KR100853029B1 - Street flower pot - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a horizontal potted plant, and more particularly, to a horizontal potted plant having an illumination function to create a beautiful appearance at night.

The horizontal potted plant of the present invention includes a main body, a vegetation part formed in the main body and planted therein, a light emitting part installed on the main body to emit light to the outside, and driving means for driving the light emitting part using solar power generation. do.

According to the present invention, by driving the lamp using the solar power in the pot itself does not require a separate power source from the outside is free to move, the light emitted from the lamp is emitted to the outside through the light emitting window to give a beautiful appearance at night It can be created.

Description

Flowerpot for Streets {Flowerpot for street}

The present invention relates to a horizontal potted plant, and more particularly, to a horizontal potted plant having an illumination function to create a beautiful appearance at night.

Generally, horizontal flower pots are provided as a way to decorate the landscape using plants or trees. Unlike the conventional flower pots, the horizontal flower pots are not only the side of the city, but also sometimes moveable flower pots are appropriately arranged. In addition, it may induce or block the flow and direction of the vehicle, and regulate traffic volume to the required level.

 In recent years, the flower pot has also been enlarged, and it has been used for various purposes such as planting trees in planters as well as planting plants such as a year-old or perennial planting, to record landscapes or to provide a resting space, and to enhance the atmosphere at various events.

In the conventional horizontal potted plant, a concave receiving portion having a width wider than the width of the supporting portion is coupled to the upper portion of the supporting portion, and plants are planted in soil 30 filled in the receiving portion.

These horizontal pots are often placed alone, but often used in combination in a row, zigzag, etc. Special attention is required for watering and drainage in terms of maintenance.

In particular, the plants of the conventional potted plant has a problem that the water supply is not smooth or in the hot weather season, it is difficult to supply water only by water supply, so that it is difficult to manage herbaceous flowers.

Republic of Korea Utility Model No. 0372683 is connected to the water supply pipe and the water supply pipe introduced into the receiving portion, and equipped with a decompression ring and watering pipe connected to the water supply pipe, the light emitting means connected to the power line is installed inside the decoration installed in the main body of the pot A horizontal potted plant in which a decoration emits light is disclosed.

The horizontal flower pots supply power to the light emitting means by connecting electric wires from the outside, which is a risk of short circuit and short circuit and complicated installation. In addition, there is a problem that the movement of the pot is not free due to the connected wire and the maintenance cost is increased.

In addition, there is a problem that can not create the beauty of the flowerpot itself because the decoration light emitting structure.

And it has a configuration that connects the water supply pipe to the inside of the pot to supply moisture to the inside of the pot, but there is a problem that the configuration is complicated and difficult to maintain.

The present invention has been made in order to improve the above problems, the object is to provide a potted plant for the horizontal plant does not have any risk of short-circuit and short-circuit and free movement by receiving power from the planter itself. .

Another object of the present invention is to provide a horizontal potted plant that can create a beautiful landscape at night by having a specific pattern of light emitted to the outside of the potted plant.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a horizontal pot capable of continuously supplying moisture to plants planted in pots by storing a certain amount of water therein.

Horizontal potted plant of the present invention for achieving the above object; A vegetation part formed in the main body and planted with the plant; A light emitting unit installed in the main body to emit light to the outside; And driving means for driving the light emitting unit by using photovoltaic power generation.

The light emitting unit is installed inside the main body, and the main body has a light emitting window formed through the main body so that the light generated from the light emitting unit emits a specific pattern to the outside.

The light emitting window is characterized in that it comprises a lens for focusing or diffusing light.

The driving means includes a photovoltaic power generation module for converting sunlight into electrical energy, a condenser for storing electrical energy generated by the photovoltaic power generation module and supplying power to the light emitting unit, an optical sensor for sensing ambient illumination; It characterized in that it comprises a control unit for controlling the electric circuit in response to the signal of the optical sensor.

The light emitting unit includes a light guide plate disposed on an outer surface of the main body for guiding light, a lamp for irradiating light to the light guide plate, and a reflecting plate attached to a rear surface of the light guide plate to reflect light in front of the light guide plate. It is done.

And a freshwater part in which a predetermined amount of water is stored to supply water to the vegetation part in the lower part of the main body.

The freshwater part is formed upward from the inside, and has a water supply rod extending to the vegetation part.

The vegetation portion is formed on the upper portion of the main body, to be detachably coupled to the upper portion of the main body to cover the vegetation portion; and a plurality of through-holes formed on the upper;

As described above, according to the horizontal potted plant of the present invention, by using the solar power in the potted plant itself by driving the lamp, there is no need for a separate power source from the outside, there is no risk of short circuit and short circuit of the wire and the installation place is free to move Do not fall in love with.

