RU2769271C1 - Cultivation plant for home and office - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to agriculture, namely to ornamental gardening. The plant cultivation plant at home and in the office contains a body made of vertically arranged petal frames, fixed in its lower part on a platform, and in its upper part on a hoop. A lid with plants planted in it is attached to the top of the hoop, and a disk-bottom is attached to the bottom, which together form a cavity. There is an LED light in the center of the lid. In the center of the body on the platform there is a spherical container, which is an aquarium, where a pump motor is located, supplying water to the cavity under the lid with the roots of plants located in it. Petal frames are outer and inner petal-shaped plates connected by long sidewalls and end upper and lower sidewalls, forming together a petal frame with a cavity inside. In the outer plate there are holes in which the germinators are installed. The upper and lower end sides have through holes connecting the cavity in the petal frame with the cavity under the cover and the cavity inside the platform. The motor-pump connects the cavity inside the platform with the tank-aquarium with the lower pipeline and the tank-aquarium with the cavity under the lid by the upper pipeline, thus forming a closed loop of water movement. The control and monitoring system includes a light sensor fixed on the platform, a thermometer installed in the aquarium tank, a water level sensor installed in the platform cavity, a water level sensor in the aquarium tank and a control unit with a microcontroller. Additional lighting LEDs are installed on the growers.

EFFECT: ensuring the environmental friendliness of growing plants, reducing the use of fertilizers, increasing yields by automating the process of growing plants and automatically maintaining optimal microclimate parameters.

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Description

The invention relates to agriculture, ornamental gardening and can be used for the cultivation of plants, such as flowers, the cultivation of environmentally friendly crop products in a limited area, such as in the office, on the balcony of the apartment.

Devices for cultivating plants in a confined space are known (RF patent No. 2163755, IPC A01C 31/02, "Device for growing plants without soil on a vertical surface"), which proposes a design for growing plants on a vertical surface. The device contains a system for supplying plants with water and nutrients, an irrigation means, modular elements that provide installation, care for crops and plant renewal.

A feature of the device is the fact that the system for supplying plants with water and nutrients is made in the form of a vertically installed wall with a vertical arrangement and hollow tubes rigidly connected to each other, holes are made in the hollow tubes for attaching modular elements and supplying water and nutrients to plants. In addition, the means for irrigation contains a tank for accumulating water and nutrients, in the upper part of which there is a lower part of the system for supplying plants with water and nutrients, a pump placed in the tank for accumulating water and nutrients, electrically connected to the control unit and connected through a hose with a distribution tube located on top of the system. The device also contains a rectangular frame, and each modular element contains a housing with inlet and outlet tubes and a non-rotting porous substrate placed in it.

The disadvantage of this prototype is the effect of the device on the humidity in the room, in particular, waterlogging of the air surrounding the installation, which can be dangerous in an office with an abundance of electrical appliances and electronic equipment.

In addition, the interior space of the container with nutrient solution is not sealed and not protected from bacterial and fungal contamination, which leads to the need for frequent change of nutrient solutions and periodic cleaning of the inner surface of the container after a short period of operation, which is quite laborious. In addition, the proposed device does not automatically support the optimal mode of growing plants.

Known installation for the cultivation of plants in the office (RF patent No. 2414121, publ. 20.03.2011 bull. No. 8), made in the form of a vertical column (or pipe) of any section, which is the supporting structure for a plurality of lodgements, which are placed cultivated plants. Plants with their roots are located in the internal volume of the column due to the hole in it at the base of the lodgment. Sealing the hole and preventing light from entering the column is achieved by wrapping the basal part of the stem with a porous material, such as foam rubber, painted black.

The disadvantage of the design is the lack of the possibility of automating the process of growing plants, there is no possibility of regulating the parameters of the microclimate.

The technical objective of the invention is to increase the environmental friendliness of growing plants, reducing the use of fertilizers, increasing productivity by automating the process of growing plants, automatically maintaining optimal microclimate parameters, and ensuring economical use of electricity and water resources.

