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System for manufacturing solid medium

  • US 4,922,650 A
  • Filed: 09/12/1988
  • Issued: 05/08/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A multi-stage system for manufacturing a solid medium, comprising:

  • a mixer for mixing medium materials;

    a heater coupled to said mixer for sterilizing the medium materials supplied from said mixer, with heat;

    a mycelia supply device for supplying cycelia; and

    a cooler coupled to said heater for cooling the medium materials supplied from said heater and also coupled to said mycelia supply device for spawning the medium materials with the mycelia supplied from said mycelia supply device thereby to produce a solid medium, anda packaging mechanism for packaging the solid medium, comprising;

    a cylindrical member coupled to said cooler and having a feed screw disposed therein, sheet supply means for supplying a packaging sheet around said cylindrical member to shape the packaging sheet into a cylindrical form, sealing means for sealing a seam of the cylindrical packaging sheet form, bundling means for bundling upper and lower ends of the cylindrical packaging sheet form, and cutter means for cutting off the cylindrical packaging sheet form near the bundled ends andmeans for vertically moving a bottom of said cylindrical packaging sheet form which is filled with said solid medium, gripper means for gripping the upper end of said cylindrical packaging sheet form, and presser means for laterally pressing the upper end of the cylindrical packaging sheet form.

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