KR101376095B1 - apparatus for culturing plants - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a home plant cultivation apparatus, and more particularly, to a home plant cultivation apparatus that can easily grow plants such as lettuce, cabbage, tomato at home.
The domestic plant cultivation apparatus according to the present invention includes a storage means, a lower case, a water supply means, an upper case, a lighting means, a supporting means, and a blocking plate. The storage means may contain water or nutrient solution. The lower case is installed in the upper portion of the storage means having a seedling portion for planting seedlings of plants. The water supply means may supply the water or the nutrient solution stored in the storage means to the seedlings. The upper case is located above the lower case spaced apart from the lower case. The lighting means has a plurality of light sources for supplying light to the seedlings planted in the seedling portion of the lower case is located between the upper case and the lower case. The support means has one end connected to the storage means and the other end connected to the upper case to support the upper case, and rotated to supply a constant light even when the plant planted in the seedling part grows to increase the height of the lighting means. It is connected to the luminaire for adjustment. The blocking plate has one end connected to the upper case and the other end connected to the lower case so that noise and light emitted from the lighting means can be blocked by a predetermined angle.

Description

Apparatus for culturing plants

The present invention relates to a home plant cultivation apparatus, and more particularly, to a home plant cultivation apparatus that can easily grow plants, such as lettuce, cabbage, tomato at home.

Cultivation of plants is greatly affected by the natural environment, such as sunshine and rainfall conditions. Thus, depending on the natural conditions, the yield of cultivated plants increases or becomes insufficient. Plant cultivation apparatus has been developed in order to cultivate a large amount of plants in the city or indoors, excluding the influence of the natural environment.

Recently, home plant cultivation apparatuses that can be used not only for the plant but also for the self-sufficiency of plants such as vegetables for ornamental purposes have been developed. This home plant cultivation apparatus is using artificial lighting, such as LED, and nutrients such as nutrient solution to grow plants.

However, the conventional home plant cultivation apparatus is used to grow plants in the living room or room using artificial lighting, such as LED, so that the light emitted from the artificial lighting is not only irradiated to the plant but also to the outside of the plant cultivation apparatus. Therefore, when the plant cultivation device is placed near a home appliance such as a TV in the living room, the light emitted by the plant cultivation device not only prevents users from watching TV, but the light is emitted from the plant cultivation device even when the indoor light is turned off. There is a problem that disturbs their sleep.

In addition, in the conventional home plant cultivation apparatus, a pump or a motor is used to provide water or nutrient solution to a plant. In this case, noise occurs. This noise is a loud sound in the late night when the surrounding quiet, there is a problem that disturbs the sleep of the user.

The growth rate of a plant depends on the amount of light provided to the plant, or on the conditions of water and nutrients. And plants grow over time, resulting in different heights. However, the conventional home plant cultivation apparatus has a problem that the light emitted from the plant is fixed, so that the light source is separated from the plant at the beginning of the growth of the plant to provide optimal light to the plant.

The present invention is intended to solve the above problems. An object of the present invention is to provide a home plant cultivation apparatus that can block the light emitted from the plant cultivation apparatus to emit light to the user as needed.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a home plant cultivation apparatus that can reduce the noise generated in the plant cultivation apparatus.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a plant cultivation apparatus capable of providing an optimal light to the plant by increasing the height of the light source according to the growth rate of the plant.

The domestic plant cultivation apparatus according to the present invention includes a storage means, a lower case, a water supply means, an upper case, a lighting means, a supporting means, and a blocking plate. The storage means may contain water or nutrient solution. The lower case is installed in the upper portion of the storage means having a seedling portion for planting seedlings of plants. The water supply means may supply the water or the nutrient solution stored in the storage means to the seedlings. The upper case is located above the lower case spaced apart from the lower case. The lighting means has a plurality of light sources for supplying light to the seedlings planted in the seedling portion of the lower case is located between the upper case and the lower case. The support means has one end connected to the storage means and the other end connected to the upper case to support the upper case, and rotated to supply a constant light even when the plant planted in the seedling part grows to increase the height of the lighting means. It is connected to the luminaire for adjustment. The blocking plate has one end connected to the upper case and the other end connected to the lower case so that noise and light emitted from the lighting means can be blocked by a predetermined angle.

In addition, in the home plant cultivation apparatus, it is preferable that the blocking plate is movable along the upper case and the lower case.

Further, in the home plant cultivation apparatus, at least one or more culture means having a seedling portion for planting seedlings of plants between the upper case and the lower case between the upper case and the lower case. It is preferable to include. In this case, the lighting means further comprises an upper portion of the culture means.

