Patents by Inventor Timo Rapila

Timo Rapila has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9795089
    Abstract: A system for the cultivation of plants, including: a cultivation table, in which the plants to be cultivated have been placed at least for the time of the growing stage; growing substrates in which the seeds of the plant are sown and which are placed at the initial end of the cultivation table for germination; and elongated troughs which hold the growing substrates in which troughs also the seeds and seedlings of the plant as well as the grown plants are placed during both said germination and said growing stage. In the method for cultivation of plants in a greenhouse, a growing substrate for the cultivation of plants is placed in an elongated trough, and seeds of a plant are sown in said growing substrate placed in the trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: GREEN AUTOMATION EXPORT OY
    Inventors: Juhana Kantola, Tero Rapila, Timo Rapila
  • Publication number: 20140115960
    Abstract: A system for the cultivation of plants, including: a cultivation table, in which the plants to be cultivated have been placed at least for the time of the growing stage; growing substrates in which the seeds of the plant are sown and which are placed at the initial end of the cultivation table for germination; and elongated troughs which hold the growing substrates in which troughs also the seeds and seedlings of the plant as well as the grown plants are placed during both said germination and said growing stage. In the method for cultivation of plants in a greenhouse, a growing substrate for the cultivation of plants is placed in an elongated trough, and seeds of a plant are sown in said growing substrate placed in the trough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: GREEN AUTOMATION EXPORT OY
    Inventors: Juhana Kantola, Tero Rapila, Timo Rapila
  • Patent number: 8033087
    Abstract: An apparatus for picking mushrooms including a carriage, at least one picking head arranged to move back and forth horizontally, and a suction pad apparatus configured to grip mushrooms for picking. A movable camera or scanner may be arranged to image an area in which the mushrooms grow. A first member may be coupled to the picking head and arranged to move back and forth horizontally for moving the suction pad apparatus horizontally. A controlled parallelogram mechanism may lift and lower the suction pad apparatus and couple the suction pad apparatus to the first member, and which may be arranged to maintain a position of the suction pad apparatus irrespective of a height on which the suction pad apparatus is positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Green Automation Ltd Oy
    Inventors: Timo Rapila, Juhana Kantola, Tero Rapila
  • Publication number: 20090320430
    Abstract: An apparatus for picking mushrooms including a carriage, at least one picking head arranged to move back and forth horizontally, and a suction pad apparatus configured to grip mushrooms for picking. A movable camera or scanner may be arranged to image an area in which the mushrooms grow. A first member may be coupled to the picking head and arranged to move back and forth horizontally for moving the suction pad apparatus horizontally. A controlled parallelogram mechanism may lift and lower the suction pad apparatus and couple the suction pad apparatus to the first member, and which may be arranged to maintain a position of the suction pad apparatus irrespective of a height on which the suction pad apparatus is positioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: GREEN AUTOMATION LTD OY
    Inventors: Timo Rapila, Juhana Kantola, Tero Rapila