In addition, since the light generated from the lamp is emitted to the outside through a light emitting window having a specific pattern, the light is emitted to a specific pattern, so that the beautiful landscape at night and various lighting effects can be utilized to make the city view stand out.

In addition, it is possible to prevent the death of the plant and provide a good vegetation environment of the plant by continuously supplying moisture to the plant planted in the pot after desalination of a certain amount of water.

Hereinafter, a horizontal pot according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail.

1 is a perspective view showing a horizontal planter according to an embodiment of the present invention installed in the horizontal, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a horizontal potted plant applied to Figure 1, Figure 3 is a horizontal potted plant applied to Figure 1 4 is an exploded perspective view of a horizontal pot according to another embodiment of the present invention, Figures 5 to 7 is a perspective view of a horizontal pot according to another embodiment of the present invention, Figure 8 is a view of the present invention Side view of a horizontal potted plant according to another embodiment, Figure 9 is a perspective view of a horizontal potted plant according to another embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 3, the horizontal potted plant 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention is disposed on the edge side of the sidewalk 5 formed on the road. The horizontal pot 10 may be arranged in a row at a predetermined interval or may be arranged in a predetermined shape. Inside the horizontal pot 10 arranged as described above is filled with soil, plants 7 such as plants and trees are planted.

The horizontal pot 10 of the present invention is largely driven by the main body 20, the vegetation portion 40 formed on the upper portion of the main body 20, the light emitting portion provided in the interior of the main body 20, and the light emitting portion It has a drive means for.

The main body 20 has a storage space 21 having a predetermined size therein, and a fresh water part 50 is installed below the storage space 21. The shape of the main body 20 may be variously formed, but it is preferable to have the shape of an ellipsoid whose upper portion is cut. The shape of the ellipsoid may not only make the appearance of the main body 20 beautiful, but also prevent the safety accident of a pedestrian passing through the sidewalk.

It is preferable that the support part 23 is formed on the outer bottom of the main body 20 so that the main body 20 is separated from the ground by a predetermined height. This has the advantage of inducing the flow of air to the lower portion of the main body 20 without disturbing the flow of rain water flowing down the sidewalk during rain.

As the material of the main body 20, a recycled material such as a synthetic resin, particularly preferably a coprene resin, etc. may be used to reduce costs with resource saving.

The light emitting part is provided inside the main body. In the illustrated example, a lamp 85 that is emitted by the driving means is used as the light emitting portion. As the lamp 85, various lamps such as fluorescent lamps, xenon lamps, halogen lamps, and light emitting diodes may be used. Among the lamps, it is desirable to use a light emitting diode that is more efficient than conventional lamps because it can create a beautiful landscape with a variety of colors of color and has a small volume and low power consumption.

The lamp 85 using the light emitting diode generates light by receiving electricity from the driving means, and emits light to the outside of the main body 20 through the light emitting window 25 formed in the main body 20.

The light emitting window 25 is provided with a light emitting window 25 which is formed to penetrate into the storage space 21 from the outside of the main body 20 so that light emitted from the lamp 85 can be emitted to the outside. In the illustrated example, when the light emitting window 25 has a circular shape, a plurality of light emitting windows 25 are formed at regular intervals along the circumference of the main body 20. And each of the plurality of light emitting windows 25 is provided with a lamp 85, in contrast, one lamp is installed in the inner center of the main body 20 can be emitted to each light emitting window 25, of course to be.

In addition, the light emitting window 25 may have a shape of a triangle shown in FIG. 5 or a shape of a rectangle shown in FIG. Although not shown, the light emitting window may have a comb shape so that light emitted through the light emitting window has a comb pattern. In addition, the light emitting window may have a shape of a symbol, a character, or a natural object.

The light generated from the lamp 85 installed inside the main body 20 through the light emitting window 25 formed as a specific pattern as described above has a specific pattern such as a circle, a triangle, or a rectangle and is emitted to the outside at night. Effective for creating beautiful landscapes.

Preferably, the light emitting window 25 is provided with a lens for diffusing or focusing the light emitted from the lamp (85). In the example shown, a concave lens 24 is provided for diffusing light to the outside. The lens 24 diffuses or focuses the light emitted through the light emitting window 25 to produce various lighting effects together with the pattern of the light emitting window 25. In addition, convex and concave lenses are alternately installed in each of the light emitting windows 25 to have more various lighting effects.

Vegetation portion 40 is formed on the upper portion of the main body (20). The soil is filled in the inner space of the vegetation part 40, and plants such as plants and shrubs are planted in the soil. In addition, as shown in FIG. 9, an auxiliary vegetation part 45 capable of planting a plant may be further formed under the main body 20.