In addition, in the domestic plant cultivation apparatus, it is preferable that the water supply means supplies water or nutrient solution to the seedling portion of the culture means.

In addition, the home plant cultivation apparatus preferably further comprises a height sensor installed in the blocking plate so that the height of the plant planted in the seedling portion of the culture means and the seedling portion of the lower case. In this case, the support means adjusts the height of the lighting means according to the height of the plant measured by the height sensor.

According to the present invention by providing a home plant cultivation device having a blocking plate between the upper case and the lower case it is possible to prevent the light and noise emitted from the plant cultivation device to be transmitted to the user.

In addition, according to the present invention, the height of the lighting means can be adjusted by the supporting means, so that the height of the lighting means can be raised as the plant grows. Therefore, it is possible to provide the optimal brightness of light to the plant in accordance with the growth of the plant.

1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a home plant cultivation apparatus according to the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a front view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;
Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of the embodiment shown in Figure 1,
4 is a plan view of the embodiment shown in FIG.

1 to 3 will be described an embodiment of a home plant cultivation apparatus according to the present invention.

 Home plant cultivation apparatus according to the present invention, the storage means 10, the lower case 20, the water supply means 30, the upper case 40, the lighting means 50, the support means 60 And a blocking plate 70, a culturing means 80, and a height sensor 85.

The storage means 10 receives water or nutrient solution. The water level sensor 11 is installed in the storage means 10 to inform the user of the water or the nutrient solution contained in the storage means 10. Thus, the user may replenish the water or nutrient solution in the storage means 10 when the water or nutrient solution is insufficient.

The lower case 20 is installed in the upper portion of the storage means 10 with a seedling portion 11 that can plant the seedlings of the plant.

The upper case 40 is positioned above the lower case 40 to be spaced apart from the lower case 20 by a predetermined interval.

The culture means 80 is provided with a seedling portion 81 for planting seedlings of plants, is located between the upper case 40 and the lower case 20. In the present embodiment, the combined shape of the lower case 20, the upper case 40 and the culture means 80 is formed to consist of a globe-shaped sphere.

The lighting means 50 serves to supply light to seedlings planted in the seedling portion 21 of the lower case 20 and the seedling portion 81 of the culture means 80. To this end, the lighting means 50 includes a plurality of light sources 51 and is installed on the upper part of the lower case 20 and the upper part of the culture means 80. As the light source 51, an LED light source can be used. In this embodiment, one culture means 80 is installed, but a plurality of culture means 80 may be installed according to the embodiment. In this case, the luminaire 50 is also installed on both upper portions of each culture means 80.

The support means 60 extends from the storage means 10 so as to support the upper case 40, the culture means 80, and the lighting means 50, and is connected to the upper case 40. That is, the support means 60, the upper case 40, the culture means 80, the lighting means 50 is combined. The lower case 20 may also be coupled to the support means 60. At this time, the lighting means 50 is coupled to the support means 60 to move up and down by the support means (60). For example, the engaging portion of the support means 60 coupled with the luminaire 50 is formed to rotate by a motor or the like. When the engaging portion of the support means 60 rotates, the luminaire 50 can move up and down. Combined. In this case, a guide bar 61 for guiding the lighting means 50 up and down may be formed. That is, when the coupling part of the support means 60 is formed of a screw and is coupled with the lighting means 50, when the coupling part of the support means 60 rotates, the lighting means 50 moves up and down along the guide rod 61. This is to initially irradiate the light by moving the lighting means 50 as far as possible in the beginning of the plant planted in the seedlings (21, 81), and to increase the lighting means (50) as the plant gradually grows.

The water supply means 30 serves to supply water and nutrient solution stored in the storage means 10 to the seedling part 21. To this end, the water supply means 30 is connected to the seedling portion 21 of the lower case 20 and the seedling portion 81 of the culture means 80 from the storage means 10, the supply pipe 31, the pump 33 It can be provided. The pump 33 is operated to supply water and nutrient solution to the seedling portion 21 of the lower case 20 and the seedling portion 21 of the culture means 80 through the supply pipe 31.

In addition, the sensor is installed in the seedling portion 81 of the culture means 80 and the seedling portion 21 of the lower case 20 in order to automatically supply the water and nutrient solution to automatically pump when water and nutrient solution is insufficient ( 33) by operating the water and nutrient solution can be supplied to the seedling portion 21 of the lower case 20 and the seedling portion 81 of the culture means (80).

