771results about "Seed arrangments" patented technology

A method and apparatus for automatic positioning and / or orientation of an object. The method includes applying a substance or component to an object, or takes advantage of a substance or component already on or associated with an object. The substance or component has a characteristic that can be utilized to automatically attract the substance or component. That characteristic is used to position, move, and / or orient the object automatically, without requiring manual handling. The object can then be further processed or handled. In one embodiment, the substance or component is a magnetically active substance or component. The attraction can be actuated by a magnet.

A modular split-axis stage is used to inspect and / or repair large flat glass media suitable for LCD / TFT applications. Low-precision air table sections are detachably mounted to a centrally located, high-precision granite inspection / repair section. Glass media held by a vacuum contact is transported on air cushions from the up-web air table to the central inspection / repair section. Vacuum nozzles integrated with porous medium pads precisely control the height of the flexible media above the central section during inspection or repair. Embodiments includes structures in which the media is either stationary or moving during inspection / repair. A first media can be loaded / unloaded while a second media is undergoing inspection or repair in a pipelined operational mode.

A modular split-axis stage is used to inspect and / or repair large flat glass media suitable for LCD / TFT applications. Low-precision air table sections are detachably mounted to a centrally located, high-precision granite inspection / repair section. Glass media held by a vacuum contact is transported on air cushions from the up-web air table to the central inspection / repair section. Vacuum nozzles integrated with porous medium pads precisely control the height of the flexible media above the central section during inspection or repair. Embodiments includes structures in which the media is either stationary or moving during inspection / repair. A first media can be loaded / unloaded while a second media is undergoing inspection or repair in a pipelined operational mode.

A display device in which an Al alloy film and a conductive oxide film are directly connected without interposition of refractory metal and some or all of Al alloy components deposit or are concentrated at the interface of contact between the Al alloy film and the conductive oxide film. The Al alloy film contains 0.1 to 6 at % of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Ag, Zn, Cu and Ge, and further contains 1) 0.1 to 2 at % of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Cr, Mn, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ir, Pt, La, Ce, Pr, Gd, Tb, Sm, Eu, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu and Dy or 2) 0.1 to 1 at % of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta and W, as the alloy components.

An apparatuses, methods and systems for creating, handling and collecting seed portions are highly beneficial. The apparatus includes a carrier having one or more carrying positions adapted to carry a seed. The carrying positions having a seed orienter adapted to orient the seed relative to the carrying position in the carrier for creating seed portions therefrom. The method includes taking a carrier having one or more carrying positions, orienting a seed relative to the carrying position in the carrier, ablating the seed with a seed ablation device, and communicating seed portions through a manifold into a compartment layer. The system includes a seed manifold adapted to dock thereon a seed carrier having pre-positioned and pre-oriented seed therein. Seed and seed portions removed from the seed in the carrier are communicated into a collector and compartment layer respectively using the seed manifold.

An artificial grass surface (10) suited for bordering a runway (12) of an airfield in order to reduce the presence of birds in the airfield. The artificial grass surface (10) includes a pile fabric (14) having a plurality of pile elements (20) extending from a backing mat (18) and resembling grass. A water barrier (24) is provided for preventing water from percolating to the compacted soil surface. An infilled particulate material (22) is dispersed among the pile elements (20). A stabilizer is provided to resist dislodgment of the infilled particulate material (22) at the edges of the runways by the thrust of jet engines and to keep the particulate material (22) in the pile elements (20) when the edges of the runways are vacuumed to remove silt.

The invention discloses a container seedling raising method for camellia oleifera bud-stock grafting. The container seedling raising method mainly comprises the six steps of cultivating camellia oleifera bud stocks, selecting and preparing nursery soil, preparing nutritional bags, preparing cions, grafting and transplanting and managing grafted container seedlings. According to the grafting method disclosed by the invention, the stocks are not injured, when packaging is performed, grafting ports can be completely closed, the moisture retention is good, the grafting survival rate can achieve 97%, and big seedlings, sound seedlings and improved seedlings can be cultivated; and furthermore, the container seedling raising method is simple and fast to operate, the complex camellia oleifera improved bud-stock grafting becomes simple and fast, and the container seedling raising method is further easy to learn, easy to understand and easy to operate.