A plurality of drainage holes 43 are formed at the bottom of the vegetation part 40 to communicate with the storage space of the main body 20 so that water may flow into the freshwater part 50.

Although not shown, a plate-shaped moisture nutrient block may be provided at the bottom of the vegetation part 40. Moisture nutrition block is used to supply moisture and nutrients to the plants planted in the vegetation part 40, using a foamed resin or urethane. A large number of pores are formed on the surface and inside of the moisture nutrient block to hold a certain amount of water, and can also be used as a nutrient source by filling or attaching substances that can be a nutrient source of plants or microorganisms. Nutrients of the water nutrition block is not a vegetable or animal or natural material, processed materials or natural by-products of the natural material, but the kind of natural vegetable because it is in direct contact with water. As a nutrient source using plant natural materials, starch, pulp, sawdust, natural cotton, rice husk, wood flour, etc. may be used alone or in combination of two or more.

The fresh water part 50 is provided on the inner bottom of the main body 20 positioned below the storage space 21. The freshwater part 50 is formed such that the freshwater space is divided by a plurality of partition walls 51 formed at a predetermined height on the bottom of the main body 20. In addition, the freshwater part 50 may be formed without a partition or a partition. In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the fresh water part 60 may be formed in a structure that is separated and coupled to the lower portion of the main body 20.

The freshwater part 50 stores water flowing from the vegetation part 40 and continuously supplies moisture to the soil so that the soil does not dry out. And water may be introduced into the fresh water part 50 from the outside through an inlet (not shown) formed on the outside of the main body 20.

At the bottom of the main body 20 in which the fresh water part 50 is located, the overflow pipe 53 communicates with the outside so that water can be drained to the outside of the main body 20 when the water rises above a certain level, Is formed. One or more overflow pipes 53 may be formed, and the upper end of the overflow pipe 53 is formed at an appropriate height according to the fresh water capacity.

As described above, the freshwater portion is provided at the lower portion of the vegetation portion, thereby preventing the soil of the vegetation portion from drying out by continuous water supply to the soil due to evaporation.

Preferably provided with a plurality of water supply rods 55 are formed in the fresh water portion 50 vertically extending to the vegetation portion 40. That is, the lower portion of the moisture supply rod 55 is submerged in the water in the fresh water portion 50 and the upper portion of the moisture supply rod 55 is embedded in the vegetation portion 40 by being embedded in the soil of the vegetation portion 40. It supplies a constant amount of water to planted plants. Moisture supply rod 55 is made of a resin fiber cloth to supply the water stored in the fresh water to the soil by the capillary action. Moisture supply rod 55 may be formed of one, two, three or more.

The horizontal potted plant of the present invention provides a healthy growth environment to the plant (7) in a well-balanced drainage function and fresh water function. In addition, the outside air is easily distributed to the inside of the body 20 through the moon pipe formed on the bottom of the body 20 to help the respiration of the roots and the aerobic microbial habitat environment.

In addition, the driving means for supplying and driving the lamp 85 may include a photovoltaic module 81 for converting sunlight into electrical energy, and store electrical energy generated from the photovoltaic module 81 and store the lamp as a lamp. A condenser 83 for supplying electricity, an optical sensor (not shown) for detecting ambient illumination, and a controller (not shown) for controlling an electric circuit by receiving a signal from the optical sensor.

Various methods may be used as a driving method for driving the lamp 85, but the horizontal pot 10 of the present invention supplies power to the lamp using photovoltaic power generation.

The photovoltaic module 81 is composed of a solar cell and a frame supporting the solar cell. In the present embodiment, the photovoltaic module 81 is installed above the outer surface of the main body 20. In addition, the photovoltaic module may be installed to be supported by a separate support (not shown) fixed to the body.

And a capacitor 83 for storing the electrical energy generated by the photovoltaic module 81 is installed on the inner side of the main body 20. The capacitor 83 repeats charging and discharging. The capacitor 83 charges electricity generated from the photovoltaic module 81 during the day and discharges electricity at night to supply the lamp 85.

It is preferable that the condenser furnace 83 uses an electric double layer capacitor (EDLC). The electric double layer capacitor 83 uses a very fast and reversible kinetic mechanism of ions as the basic operating principle of energy storage, so that the charge / discharge rate can be instantaneously supplied and a high current can be supplied. In addition, the charging and discharging efficiency is much better and safer than the existing secondary batteries.

The electric double layer capacitor 83 forms an electrostatic layer on the interface between the active carbon electrode and the organic electrolyte and accumulates electric energy like a battery by using the electric double layer state as a dielectric, and at the interface between the solid electrode and the solid or liquid electrolyte. The principle of adsorption and desorption of electric charges is used. Such an electric double layer capacitor 83 has excellent discharge characteristics indicating instantaneous high current and high output as compared with a battery, and has a cycle characteristic of several hundred thousand cycles, thus the life is semi-permanent.