The task is achieved by the fact that the installation for cultivating plants at home and in the office, contains a body of vertically arranged petal frames with plants installed on them one under the other and LEDs laid on the plants, fixed with their lower part on the platform, and in the upper part on the hoop. , moreover, the platform has a cavity inside, which is a sump with a removable cover, and on top of the hoop there is a disk-shaped cover with plants planted in it and an LED lamp in the center, and a disk-bottom is attached to the bottom of the hoop, forming a cavity, moreover, in the center of the body, a spherical aquarium tank is installed on the platform, in which the motor pump is located, in addition, the petal frames are outer, inner petal-shaped plates connected by long sidewalls and end upper and lower sidewalls, forming a three-dimensional petal with a cavity inside, while in the outer plate has holes in which the germinators are installed, and in the upper and lower end sidewalls there are through holes connecting the cavity in the petal frame with the cavity under the lid and with the cavity inside the platform, and the motor-pump connects the cavity inside the platform with the aquarium tank with the lower pipeline and the upper pipeline - the aquarium tank with the cavity under the lid, thus forming a closed loop of water movement, in addition, the control and monitoring system includes a light sensor mounted on the platform, a thermometer installed in the aquarium tank, water level sensors installed in the cavity of the platform and the aquarium tank and a control unit with a microcontroller.

The difference between the proposed design and the prototype is that:

- the body consists of vertically arranged petal frames with germinators installed on them one under the other and LEDs laid on the germinators, fixed with their lower part on the platform, and with the upper part on the hoop, and the platform has a cavity inside, which is a sump with a removable cover, and on top of the hoop there is a cover in the form of a disk with plants planted in it and an LED lamp in the center, and a disk-bottom is attached to the bottom of the hoop, forming a cavity;

- in the center of the case, on the platform, there is a container (aquarium) of a spherical shape, in which the motor-pump is located;

- petal frames are outer, inner petal-shaped plates connected by long sidewalls and end upper and lower sidewalls, forming a three-dimensional petal with a cavity inside, while the outer plate has holes in which the germinators are installed, and in the upper and lower end the sidewall has through holes connecting the cavity in the petal frame with the cavity under the lid and the cavity inside the platform, and the motor-pump connects the cavity inside the platform with the aquarium tank and the upper pipeline with the cavity under the lid, thus forming a closed loop of water movement ;

- the control and monitoring system includes a light sensor fixed on the platform, a thermometer installed in the aquarium tank, water level sensors installed in the cavity of the platform and the aquarium tank, and a control unit with a microcontroller.

Thanks to this design, an increase in the environmental friendliness of growing plants is achieved by using fish waste products dissolved in water as fertilizers, increasing productivity by automating the process of growing plants, automatically maintaining optimal microclimate parameters, and ensuring economical use of electricity and water resources.

The proposed design is illustrated by the following figures.

On FIG. 1 shows an installation for cultivating plants at home and in the office.

On FIG. 2 - upper part of the body (position 1)

On FIG. 3 - platform (position 3)

On FIG. 4 - control and monitoring system

Installation for cultivation of plants at home and office (Fig. 1) contains a body 1, made of vertically arranged frames-petals 2, fixed in its lower part on the platform 3, and in the upper part on the hoop 4. In the presented version of the frame-petals four and for the complete formation of the body 1 of a spherical shape, two frames-petals 2 are missing.

In the frames - petals 2 one under the other there are germinators 5 with plants 6 planted in them, while the plants 6 are located in the weeders in physiological positions.

On the hoop 4, a cover 7 in the form of a disk with plants 6 planted in it is attached from above, and from below the disk-bottom 8 with a hole 9 (Fig. 2). The lid 7 and the disk-bottom 8 are located at a small distance relative to each other, forming a cavity 10. In the center, on the lid 7, an LED lamp 11 with a hemisphere shape is installed.

In the center of the body 1, made of vertically arranged petal frames 2, a container 12 is installed on the platform 3, which is functionally an aquarium with spherical fish.

In the aquarium tank 12 there is a motor-pump 13, which supplies water through a vertically located pipeline 14 to the upper cavity 10, where the roots of plants 6 planted in the lid 7 are located.

Frame-petals 2 are outer 15, inner plate 16 in the form of a petal, separated from each other and connected by long sidewalls 17, and end short upper and lower sidewalls 18, forming together a three-dimensional frame-petal 2 with a cavity inside 19.

There are holes 20 in the upper and lower end sidewalls 18. In addition, in the outer plates 15 of the petal frames 2, there are through holes 21, in which the weeders 5 are installed.

Platform 3 (Fig. 3) can be made in different shapes, but has a cavity 22 inside, which is a sump and has a removable cover 23 with an opening 24.

In the bottom of the aquarium tank 12 there is an opening 25 through which the lower pipeline 26 of the motor pump 13 passes, connecting the tank aquarium 12 with the cavity 22 of the platform 3, also passing through the opening 24 of the cover 23 of the platform 3.