The invention discloses a method for constructing shrub and grass plant communities on a rocky slope, which organically integrates the soil replacement technology, the surface covering technology, the planting technology, the transplanting technology and the like. The method is characterized in that firstly, an external soil layer is constructed on the surface of the rocky slope by means of net suspending and soil spraying and used as a soil foundation for plant growth, transplanting holes are reserved in the external soil layer and prepared for transplanting of shrub seedlings; secondly, plant blankets (or plant strips) are laid on the surface of the external soil layer, seeds of herbaceous plants, fertilizer for the herbaceous plants and the like are inlaid in the plant blankets (or plant strips), and accordingly, sprouting and growth of the herbaceous plants are guaranteed while coverage of the herbaceous plants is controlled, and soil water evaporation can be reduced and slope soil loss can be prevented; and thirdly, the cultured shrub seedlings are planted in the transplanting holes, competition and livability of the transplanted shrub seedlings can be improved, and the shrubs are ensured to be dominant species in the slope plant communities. By the method, slope vegetation coverage can be quickly recovered, and livability and stability of artificial plant communities on the rocky slope are improved.

The invention relates to the technical field of side slope treatment, and discloses a high and steep side slope ecological retrieved green spray-seeding base material and a preparation method and application of the base material. The spray-seeding base material comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 330-420 parts of planting soil, 20-30 parts of peat soil, 1.5-5 parts of organic fertilizer, 1-3 parts of grass fibers, 1-3 parts of sawdust, 0.03-0.05 part of a water-retaining agent, 0.02-0.04 part of an adhesive, 0.1-0.5 part of inorganic fertilizer, 0.5-2 parts of a pH adjustment agent, 30-44 parts of hybrid seeds and 150-200 parts of water, wherein the hybrid seeds consists of the following plant seeds in parts by weight: 10-12 parts of rhizomes tall fescue, 2-4 parts of trifolium repens, 3-5 parts of alfalfa, 2-3 parts of bermuda grass, 2.5-4 parts of indigofera pseudotinctoria, 4-6 parts of magnolia multiflora, 3-5 parts of cassia corymbosa, 2-3 parts of amorpha fruticosa and 1-2 parts of coreopsis. The base material disclosed by the invention for spray-seeding can make a soil replacement base layer with the intensity higher than 0.25MPa; after 45 days when a turf is formed, the rainwash strength is higher than or equal to 120mm / h; within half a year to a year, an ecological plant colony with shrubs which grow with the rainwash strength higher than or equal to 200mm / h and serve as main plants is formed.

The invention relates to a production method for an environment-friendly soilless lawn carpet, which mainly comprises the following steps: laying a waterproof layer, nonwoven fabric, a wadding fiber layer and a nutrition substrate layer in sequence; seeding grass seeds, coating with the nonwoven fabric and then laying vermiculite or zeolite particles; and finally periodically watering and fertilizing during the incubation period. The lawn carpet produced by the invention has short lawn forming time, labor conservation, low labor intensity, low management cost, high lawn purity, no weed, complete root system, good grass quality, uniform thickness, easy survival after transplantation, convenient management, and reeling and cutting property, and overcomes the defects of the prior lawn such as bad applicability and easy rupture. The produced lawn carpet has the advantages of long green period, fresh and green color, strong resistance, light mass, degradability, convenient maintenance convenient transportation and the like, and can be widely applied to the afforestation or the decoration of public places, airports, office buildings, residential building roofs and the like.

Disclosed are bicomponent fibers with aliphatic polyester forming a first component and a polyolefin forming a second component wherein the polyolefin contains an adjuvant improving the biodegradability of said polyolefin. Textile sheets comprising these bicomponent fibers are comparable in their mechanical properties to polyolefin based textile sheets while these are more efficiently decomposed by the action of microorganisms as polyolefin based textile sheets.

PCT No. PCT / JP96 / 02128 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 4, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 4, 1998 PCT Filed Jul. 29, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97 / 08938 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 13, 1997A vessel for growing a plant, comprising: a base material 11 in the form of a vessel which is capable of accommodating therein at least a part of a plant; and a hydrogel-forming polymer 12 having a crosslinked structure disposed inside of the vessel-form base material 11 is disclosed. When such a vessel is used, a transfer operation for the plant can be automated, and any damage caused by transferring the plant can be reduced.

