PLANT FOR MOVEMENT OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD Russian patent published in 2020 - IPC B65G47/90 

FIELD: gardening; transportation.

SUBSTANCE: disclosed is an apparatus for moving horticultural products (A) between a reservoir (B), in which horticultural products (A) float in a fluid medium, and a collection container comprising head (2), equipped with multiple walls (3), usually located vertically, wherein said head part (2) is made with possibility of movement between collection position, in which said walls (3) are enclosed between respective horticultural products (A), which float by weight of fluid in a corresponding predetermined section (8) of the container, and an unloading position, in which walls (3) face and are close to container for collection. In active configuration, transverse elements (7) protrude transversely from space occupied by walls (3), to guarantee mechanical obstacles to falling products (A) of horticulture as a result of subsequent lifting of said head part (2) and its movement to said unloading position. In passive configuration, said transverse elements (7) are retracted to said walls (3) for free release of gardening products (A) into a respective collection container.

EFFECT: plant allows to arrange horticulture products even in several layers without damage in the same container.

11 cl, 8 dwg