Mechanical device for filling a container

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR CONVEYING PACKING MATERIAL INTO AN OPEN END CONTAINER CONTAINING A PLANT, THE ROOTS THEREOF BEING WITHIN SAID CONTAINER AND THE STEM THEREOF EXTENDING OUT THEREFROM, COMPRISING: WALL MEANS DEFINING A SUSPENSION CHAMBER HAVING A DISCHARGE OF OPENING; MEANS FOR SUPPLYING SAID MATERIAL TO SAID SUSPENSION CHAMBER; MEANS FOR INTRODUCING AIR UNDER PRESSURE INTO SAID SUSPENSION CHAMBER SO THAT THE MATERIAL BECOMES ENTRAINED IN THE AIR; A MOUNTING PLATE AFFIXED TO SAID WALL MEANS ADJACENT SAID DISCHARGE OPENING; AN ATTACHING PLATE FASTENED TO SAID MOUNTING PLATE; A CONDUIT SUPPORTED AT ONE END BY SAID ATTACHING PLATE IN REGISTRY WITH SAID OPENING; AT LEAST TWO NOZZLES COMMUNICATING WITH THE OTHER END OF SAID CONDUIT; AND MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A CONTAINER HAVING A PLANT THEREIN WITH THE PLANT POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID NOZZLES AND SAID CONTAINER ENCIRCLING SAID NOZZLES.