An erosion control system is provided which generally includes a flexible composite blanket or matting including a core layer formed of rice straw. In addition, the present invention provides a green pigmented rice straw fiber blanket and methods for making same.

A soil- and grass seed-less sod precursor containing a non-woven bio-cellulosic fiber mat and grass sprigs. The sod precursor can be used to produce a soil-free sod which is useful for manufacturing athletic fields, golf courses and lawns.

Slope surfaces of land can be eroded by rain and wind. It is necessary to vegetate a bared slope surface of land for the purpose of erosion control and environmental conservation. The present invention provides a vegetation base soil composition and a method of growing vegetation on a sloped surface for erosion control and vegetating on cut rock slope surface, such as weathered rock surface and barren soil surface. The vegetation base soil includes peat, bio-solids formed by the treatment of urban sewage, for example water treatment plant sediment, woodchip, bark, animal waste compost and clay or loam. The vegetation base soil with a microbes active material, a root activation fertilizer, an adhesive material and seeds are applied over a mesh that is secured over the sloped surface. Plants are grown in the layer of vegetation base soil.

A container for consumables such as cosmetics, hair and skin care products, foods, small appliances, optical disks and other consumables may be made of a biodegradable material having incorporated therein seeds of plants suitable for germination. The seeds may be selected for hardiness, attractiveness of the seed, plant or name, climate, likelihood of germination and other attributes. The seeds may be incorporated in a secondary space in the container, or embedded in the material of the container either wholly or partially, or in one or more layers of a multi-layer container. The container material may be natural or artificial plastic, cardboard, paper, fabric, or any other biodegradable material. The container may incorporate fertilizer, germination agents, agents to speed breakdown of the container. Different varieties of seeds may be used in the container, and for pleasing aesthetic effect, the seeds may be visible thru partially or wholly transparent material.

An improved method for prescriptive seed treatment is provided. A location can be calculated where a combination of seed and one or more types and / or amounts of seed-applied substances will be planted. The combination is selected, based at least in part, on one or more conditions. The combination is generated prior to being planted. The method can further include selecting a type of seed and / or a type and / or amount of the one or more seed-applied substances to be applied. One or more applicators can apply the seed-applied substance(s) to the seed within a seed flow path during operation. A plurality of seed receptacles can contain different combinations of seed and / or seed-applied substances generated prior to being placed into the receptacles. The method could further include selecting a seed receptacle containing a selected combination, and delivering the selected combination from the selected seed receptacle to be planted by the planter.

Soil profiles of sports fields, such as those in stadiums and golf courses, are treated by injecting or suctioning gases and water by means of buried horizontal pipe arrays or by vertical penetrators. The extent of soil treatment is controlled by measurement of subsurface gas composition and pressure at locations remote from the point of gas injection or removal, preferably by using a special probe. Penetrators and probes form seals within shaped holes in the soil profile, to control the depth of the layer at which gas is exchanged, and to inhibit atmospheric air flow vertically along the bodies of the devices. For example, a conical penetrator section forms a seal within the hole by compacting the shoulder of a stepped hole and it forms a second seal at the surface of the soil by means of a plate and gasket. In other penetrator installations, a radially expansible material forms the seal. Penetrators of one or two part construction may be removably installed in fields, to facilitate re-treatment. Vertical penetrators are also permanently installed and connected by an subterranean pipe array.

An artificial seedbed used in growing vegetation. The artificial seedbed comprises a base layer formed of a biodegradable product having a porosity and wet density that permit a root of the desired vegetation to penetrate the base layer and establish the vegetation for growing. The artificial seedbed also comprises an intermediate layer comprising a plurality of seeds for use in growing the desired vegetation. A cover layer cooperates with the base layer to form an envelope about the intermediate layer. The cover layer can be coextensive with the base layer and secured to the base layer by a bonding agent. The cover layer is formed of the same or different biodegradable product as the base layer. The material used in the cover layer permits the sprouting vegetation to penetrate it during the growing process.

A seed handling tool includes a handle connected to a working body. The working body includes a working surface, which further includes a plurality of seed retention points. A seed retention source is provided to allow the seed handling tool to pick up and retain seeds at the seed retention points. In some embodiments, the seeds may also be released from the seed retention points. A method for retaining a plurality of seeds by the seed handling tool includes moving the seed handling tool to a position where the working surface is adjacent to a plurality of seeds, and picking up and retaining seeds at a plurality of seed retention points fixed at the working surface. In some embodiments, the method may also include releasing the plurality of seeds from the seed retention points.