The blocking plate 70 serves to block the noise and light generated from the plant cultivation device by a predetermined angle. To this end, the blocking plate 70 is formed in a hemispherical shape, one end of which is coupled to the lower case 20 and the other end of which is coupled to the upper case 40. Thus, light and noise are emitted only to the part without the blocking plate 70. At this time, the blocking plate 70 is coupled to move along the lower case 20 and the upper case 40. The luminaire 50 emits light from a light source in order to supply light to the plant. At this time, the light emitted does not go only to the plants planted in the seedlings 21 and 81, but also to the outside. In addition, the plant cultivation apparatus is installed with a pump 33 or a motor, the noise is continuously generated. If such light is emitted to the outside does not interfere with the user during the day. In addition, during the day, the noise from the plant cultivation system due to the noise from the surrounding environment is not greatly highlighted. So, during the day, the plant cultivation apparatus of this embodiment can be used for ornamental purposes in the living room of the home.

However, in the evening or late night, the noise generated by the plant cultivation device is greatly transmitted to the user, which disturbs the user's sleep. And the light emitted from the plant cultivation device obstructs the eyes of the user makes it difficult for the user to watch TV. In this case, it is necessary to block the noise and light generated from the plant cultivation apparatus. When the plant cultivation apparatus of the present embodiment is installed in front of the wall, the plant cultivation apparatus can also be used for ornamental purposes by facing the blocking plate 70 toward the wall during the day, and in the case of evening or night, the blocking plate 70 can be used by the user. By moving forward, you can block light or noise from reaching you. The blocking plate 70 may be manually moved when needed by the user, but may be controlled to move forward only at a predetermined time such as at night by installing a motor.

The height sensor 85 is installed inside the blocking plate 70 to detect the size of the plant growing in the seedling portion 21 of the lower case 20 and the seedling portion 81 of the culture means (80). An infrared sensor or the like may be used as the height sensor 85. When the size of the plant is detected by the height sensor 85, the height of the luminaire 50 is adjusted according to the detected size of the plant.

Hereinafter, the operation of the present invention will be described.

Plants such as lettuce or cabbage are planted in the seedling portion 81 of the culture means 80 of the present embodiment and the seedling portion 21 of the lower case 20. And the storage means 10 stores the water or nutrient solution required for the cultivation of the plant. In the first planting step, the luminaire 50 is positioned low because the size of the plant is not large. Then, the lighting means 50 supplies light to the plant by the light source 51, and the water supply means 30 supplies water and nutrients to the plant through the pump 33 and the supply pipe 31.

Since the blocking plate 70 is movable as shown by arrow 3, the blocking plate 70 is located at the back during the day, and when the night or noise or light needs to be blocked, the blocking plate 70 is moved forward. This not only blocks light from coming to the user, but also reduces the noise transmitted to the user.

Meanwhile, when the plant grows, the height sensor 85 measures the size of the plant. Since the lighting means 50 is movable in the direction of arrow 1, the lighting means 50 is raised by rotating the supporting means 60 in accordance with the size of the plant. This will give you a certain amount of light to match the size of the plant.

10: storage means 11: water level sensor
20: lower case 21: seedlings
30: water supply means 31: supply pipe
33: pump 40: upper case
50: lighting means 51: light source
60: support means 61: guide rod
70: blocking plate 80: culture means
81: seedling part 85: height sensor

Claims (5)

Storage means capable of containing water or nutrient solution;
A lower case installed on an upper portion of the storage means, including a seedling part capable of planting seedlings of plants;
Water supply means for supplying the water or the nutrient solution stored in the storage means to the seedlings,
An upper case positioned above the lower case to be spaced apart from the lower case by a predetermined distance;
A lighting means disposed between the upper case and the lower case by providing a plurality of light sources for supplying light to the seedlings planted in the seedling portion of the lower case;
One end is connected to the storage means, and the other end is connected to the upper case to support the upper case, and rotates to supply a constant light even when the plants planted in the seedling part are rotated to adjust the height of the lighting means. Support means connected to the luminaire,
A blocking plate which is connected to the upper case and the other end is connected to the lower case so as to block noise and light emitted from the lighting means by a predetermined angle and moves along the upper case and the lower case;
Home plant cultivation apparatus comprising a culture means disposed at least one between the upper case and the lower case, having the seedling portion and the lighting means in the upper part to plant the seedlings of the plant. The method of claim 1,
The water supply means is a home plant cultivation device, characterized in that for supplying water or nutrient solution to the seedling portion of the culture means. 3. The method of claim 2,
Further comprising a height sensor installed in the blocking plate to detect the height of the plant planted in the seedling portion of the culture means and the seedling portion of the lower case,
The support means is a home plant cultivation device, characterized in that for adjusting the height of the lighting means according to the height of the plant measured by the height sensor.
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