And by controlling the current between the photovoltaic module 81 and the capacitor 83, a voltage regulator (not shown) so that the voltage generated in the photovoltaic module 81 is kept constant and can be transmitted to the capacitor 83 Can be installed.

An optical sensor (not shown) that detects ambient illumination to emit the lamp 85 at night or on a cloudy day is installed in the main body 20. A control unit (not shown) for controlling an electric circuit in response to a signal of an optical sensor for identifying day / night is installed in the main body 20. Therefore, during the day, the electricity generated from the photovoltaic module 81 is charged to the condenser 83, and at night, the control unit supplies electricity to the lamp 85 from the condenser 83 by the signal of the optical sensor.

On the other hand, the condenser 83 and the control unit of the lamp and the driving means is embedded in the receiving space 21 of the main body and the waterproof part 87 is blocked to prevent the contact of moisture.

As described above, since the present invention does not need to be connected to an external power source through a wire to drive the lamp 85, the movement is free, regardless of the installation place, and there is no danger of short circuit or short circuit of the wire. In addition, there is no separate maintenance cost for supplying electricity, and no separate device is required to draw power from the outside.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 7, the light emitting part of the present invention according to another embodiment scatters light uniformly, and the light guide plate 91 provided on the outside of the main body 20 and the light guide plate are provided on one side of the light guide plate. And a reflector (not shown) attached to a rear surface of the light guide plate 91 to reflect light toward the front of the light guide plate 91. By the backlight method using such a light guide plate, light is gently emitted to the outside.

And as shown in Figure 8 the horizontal potted plant according to another embodiment of the present invention may be further provided with a cap 95 that is coupled to be detachable to the upper portion of the main body (20).

When the plants are not planted in the vegetation portion of the main body 20, such as in winter, it is to cover the vegetation part so that the appearance of the main body 20 looks beautiful. In addition, the cap 95 may be used when it is necessary to protect the young shoots of the plant.

Cap 95 is preferably formed in a dome shape in combination with the main body 20 to have an overall ellipsoidal shape. In addition, a plurality of through holes 97 may be formed on the cap 95. This allows the light emitted from the inside through the through hole 97 to be irradiated to the outside through the through hole 97 when the cap 95 is coupled to the main body 20 to allow water to flow into the fresh water.

Meanwhile, components not described above in the embodiments illustrated in FIGS. 4 to 9 are the same as the embodiments illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3, and thus detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and equivalent embodiments thereof are possible.

Therefore, the true scope of protection of the present invention should be defined only by the appended claims.

1 is a perspective view showing a state that the horizontal potted plant is installed in the horizontal according to an embodiment of the present invention,

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a horizontal potted plant applied to Figure 1,

3 is a cross-sectional view of the horizontal planter applied to FIG.

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of the horizontal pot according to another embodiment of the present invention,

5 to 7 is a perspective view of a horizontal pot according to another embodiment of the present invention,

8 is a side view of a horizontal planter according to another embodiment of the present invention,

9 is a perspective view of a horizontal pot according to another embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

5: side 7: plant

10: horizontal pot 20: main body

25: light emitting window 40: vegetation part

50: fresh water part 55: moisture supply rod

81: photovoltaic module 83: capacitor

85: lamp 95: cap

Claims (8)

A main body; A vegetation part formed in the main body and planted with the plant; A light emitting unit installed in the main body to emit light to the outside; Driving means for driving the light emitting unit using photovoltaic power generation; And a light emitting window formed through the main body so that the light generated from the light emitting unit installed inside the main body forms a specific pattern and is emitted to the outside. delete The horizontal potted plant according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting window includes a lens for focusing or diffusing light. The method of claim 1, wherein the driving means comprises a photovoltaic power generation module for converting sunlight into electrical energy, a capacitor for storing electrical energy generated by the photovoltaic power generation module and supplying power to the light emitting unit, and the ambient illumination Horizontal potted plant comprising a light sensor for sensing, and a control unit for controlling the electric circuit in response to the signal of the light sensor. delete The horizontal potted plant according to claim 1, further comprising a freshwater part in which a predetermined amount of water is stored to supply water to the vegetation part in the lower part of the main body. delete A main body; A vegetation part formed in the main body and planted with the plant; A light emitting unit installed in the main body to emit light to the outside; Driving means for driving the light emitting unit using photovoltaic power generation; And a cap coupled to the upper portion of the main body to cover the vegetation part and having a plurality of through-holes formed thereon.

Images