CA1226735A - Plant supporting and watering device - Google Patents

Plant supporting and watering device

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CA1226735A
CA1226735A CA000507849A CA507849A CA1226735A CA 1226735 A CA1226735 A CA 1226735A CA 000507849 A CA000507849 A CA 000507849A CA 507849 A CA507849 A CA 507849A CA 1226735 A CA1226735 A CA 1226735A
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soil
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Michel Renaud
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01GHORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G29/00Root feeders; Injecting fertilisers into the roots
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01GHORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/12Supports for plants; Trellis for strawberries or the like
    • A01G9/122Stakes

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  • Cultivation Receptacles Or Flower-Pots, Or Pots For Seedlings (AREA)
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Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE:

A plant supporting and watering device for supporting a potted plant and simultaneously providing controlled wetting of the soil in which the plant is potted. This device comprises a hollow stick having a vertical axis, an upper end and a lower end. The stick defines a tank for holding a wetting liquid, and has a filling aperture at the upper end. A flow control device is mounted at the lower end of the stick. This control device has a passage through which the wetting liquid held in the tank may flow by gravity into the soil to be wetted. The control device also comprises a manually operable bolt for adjustable opening the passage and thus control the outflow of liquid. In addition, a hollow tip is mounted onto the control device for allowing the stick to be driven into the pot soil. This stick comprises a plurality of aperture to allow the wetting liquid flowing through the passage of the control device to reach the soil to be wetted.