In the cover 23 of the platform 3 there are also through holes along the perimeter of the cover 27, docked with the holes 20 in the end lower sidewalls 18 of the frame petals 2. Thus, the cavity inside the bulk petals 19 is connected to the cavity 22 inside the platform 3.

And the cavity 10 under the cover 7 is connected to the cavity 19 of the frame-petals 2. Also, the cavity 10 is connected to the cavity 22 of the platform 3 through the upper pipeline 14 passing from the cavity 10 of the platform 3 to the motor pump 13 and the lower pipeline 26 passing from the motor pump 13 to cavity 22 of platform 3.

On growers 6 installed LEDs 28 additional lighting.

The control and monitoring system 29 (Fig. 4) measures the illumination, water temperature and water level in the tank (aquarium) 12 and the water level in the cavity 22 of the platform 3.

The control and monitoring system 29 includes a light sensor 30 mounted on the body of the platform 3, a thermometer 31 placed in the aquarium tank 12, a control unit with a microcontroller 32, a water level sensor 33 in the aquarium tank 12 and a water level sensor 34 in the cavity 22 of the platform 3 sump.

Installation for cultivating plants at home and office works as follows.

Plants 6 are planted in the grower 5 and the cover 7. The control and monitoring system 29 measures the illumination, water temperature and water level in the aquarium tank 12 and the cavity 22 with a given frequency using sensors. Information from the sensors is sent to the microcontroller 32, then to a WiFi module connected to an access point with Internet access, or to a stationary control unit.

Taking into account the daily natural illumination, the illumination of the installation for cultivating plants at home and in the office is automatically set by turning on the LED lamp 11 with the shape of a hemisphere and the LEDs 28 of additional lighting installed on the growers 5.

The motor-pump 13 cyclically supplies water from the cavity 22 of the platform 3 (sump) through the lower pipeline 26 to the aquarium tank 12 and from the aquarium tank 12 through the upper pipeline 14 into the cavity 10 under the cover 7, washing the roots of plants 6.

From the cavity 10, water with nutrients through the holes 20 in the end sides 18 of the frames-petals 2 enters through the cavities 19 and flows into the lower part of the frames-petals 2, washing the roots of the plants located in the weeds 5.

In the lower part of the petal frames 2 through the holes 20 the water returns to the cavity 22 inside the platform 3.

The water level in the tank (aquarium) 12 and the cavity 22 inside the platform 3 is maintained using sensors.

Thus, a closed cycle is provided. Waste products, fish, dissolved in water, are a nutrient medium for plants. Plants, getting nutrients for growth from water, purify it.

Organic elements, plant roots, when dying, fall into the cavity 22 inside the platform 3 and are easily washed. Hollow frame petals 2 are washed with water. If necessary, automatic feeding of the fish can be provided.

Using the proposed installation for cultivating plants at home and in the office allows you to get environmentally friendly fresh vegetables, berries and herbs all year round in an apartment or office, automate the process of growing various crops, control the growth process remotely using a phone or tablet, ensures economical use of resources (electricity and water), are decoration of the interior of the room.

Claims (1)

Installation for cultivation of plants at home and in the office, containing a container, a motor with a pump for supplying a solution to the roots of plants, characterized in that the body is made of vertically arranged petal frames with plants installed in them one under the other and LEDs laid on the plants, fixed its lower part is on the platform, and the upper part is on the hoop, and the platform has a cavity inside, which is a sump with a removable cover, and on top of the hoop there is a disk-shaped cover with plants planted in it and an LED lamp in the center, and a disk is attached to the bottom of the hoop - bottom, forming a cavity together, and in the center of the body on the platform there is a spherical tank-aquarium in which the motor pump is located, in addition, the petal frames are outer and inner petal-shaped plates connected by long sidewalls and end upper and lower sidewalls forming a three-dimensional lobe with a cavity inside, with In this case, there are holes in the outer plate in which the germinators are installed, and in the upper and lower end sides there are through holes connecting the cavity in the petal frame with the cavity under the cover and with the cavity inside the platform, and the motor-pump connects the cavity inside the platform with the lower pipeline. tank-aquarium and the upper pipeline tank-aquarium with a cavity under the lid, thus forming a closed loop of water movement, the control and monitoring system includes a light sensor mounted on the platform, a thermometer installed in the tank-aquarium, water level sensors installed in platform cavity and tank-aquarium, and a control unit with a microcontroller.

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