CA1092356A

CA1092356A - Double bottom to facilitate the unpotting of plants

Info

Publication number: CA1092356A
Application number: CA331,584A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Gilles Gingras
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1979-07-11
Filing date: 1979-07-11
Publication date: 1980-12-30

Abstract

Bien des gens trouvent ardu de dépoter une plante suspendue, par exemple à un plafond, par un crochet de suspension, le moment venu de la transplanter dans un plus grand contenant. J'ai découvert que l'utilisation d'un double fond place a l'intérieur du pot facilitait l'opération. Le double fond étant muni de d'ux manettes à l'intérieur desquelles se trouvs une corde munie d'un crochet. Au moment du dépotage, il suffit de tirer ces cordes et d'accrochaer leur crochet au crochet de suspension, afin de suspendre la plante au moyen du double fond pendant que l'on retire le pot vers le bas et que l'on installe ensuite un pot plus grand.Many people find it difficult to remove a hanging plant, for example from a ceiling, by a hanging hook, when the time comes to transplant it into a larger container. I discovered that the use of a double bottom placed inside the pot facilitated the operation. The double bottom being provided with two handles inside of which is a rope provided with a hook. When unpicking, just pull these ropes and hang their hook on the hanging hook, to suspend the plant by means of the double bottom while removing the pot down and then installing a larger pot.

Description

105~23~6 La pr~sente inv~ntion se rapporte à un outil d'utilisation manuelle servant au d~potage des plantes.
Gbnbralement, avec les pots existant dans le commsr~e, le moment venu de dbpoter une plante, la façon de procbder est de ~rapper le rebord du pot pour en d~tacher la motte de terre du contenant et d'en sortir la plante. Cette manipulation dblicate, lorsqu'il s'agit de variétb de plan-tes ayant un ~euillage touf~u et ~ragile, dbcourage bien des amateurs.
J'ai dbcouvert que ces dommages peuvent etre supprimbs et le travail ~acilité par l'utilisation dtun double fond placb à l'intbrieur du pot. Ce double fond est muni de deux manettas à l'intbrieur desquelles se trouve enroulbe, par un petit ressort, une mince et solide corde d'envi-ron 60 centimètres. Pour d~poter une plante, il suf~it d'allonger le~
cordes, de tenir ces dernières d'une main, le pot btant retenu par l'autrs main; il suffira de tirer ces cordes pour extirper le double ~ond sur lequel repose la plante.
Cet outil sera très utile pour les amateurs de plantes au8-pendues car, lors du dépotage, le changement de pot pourra s'effectuer en maintenant la plante en suspension bvitant ainsi d'endommager les tiges retombantes de ces plantes di~ficiles à manipuler. Pour ce faire, il s'agira~ après avoir allongb les cordes des manettes du double ~ond, de fixer cslles-ci au crochet de suspansion qui maintient la plante suspendue, de libbrer le pot de 8e8 attaches et de retirer celui-ci dans un mouvement vers le bas, la plante et la motte de terre dans laquelle elle est enra-cinbe étant maintenues en suspension par les cordes du double ~ond sur lequel elle repos~. Il n'y a plu~ qu'à couvrir la ~ond du nouveau pot d'une couche de tsrre, d'attacher ce pot (on pourra ~e servir des attaches de l'ancien pot), de détacher les cordes qui rbintbgreront l'intbrieur des manettes du double fond, d'ajuster et de fixer les manettes au rebord du nouveau pot, puis d'ajouter la quantits de terre manquante.
Relativement aux dassins qui illustrsnt la rbalisation de l'invention, la figure 1 reprbsente une vue du dbuble fond;

la figure 2 reprbs~nte una vue d'une des manettes; et 10~2356 la figure 3 représente une vue d'ensemble du double fond muni de ses deux manettes.
Comme illustré à la figure 1, le double fond consiste en un treillis renforcé d'un petit rebord 1, ayant deux ouvertures 2 permettant d'y accrocher les manettes.
Comme illustré à la figure 2, la manette se compose de deux tiges de; forme rectangulaire s'emboitant l'une dans l'autre.
Le bout de la tige 3 glissant à l'intérieur de la tige 4 permet d'allonger ou de raccourcir les manettes pour les adapter à la hauteur du pot. Cette facon de les emboiter l'une dans l'autre empêchera l'eau de s'infiltrer dans la tige 3, dont la base en forme de petît boitier renferme une corde S enroulée par un ressort 6 fixé au centre et à l'interieur d~ ce boitier. Un bout de la corde S est attaché à ce ressort 6. Sous ce boitier, la tige 3 est terminée en forme de crochet 7 pour permettre d'accrocher les manettes dans les ouvertures 2 du rebord du double fond. La tige 4 est aussi terminée par un crochet 10 qui sert à retenir les manettes au rebord du pot. La corde S passant à l'intérieur des tiges 3 et 4 est munie au bout sortant de la tige 4 d'un crochet 9 servant principalement à être accroché au crochet de suspension et servant aussi de prise pour allonger la corde S et de moyen pour empâcher celle-ci de s'enrouler entièrement dans le petit boitier de la tige 3. Une bande transversale 8 est soudée entre ses bouts à
la tige 3 et ~ la tige 4~Le moment venu d'extirper du pot le double fond, ces bandes 8 s'appuyant sur la motte de terre de la plante empêcheront les étroites manettes d'endommager cette partie de la plante. De plus, ces bandes 8 s'adossant à la paroi du pot faciliteront l'extirpation du double fond sur lequel repose la plante. 105 ~ 23 ~ 6 The present invention relates to a user tool manual for plant soup.
Generally, with the pots existing in the community, the When it's time to plant a plant, the way to do it is to rapper the rim of the pot to detach and remove the clod of soil from the container the plant. This tricky manipulation, when it comes to varietb of plan-your having a dense and edible ~ euillage, discourages many amateurs.
I discovered that this damage can be removed and the work ~ acility by the use of a double bottom placed inside the pot. This double bottom is provided with two levers inside which is wound, by a small spring, a thin and solid rope of envi-ron 60 centimeters. To plant a plant, it suffices to lengthen the ~
ropes, to hold the latter with one hand, the box being held by the other hand; it will be enough to pull these strings to extirpate the double ~ ond on which rests the plant.
This tool will be very useful for plant lovers au8-hanging because, during the unloading, the change of pot can be done keeping the plant in suspension thus avoiding damaging the stems drooping of these plants di ~ difficult to handle. To do this, it will be ~ after having stretched the strings of the handles of the double ~ ond, to fix These are on the hanging hook that keeps the plant hanging, to liberate the pot of 8e8 fasteners and to withdraw this one in a movement down, the plant and the clod of earth in which it is trapped cinbe being held in suspension by the strings of the double ~ ond on which it rests ~. It only rained ~ to cover the ~ ond of the new pot of a layer of tsrre, to attach this pot (we can ~ e serve fasteners from the old pot), to detach the cords that will join the interior double bottom levers, adjust and fix the levers to the edge of the new pot, then add the missing amounts of soil.
Relative to the dassins which illustrate the realization of the invention, Figure 1 shows a view of the double bottom;

