A PROCESS OF MAKING COIR FIBRE BASKETS AND
COIR FIBRE POTS (OR COCO POTS) AND COIR FIBRE
BASKETS AND COCO POTS MADE THEREBY
FIELD OF INVENTION
The field of invention is a process of manufacture of nursery bags and baskets mack from organic substances. This invention for the manufacture of cocopots and coir fibre baskets are aimed to boost tiie development of gardening and to improve the floriculture and horticulture sectors. Coir fiber pots ranging from 6cm top dia x 4cm bottom diax 5 cms height to 40 cm top diax 28 cm bottom diax 35 cm height, which can be used in nurseries as nursery pots. Coir fiber baskets in various shapes, sizes thickness etc are used in gardening for floriculture and in terrace gardening for horticulture and floriculture-
PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
I The presently available polythene nursery bags are not eco-friendly and have water holding property which results in the decaying of seedlings and cutling plants. The polythene pot / bag has to be cut and removed, when planting, since the polythene sheets are inorganic. This cutting process affects the healthy growth of the seedlings/ cutlings. When planting in soil; the chances of damages to roots will affect the growth and yields of the plants in future.
II Pots made from clay are widely used in gardening as well as in nurseries. These pots are eco-friendly but the % of breakage is very high and the cost too. Another disadvantage of this type of pots is that it should also be cut and removed for planting either in soil or in big pots subject to its growth. The chances for the damages to the primary roots will certainly affect the growth of the plant and its future yields.

Ill Coir fiber baskets and coco pots made from latex sprayed coir fiber are suit to cover the above said disadvantages but the present production system is manual and the output of the hand moulding is very limited and highly labour oriented and so that the production

small size coco pots cannot be manufactured using the present manual system.
INVENTION
The invention of a process for the manufacturing of coir fiber, coco pots and baskets made from latex sprayed coir fiber sheets, overcomes all the above deficiencies. The main object of this invention is to improve the cultivation by allowing a smooth growth
pot/nursery pot can plant directly to me lana witnout removing me substances made for pot, which are iatex sprayed coir fiber. As this pot posses better porosity, the roots will come out from the pot and the pot will be decayed in due course and hence it will not affect the plant growth and life.
For this process the ingredients required are natural coir fiber. Natural rubber latex (both centrufuged and creamed) and rubber chemicals. The rubber chemicals including zinc oxide, accelerators, sulphur and other conventional compounding components are well grinded in grinding machine to convert it in a liquid form' slurry. The slurry thus obtained is well mixed in latex with the help of an agitator/ mudding machine. Thus the compounded latex become
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pot/nursery pot can plant directly to the land without removing the substances made for pot, which are iatex sprayed coir fiber. As this pot posses better porosity, the roots will come out from the pot and the pot will be decayed in due course and hence it will not affect the plant growth and life.
For this process the ingredients required are natural coir fiber. Natural rubber latex (both centrufuged and creamed) and rubber chemicals. The rubber chemicals including zinc oxide, accelerators, sulphur and other conventional compounding components are well grinded in grinding machine to convert it in a liquid form' slurry. The slurry thus obtained is well mixed in latex with the help of an agitator/ mudding machine. Thus the compounded latex become ready for spraying.
Raw coir fibre is available in plenty in open market. This coir fiber is well cleaned with the help of a willowing machine. The cleaned fibre this obtained was fed to sheeting machine to produce coir fibre sheets of even thickness. The thickness of the sheet can be reduced or increased by adjusting the sheeting machine.

Compounded rubber latex sprayed to the coir fibre sheet in the spraying chamber provided with the sheeting machine. The latex sprayed coir fibre sheet then fed to the shaping chamber attached to the sheeting machine. The well designed shaping chamber is equipped with male and female parts of the dummy moulds and the latex sprayed coir fibre sheets are then let to pass through the shaping chamber over the female dummy moulds. Due to the reciprocating movements provided in the chamber enables to give a pressing of latex sprayed coir fibre sheets with male dummy moulds to the cavity of the female dummy moulds and thus obtained pre shaped coir sheets. A set of dummy moulds in a particular shape and size can be substituted in this chamber with another set in other sizes and shapes if required.
The pre shaped coir fibre sheets then sized to required measurement that of equal to the size of multy cavity moulds which were positioned in the hot hydraulic press. A pressure in the range of 300 psi to 1000 psi is required to attain the shape with in the time limit of 2 to 5 minitues at 90'C to 130'C. After curing the moulded pots / baskets are taken out from the mould and then finished with finishing tools.
Finished pots/baskets are then stalked in the vulcanizing chamber for 5 to 15 minutes at 75' to 120'C for drying, vulcanizing and to get aging for good life to the product. And now the innovative coir fibre coco pots and coir fibre baskets in different shapes, sizes and thickness are ready for use.
A process according to this invention of making coir fibre coco pots and coir fibre baskets comprises the pre shaping of coco pots and baskets with compounded latex sprayed coir fibre sheets with the assistance of willowing machine, sheeting machine, reciprocating sheets chamber, male and female moulds, hot hydraulic press and hot vulcanizing chamber.

1 claim:-
1. A process of the manufacture of compounded latex sprayed and
moulded coir fibre coco pots with necessary porosity which are in
different shapes, thickness and sizes ranging from 6cm top dia x 4cm
bottom dia x 5cm height to 40cm top dia x 28cm bottom dia x 35cm
height, comprising a method of pre shaping, moulding and
vulcanizing process.
2. A process of the manufacture of compounded latex sprayed and
molded coir fibre baskets in different shapes, thickness and sizes
comprising a method of pre shaping, moulding and vulcanizing
process.
3.The method as claimed in claims 1 and 2 above wherein the pre shaping are done in shaping chamber with the reciprocating movements of male and female moulds.
4,A process as claimed in claims 1, 2 and 3 above, the molding process thereby are done in hydraulic press/ mechanical press/ screw press with a working pressure ranging from 300 psi to 1000 psi at a temperature ranging from 75'C to !20'C and the curing time will be ranging from 2 to 5 minutes based on the size and thickness of the pots/baskets.
5, A cocopot with necessary porosity with different size, shapes and
thickness made from coir fibre and compounded latex produced by a
process according to one of the claims described above.
6. A coir fibre baskets with different sizes, shapes and thickness
made from coir fibre and compounded latex produced by a process
according to the any one of the claims described above.
Dated this 21st day of June 2004.
KOLLEKATTU JOSEPH SCARIA