An artificial seedbed used in growing vegetation. The artificial seedbed comprises a base layer formed of a biodegradable product having a porosity and wet density that permit a root of the desired vegetation to penetrate the base layer and establish the vegetation for growing. The artificial seedbed also comprises an intermediate layer comprising a plurality of seeds for use in growing the desired vegetation. A cover layer cooperates with the base layer to form an envelope about the intermediate layer. The cover layer can be coextensive with the base layer and secured to the base layer by a bonding agent. The cover layer is formed of the same or different biodegradable product as the base layer. The material used in the cover layer permits the sprouting vegetation to penetrate it during the growing process.

The invention discloses a corn directional seeding method, a directional seed block manufacturing equipment and a device for seeding seed blocks, which aim to overcome the phenomenon that corn leavesare mutually interfered and shield sunlight, and enable the spreading direction of the leaves to be consistent and vertical to a ridge direction to improve planting density and yield. The method comprises the following steps: firstly manufacturing seed strips consistent to biological characteristics of corns, and directionally loading seeds onto carriers for directional seeding; and making germ surfaces of the seeds loaded onto the carriers parallel to the ridge direction, germs vertical to the ridge direction, tops of the seeds upward and the germ surfaces facing outsides of the seed blocks.The carrier seed block manufacturing equipment has the following structure: a directional module is arranged in a hole of a seed block template; the inside of the directional module is provided with aseed positioning slot hole and a seed pushing mandrel; a seed strip box and a feeding device are arranged above the seed block template; the height difference is controlled to complete seed positioning, material filling and demoulding. The device for seeding the seed blocks comprises a seed block passage, a seed feeding mechanism, a colter and a seed block charging mechanism. The method, the equipment and the device overcomes the defect that the leaves are disorderly arranged, and can greatly improve corn planting density to improve the yield and show the advancement of precision agriculture.

The invention relates to a method and a device for producing a corn orientated seed tape and particularly relates to the field of agricultural machinery. The device is characterized by comprising a rack, a gluing unit, an adsorption seed putting unit, a sticking unit and a winding unit, wherein the gluing unit is used for coating glue on a paper tape in a micro-drop shape in a manner of rotating a rotary gluing brush at a high speed; the adsorption seed putting unit comprises a swinging motor, a rotary arm, a linear air cylinder and a vacuum suction opening; the vacuum suction opening adopts a porous plane to guarantee an orientation effect of corn seeds in an adsorption and putting process; the sticking unit comprises a paper tape reversing wheel, a roller upper roll, a roller lower roll and a roller working frame; the roller upper roll and the roller lower roll are in transmission in a cross fit manner by a belt wheel and the speeds of fitted parts are the same; the winding unit comprises a winding motor, a moving motor, a screw rod mechanism and a winding disc. A height sensor is used for measuring the suspension height of the seed tape and a signal is fed back to the moving motor and the winding motor in time; the spiral winding of the seed tape can be realized.

A golf course divot repair device having a hand transportable, pliable, and water-soluble container with a mixture of a specified grass seed and soil mixture disposed in the container in proportions to propagate seed germination which can be placed in a golf divot and activated.

The invention relates to a stitched domestic waste lawn seeded strip and the producing method, which applies the domestic waste as raw material to make carrier with up and low layer, lawn plant seed and nutriment element composition, the said lawn plant seed and nutriment element is distributed in the up and low layer homogeneously, the said carrier is made up of waste newspaper, waste cotton fabric, gaze and face tissues. The productive technology of the invention is very simple, the resistance to folding and transport endurance are improved significantly, realizing 100% weeds controlling, with the cost dropping above 100%, promoting the city ecological construction and realizing the target of sustainable development with highly effective uniformity of the environment and economy.

A method and apparatus for automatic positioning and / or orientation of an object. The method includes applying a substance or component to an object, or takes advantage of a substance or component already on or associated with an object. The substance or component has a characteristic that can be utilized to automatically attract the substance or component. That characteristic is used to position, move, and / or orient the object automatically, without requiring manual handling. The object can then be further processed or handled. In one embodiment, the substance or component is a magnetically active substance or component. The attraction can be actuated by a magnet.