Plant husbandry – Seed testers
Patent
1975-11-28
1976-06-29
Burr, Edgar S.
Plant husbandry
Seed testers
47 12, 47 3412, A01C 102
Patent
active
039656144
ABSTRACT:
Germinating apparatus for sprouting seeds such as bean sprouts or the like. The apparatus is comprised of a vertical arrangement of alternately stacked base members and dish members with base members forming the top and bottom members of the arrangement. The base members are formed having an imperforate top wall with a recessed portion for retaining water, and a downturned peripheral side wall flaring outwardly and terminating below the top wall. The dish members are formed having a foraminous bottom wall on which the beans are dispersed, and an upturned peripheral side wall flaring outwardly and terminating above the bottom wall. Support means are provided for maintaining the foraminous bottom wall of each dish member a preselected distance above the recessed portion of the base member immediately therebelow so that the beans can be maintained in spaced relation to the surface of the water in the recessed portion of the base member. Means for maintaining ventilation gaps around the upper periphery of each upturned peripheral side wall are provided to enable fresh air to circulate around the bean sprouts. An additional ventilation duct is formed in the bottom wall of each dish member to further enhance moist air circulation between the bean sprouts and the water on the subjacent base member. The base members and dish members respectively have similar configurations so they can be nested together for storage or other purposes.
REFERENCES:
patent: 984746 (1911-02-01), Brown
patent: 1688407 (1928-10-01), Wastak
patent: 2542555 (1951-02-01), Moores
patent: 3906663 (1975-09-01), Peng et al.
House Beautiful "The Bean Sprout" pp. 178-180; The Soybean has all the Answers, pp. 174-175, vol. 101, No. 5, May 1959.
Burr Edgar S.
Feyrer James R.
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