Description

it The present invention relates to the wetting of potted plants with water or with a feeding liquid, hereinafter called the wetting liquid, and is particularly concerned with a plant supporting and watering device which can be used both to support the potted plant and to ensure automatic and controlled wetting of the soil in the pot over an extended period of time, as when the house occupant must leave for a few days or even weeks.
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a plant supporting and watering device of the above mentioned type, which is extremely simple in structure and efficient in properly wetting the soil of a potted plant in a controlled manner. Because of its structure, the appearance of the device according to the invention can be very attractive since the true purpose of the device, namely to wet the potted plant, is not revealed to the eyes. In addition, the device according to the addition may be used as any standard support or prop for the potted plant.
As hereinafter broadly claimed, the device according to the invention is of th~-type comprising a hollow stick having a Yen-tidal axis, an upper end and a lower end. The stick defines a tank for holding a wetting liquid and has a filling aperture at the upper end. A flow control device is mounted at the lower end of the stick, this control device having a passage through which the wetting liquid held in the tank may flow by gravity into the soil to be wetted. Means are provided into the control device for adjustable opening the passage and thus control the outflow of liquid. A hollow tip is also provided for allowing the stick to be driven into the pot soil. This hollow tip is mounted onto the control device and comprises a plurality of apertures to allow the I,, r-wetting liquid Flowing through the passage of the control device to reach the soil to be wetted.
In accordance with the invention, the above device is improved in that its control device consists of a solid 5 plug having a vertical axis, an upper extremity connected to the lower end of the stick and a lower extremity connected to the tip. The passage in the control device extends Verdi-gaily through the plug and consists in a small, hollow deform-able tube snugly fitted into a through-hole vertically extend-in in the solid plus. In addition, the means for adjustablyopening the passage consists of a bolt thread ably mounted into a threaded hole intersecting the passage in such a manner as to pinch the deformable tube.
Preferably, the bolt has a very large, external head making it easily operable without tool.
In use, adjustment of the outflow of wetting liquid through the passage can be very easily and precisely obtained by mere pinching of the wall of the plastic tube inside the vertical through-hole, using the thread able bolt to do so.
In this regard, this particular technique which allows drops adjustment of the outflow of liquid independently of the column of liquid contained in the tank above the passage, is very similar to the technique used by the medical doctors and nurses for adjusting the outflow of pouches containing blood or serum to be injected drop wisely to a patient.
In accordance with preferred embodiment of the invent lion, the tank-defining stick may be made of a material which is transparent or at least translucent so -that the level of the wetting liquid be easily ascertained. The outer wall of the stick may be suitably calibrated such as by means of equal-lye spaced outwardly projecting rings so that the stick, gent orally, may be given the outer shape of a bamboo pole, adding to the ';J3l3 attractiveness of the device.
Preferably, the hollow stick may be made of plurality of separate parts connectable end to end in a tight and rigid manner. This makes the plant supporting and watering device according to the invention easier to transport or package.
Other features and advantages of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following, non restrictive description of a preferred embodiment thereof, having reference to the appended drawings wherein:
fig. 1 is a side elevation Al view of a plant supporting and watering device made according to the teaching of the present invention;
fig. 2 is an exploded, prospective view on an enlarged scale, of the liquid distribution end of the device; and fig. 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the liquid distribution and shown in fig. 2.
The plant supporting and watering device accord-in to the invention as shown in the accompanying drawings, comprises an elongated stick 1 which may advantageously have the look of a bamboo pole with outwardly projecting ring-like bulges 3. The stick is hollow so as to define inwardly a tank (figs. 2 and 3) for containing a wetting liquid poured into the tank 5 through a filling aperture 6 provided at the upper, top end of the stick 1.
As will be gathered, if the stick 1 is made of transparent or at least translucent plastic material, the level of the wetting liquid in the tank 5 will be visible from the outside while the bulges 3, appropriately distributed, may be used to indicate the number of days supply in the tank 5. Of course, the stick 1 may simply be a tube of constant cross-section with either calibrate 'Yo-yo in lines to replace the bulges 3 or outward rings formed on the outer of the cylindrical tube.
As will also be gathered, the stick 1 after it has been driven into a plant pot (fugue), can act as a support or prop for the potted plant.
A flow control device 31 is mounted at the lower end of the stick 1. The control device 31 consists of a cylindrically shaped, solid plug 33 having a vertical axis, an upper extremity 35 and a lower extremity 37.
A passage 39 extends vertically through the plug 33, preferably in a central position, to allow the wetting liquid held in the tank to flow by gravity into the soil to be wetted. As shown in the drawings, the passage 39 consists in a small, hollow tube 49 made of deformable material such as plastic. This tube 49 is snugly fitted into a through hole 51 vertically extending in the solid plug 33.
The control device 31 also comprises means 41 for adjustable opening or closing the passage 39 and thus allowing control of the outflow of liquid through the passage 39. As better shown in fig. 3, these means 41 advantageously consist of a bolt 43 thread ably mounted into a threaded hole 45 extending inside the plug 31 in such a manner as to intersect the hole 51 containing the tube 49 defining the passage 39. The bolt 43 Advent-juicily has a large external, head 47 making it easily operable in a manual manner.
As clearly shown in fig. 2, the upper and lower extremities 35 and 37 of the plug advantageously have a diameter smaller than the diameter of the central port lion of the plug 33 thrush extends the threaded hole 45, to facilitate connection of the plug 33 the lower end of the stick 1 and to the upper end of a tip 7 that will be described hereinafter by mere insertion of one inside the other.
To allow the stick 1 and the plug 33 to be driven in an easy manner into the pot soil and simulate-nuzzle to provide a regular distribution of the wetting liquid flowing through the passage 39 into the soil to be wetted, a hollow tip 7 is mounted onto the control device 31. The tip 7 has a tubular upper part 10 of any desired length and a lower part 11 which is conical in shape and is provided with a plurality of apertures to allow the wetting liquid to reach the soil to be wetted.
The aperture 17 preferably consist in slots extending in vertical planes passing through the vertical axis of the hollow stick 1.
In use, adjustment of the outflow of wetting liquid through the passage is obtained by threading the bolt 43 inwardly or outwardly in the intersecting hole 45. Indeed, such a threading results is a pinching or unpinching of the wall of the tube 49 defining the passage 39 (see fig. 3), which intern results in a precise adjust-mint of the diameter of the passage 39.
The particular adjustment of the bolt 43 across the passage 39 will of course depends on the size of the pot with which the watering device is used. In very large pot, one may allow continuous flow for predetermined amplitude but, usually, the passage 39 will be restricted in such a manner as to allow drops of wetting liquid to flow only.
As Shannon fig. 1, the hollow stick 1 may be made of a plurality of parts aye, 13b and 13c connected end to end in a tight manner. To provide this connection, use can be made of plugs substantially similar to the plug 33, except for the bolt 43 and threaded hole 45.