Figure 2 reprbs ~ nte una view of one of the joysticks; and 10 ~ 2356 Figure 3 shows an overview of the double bottom equipped with its two joysticks.
As illustrated in Figure 1, the double bottom consists of a mesh reinforced with a small rim 1, having two openings 2 allowing to hang the joysticks.
As illustrated in Figure 2, the joystick consists of two rods of; rectangular shape fitting into each other.
The end of the rod 3 sliding inside the rod 4 allows lengthen or shorten the joysticks to adapt them to the pot height. This way of fitting them into each other will prevent water from infiltrating into the rod 3, whose shaped base small box contains a rope S wound by a spring 6 attached to the center and inside of this case. A piece of the rope S is attached to this spring 6. Under this case, the rod 3 is finished in the form of a hook 7 to allow the hooks levers in the openings 2 of the rim of the double bottom. Rod 4 is also terminated by a hook 10 which serves to retain the levers at the edge of the pot. The rope S passing inside the rods 3 and 4 is fitted at the end exiting from the rod 4 with a hook 9 serving mainly to be hung on the hanging hook and used also of catch to lengthen the rope S and of means to prevent it to be wound entirely in the small box of the rod 3. A transverse strip 8 is welded between its ends at the rod 3 and ~ the rod 4 ~ When the time comes to extract the double bottom, these bands 8 resting on the clod of earth of the plant prevent the narrow controllers from damaging this part of the plant. In addition, these strips 8 leaning against the wall of the pot will facilitate the extirpation of the double bottom on which the plant.

Claims

THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN SW AND FROM WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE RIGHT
OF OWNERSHIP OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED, ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:

1. An instrument for manual use for unloading some plants housed in a pot suspended by a hanging hook, comprising a double bottom arranged to be disposed at the bottom of the pot and under the clod of soil in which the plant is rooted, a pair of levers fixed to said double bottom at opposite points, each lever being arranged to extend upward from said double bottom between the wall of the pot and the clod of terra, a rope for each handle, one end of which is attached to said handle, a hook attached at the other end of said rope, said hook being intended to hang to said hanging hook so as to suspend said plant and clod of earth by means of said suspension hook, said ropes, said handles and said double bottom while removing said pot in a downward movement.

2. An instrument as claimed in the claim 1, wherein said levers are fixed to said double bottom so to be able to pivot relative to it.

3. An instrument as claimed in the claim 2, wherein said levers are detachable from said double bottom.

4. An instrument as claimed in the claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said levers are composed of two elements telescopic whose upper element is provided with a hook for bypass the upper rim of the pot, said strings being fixed at the bottom of each lever.

5. An instrument as claimed in the claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said levers are tubular and said ropes extend inside said levers and are fixed to said levers by means of a return spring of said ropes, said hooks attached to the other end of said ropes taking support against the upper end of said levers under the action of said springs.

6. An instrument as claimed in the claim 1, 2 or 3, further comprising a transverse band fixed between its ends to each of said levers and intended to lean against the inner wall of said pot.

7. An instrument for manual use for unloading a plant housed in a pot suspended by a hanging hook, comprising a double bottom formed by a trellis surrounded by a rim provided of two diametrically opposite openings intended to be disposed at the bottom of the pot and under the clod of soil in which the plant is rooted, a pair of joysticks each consisting of two sections telescopic: a lower section and an upper section, a first hook formed at the lower end of the lower section and intended to hang in the opening of said edge of said double bottom, a second hook formed at the upper end of the upper section, each lever being arranged to extend upwards from of the double bottom between the wall of the pot and the clod of earth and the said second hooks intended to circumvent the upper edge of said wall of said pot, each section of each lever being tubular, a spiral spring is arranged inside the section bottom of each lever and one end of which is fixed to said section lower, a cord extending in each of said levers and one end of which is fixed to the free end of said spring, and a third hook attached to the other end of said rope and pressing against said second hook under the action of said spring, said third hooks being intended to hang on said suspension hook, so as to suspend said plant and clod of earth by means of said hook of suspension, of said cords, of said springs, of said section lower of said levers and said double bottom while one remove said pot in a downward motion.

8. An instrument as claimed in the claim 7, further comprising a transverse band fixed between its ends to each of the lower and upper sections of each of said levers, these bands being intended to lean against the face inside the wall of said pot.