleiders vrij hangt, dat wil zeggen zonder ondersteuning.System according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the harvesting belt hangs freely between the guides, i.e. without support. 9. Systeem volgens een van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de ten minste éne geleiders die verbonden is met het plateau en daarmee tevens met een horizontale richtingscomponent verplaatsbaar is.System as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, wherein the at least one conductors which is connected to the platform and can thereby also be moved with a horizontal directional component. 10. Systeem volgens conclusie 3, waarbij de oogstband ten minste gedeeltelijk onder de stelling retour loopt.System according to claim 3, wherein the harvesting belt at least partially returns under the rack. 11. Systeem volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, omvattende een aandrijving die de oogstband aandrijft.11. System as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, comprising a drive that drives the harvesting belt. 12. Systeem volgens conclusie 11, waarbij de aandrijving is ingericht om de snelheid van de oogstband aan te passen aan een horizontale snelheid van het plateau, in het bijzonder voor het constant houden van de relatieve snelheid van de oogstband ten opzichte van het platform.System according to claim 11, wherein the drive is adapted to adapt the speed of the harvesting belt to a horizontal speed of the platform, in particular for keeping the relative speed of the harvesting belt relative to the platform constant. 13. Systeem volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de bedden roteerbaar met de stelling verbonden zijn.System as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, wherein the beds are rotatably connected to the scaffolding. 14. Systeem volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies, omvattende een plukband gefixeerd op het niveau van het onderste bed, in het bijzonder een tweede plukband of een aparte lus van de eerste plukband.System as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, comprising a picking tape fixed at the level of the lower bed, in particular a second picking tape or a separate loop of the first picking tape. 15. Werkwijze voor het telen van champignons, omvattende - het verschaffen van een stelling met bedden voor het houden van compost en/of dekaarde, een plukplatform en een oogstband, waarbij de oogstband beweegbaar is over geleiders, en - het in horizontale en verticale richting met het plukplatform meebewegen van ten minste één van de geleiders.15. Method for growing mushrooms, comprising - providing a rack with beds for holding compost and / or casing soil, a picking platform and a harvesting belt, wherein the harvesting belt is movable on guides, and - it is carried out in horizontal and vertical direction. at least one of the guides moving along with the picking platform.
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NL2022318A NL2022318B1 (en) 2018-12-27 2018-12-27 System for growing mushrooms
LTEP19217709.5T LT3673726T (en) 2018-12-27 2019-12-18 System for growing mushrooms
EP21172616.1A EP3900522A1 (en) 2018-12-27 2019-12-18 System for growing mushrooms
PL19217709T PL3673726T3 (en) 2018-12-27 2019-12-18 System for growing mushrooms
ES19217709T ES2892480T3 (en) 2018-12-27 2019-12-18 Mushroom growing system
HUE19217709A HUE056411T2 (en) 2018-12-27 2019-12-18 System for growing mushrooms
RU2019142276A RU2800728C2 (en) 2018-12-27 2019-12-18 System for growing mushrooms
EP19217709.5A EP3673726B1 (en) 2018-12-27 2019-12-18 System for growing mushrooms
CA3065822A CA3065822A1 (en) 2018-12-27 2019-12-20 System for growing mushrooms
AU2019284106A AU2019284106B2 (en) 2018-12-27 2019-12-24 System for growing mushrooms
US16/726,847 US11582921B2 (en) 2018-12-27 2019-12-25 System for growing mushrooms
CN201911356767.7A CN111492898B (en) 2018-12-27 2019-12-25 System for growing mushrooms
IL271735A IL271735B2 (en) 2018-12-27 2019-12-26 System for growing mushrooms
US18/097,293 US20230148493A1 (en) 2018-12-27 2023-01-16 System for growing mushrooms

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