Claims (8)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. In a plant supporting and watering device for supporting a potted plant and simultaneously providing controlled wetting of the soil in which the plant is potted, said device comprising a hollow stick having a vertical axis, an upper end and a lower end, said stick defining a tank for holding a wetting liquid and having:
a filling aperture at the upper end;
a flow control device mounted at the lower end of the stick, said control device having a passage through which the wetting liquid held in the tank may flow by gravity into the soil to be wetted and comprising means for adjustable opening said passage and thus controlling the outflow of liquid; and a hollow tip mounted onto the control device for allowing said stick to be driven into the pot soil, said tip comprising a plurality of apertures to allow the wetting liquid flowing through the passage of the control device to reach the soil to be wetted, the improvements wherein:
- said control device consists of a solid plug having a vertical axis, an upper extremity connected to lower end of the stick and a lower extremity connected to the tip, - said passage in the control device consists in a small deformable tube snugly fitted in a through hole extending vertically along said plug; and - said means for adjustable opening the passage consists of a bolt threadably mounted into a threaded hole intersecting the passage in such a manner as to pinch the deformable tube.
2. The improved device of claim 1, wherein the bolt has a large external manually operable head.
3. The improved device of claim 2, wherein the stick and the plug are substantially cylindrical in shape.
4. The improved device of claim 3, wherein the tip is conical in shape and its apertures consist in slots extending in vertical planes passing through the vertical axis of the hollow stick.
5. The improved device of claim 1, 3 or 4, wherein said hollow stick defining the tank is made of a material which is at least translucent to allow view of the level of the wetting liquid therein.
6. The improved device of claim 1,3 or 4, wherein the hollow stick defining the tank has a bamboo-like outer wall.
7. The improved device of claim 1, 3, or 4, wherein the hollow stick is made of a material which is at least translucent to allow view of the level of the wetting liquid;
wherein said stick has a bamboo-like outer wall and wherein said bamboo-like outer wall is formed with outwardly project-ing rings equally spaced from one another to serve as calibrat-ing marks for the quantity of wetting liquid in said tank.
8. The improved device of claim 1, 3, or 4, wherein the hollow stick is made of a plurality of parts connectable end to end in a tight manner.
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Cited By (11)

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WO1992014351A1 (en) * 1991-02-20 1992-09-03 Carolina Adriana Vitali A device for the support, the forming and the irrigation of climbing plants in a vase
US5357710A (en) * 1993-09-10 1994-10-25 Robert E. Dulik Plant watering trellis
US5456044A (en) * 1994-11-10 1995-10-10 Parker; Johnny M. Tomato pot
FR2735653A1 (en) * 1995-06-22 1996-12-27 Gourbiere Alain Plant stake and feeder
US5605010A (en) * 1995-11-20 1997-02-25 Furlong; Laurence L. Watering stake and tree support
AU686421B2 (en) * 1994-11-03 1998-02-05 Barry Lester Johnson Watering probe
FR2761572A1 (en) * 1997-04-08 1998-10-09 Dominique Vivien Sprinkler support
WO1998044778A1 (en) * 1997-04-08 1998-10-15 Dominique Vivien Combined device for training and watering plants
WO2000005940A1 (en) * 1998-07-27 2000-02-10 Herbert Marquart Holding device for sensitive plants
WO2015027318A1 (en) * 2013-08-29 2015-03-05 Mondi Products Ltd. Modular plant support poles
CN106718637A (en) * 2017-03-01 2017-05-31 中国农业科学院农业资源与农业区划研究所 A kind of support suitable for matrimony vine the Integration of Water into Fertilizer

Cited By (12)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1992014351A1 (en) * 1991-02-20 1992-09-03 Carolina Adriana Vitali A device for the support, the forming and the irrigation of climbing plants in a vase
US5357710A (en) * 1993-09-10 1994-10-25 Robert E. Dulik Plant watering trellis
AU686421B2 (en) * 1994-11-03 1998-02-05 Barry Lester Johnson Watering probe
US5456044A (en) * 1994-11-10 1995-10-10 Parker; Johnny M. Tomato pot
FR2735653A1 (en) * 1995-06-22 1996-12-27 Gourbiere Alain Plant stake and feeder
US5605010A (en) * 1995-11-20 1997-02-25 Furlong; Laurence L. Watering stake and tree support
FR2761572A1 (en) * 1997-04-08 1998-10-09 Dominique Vivien Sprinkler support
WO1998044778A1 (en) * 1997-04-08 1998-10-15 Dominique Vivien Combined device for training and watering plants
WO2000005940A1 (en) * 1998-07-27 2000-02-10 Herbert Marquart Holding device for sensitive plants
WO2015027318A1 (en) * 2013-08-29 2015-03-05 Mondi Products Ltd. Modular plant support poles
US10219445B2 (en) 2013-08-29 2019-03-05 Mondi Products Ltd Modular plant support poles
CN106718637A (en) * 2017-03-01 2017-05-31 中国农业科学院农业资源与农业区划研究所 A kind of support suitable for matrimony vine the Integration of Water into Fertilizer

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