CN115623981A - Vegetable planting machine and water planting plant planting method - Google Patents

Abstract

The application discloses vegetable planter and hydroponic plant planting method relates to plant planter technical field, has solved among the prior art plant planter's water route can not automatic cycle, can't automatic evacuation nutrient solution and difficult abluent problem in the water tank. The vegetable planting machine comprises a water tank, a bottom planting layer, a top planting layer and a circulating waterway assembly, wherein the bottom planting layer is provided with a bottom water inlet, a bottom water outlet and a forced drainage port, and the top planting layer is provided with a top water inlet and a top water outlet; the circulating waterway assembly comprises a water pump, a tee joint, an upper water pipe, a lower water pipe and a forced drainage pipe; the water outlet of the water pump is communicated with the water feeding pipe and the forced drainage pipe through a tee joint, the forced drainage pipe is communicated with the forced drainage port, the forced drainage port is provided with a valve, the water ejection port is communicated with the bottom water inlet through the sewer pipe, and the bottom water outlet is communicated with the water tank. The invention has the functions of automatic waterway circulation and automatic cleaning and emptying, and improves the user experience.

Description

Vegetable planting machine and water planting plant planting method

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of plant planting machines, and particularly relates to a vegetable planting machine and a water planting plant planting method.

Background

At present, the plant machine on the market generally needs artificial control, and is almost as much as intelligent, including the detection to nutrient solution concentration, the monitoring of nutrient solution liquid level, the ratio of adding the nutrient solution, the control of illumination, temperature and humidity measurement, the monitoring aspect of product leakage. However, the existing plant machine has the following defects:

1. current agricultural plant machine product water route circulation system does not usually have automatic cycle and the automatic evacuation function to the nutrient solution, relies on the nutrient solution in the manual evacuation water tank, and the manual nutrient solution evacuation in with the water tank, and user experience is relatively poor.

2. The current plant machine is usually only provided with a switch function on the automatic control of the plant lamp illumination, and the control of the light intensity of the plant lamp does not have an automatic adjusting function on the monitoring of the ambient light, so that the energy is wasted.

3. For the monitoring of the concentration of the nutrient solution, the monitoring of the water level is lacked, a user does not know whether the nutrient solution in the current plant machine meets the requirements or not when adding the nutrient solution, the nutrient solution is usually added by feeling, the adding amount of the nutrient solution is unclear, if the concentration of the nutrient solution is too high, the plant is burnt, and if the concentration of the nutrient solution is too low, the growth of the plant is influenced.

4. The water level height in the planting area of the plant machine is not controlled, when the water level of the nutrient solution is too high, the plants are soaked by the water, and when the water level of the nutrient solution is too low, the root system can not contact the nutrient solution, so that the growth of the plants is influenced. Meanwhile, the plant machine on the market usually needs 24H uninterrupted operation to ensure the nutrient solution water level height of the water level of the planting area, so that the plant growth can be ensured, the energy is wasted, and meanwhile, the noise of the water pump at night is also unfriendly to users.

5. The nutrient solution in the plant machine is usually 10L to 20L, when the product leaks water, the household of a user is flooded with water, economic loss is caused, and the plant machine on the market does not have a water immersion sensor early warning mechanism.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above analysis, the present invention is directed to a hydroponic plant growing machine and method for solving one or more of the above problems in the prior art.

The purpose of the invention is realized by the following steps:

in one aspect, there is provided a vegetable-growing machine comprising:

a water tank for containing a nutrient solution;

the bottom planting layer is arranged above the water tank and is provided with a bottom water inlet, a bottom water outlet and a strong discharge port;

the top planting layer is arranged above the bottom planting layer and is provided with a top water inlet and a top water outlet;

the circulating waterway assembly comprises a water pump, a tee joint, an upper water pipe, a lower water pipe and a forced drainage pipe;

the water outlet of the water pump is communicated with the inlet of the tee joint, the top water inlet is communicated with the first outlet of the tee joint through the water feeding pipe, the first end of the forced drainage pipe is communicated with the second outlet of the tee joint, the second end of the forced drainage pipe is communicated with the forced drainage port, the top water outlet is communicated with the bottom water inlet through the sewer pipe, the bottom water outlet is communicated with the inner space of the water tank, and the forced drainage port is provided with a valve so that nutrient solution can be discharged from the water tank under the pumping of the water pump when the valve is opened.

Furthermore, at least one middle planting layer is arranged between the bottom planting layer and the top planting layer, the middle planting layer is provided with a middle water inlet and a middle water outlet, the top water outlet is communicated with the middle water inlet through a sewer pipe, and the middle water outlet is communicated with the bottom water inlet through a sewer pipe; the number of the sewer pipes is one less than the number of the planting layers.

Furthermore, the top planting layer and the bottom planting layer respectively comprise planting pots and a plurality of planting cups; the planting pot is internally provided with a planting plate which is horizontally arranged, the planting plate is provided with a plurality of cup slotted holes, and the planting cup is disassembled and placed into the cup slotted hole.

Furthermore, the forced discharge port is arranged at the bottom of the planting pot of the bottom planting layer and is connected with a flow guide pipe for guiding the nutrient solution discharged from the water tank to the outside of the water tank; the valve is a one-way valve controlled manually; or, the valve is an electric control valve.

Furthermore, the one-way valve comprises a valve body and a valve core, the valve core is arranged in the valve body through a spring, the flow guide pipe is connected with the valve core, under the normal condition, the spring is in a stretching state, the valve core is in sealing contact with the inner wall of the cavity of the valve body, and the one-way valve is in a closed state; when nutrient solution needs to be forcibly discharged, the valve core is lowered by pressing the flow guide pipe, a gap for fluid to pass through is formed between the valve core and the inner wall of the valve body cavity, and the check valve is opened at the moment to communicate the forced water discharge pipe with the flow guide pipe.

Furthermore, the bottom water outlet and the top water outlet are both arranged at the bottom of the planting pot, and are provided with water blocking dams which protrude out of the pot bottom, so that the nutrient solution in the planting pot maintains the designated liquid level height.

Furthermore, the retaining dam is of a cylindrical structure with two open ends.

Furthermore, the lower end of the water retaining dam is inserted into the bottom water outlet and the top water outlet, and the outer wall of the lower end of the water retaining dam is in contact with the inner walls of the bottom water outlet and the top water outlet.

Furthermore, the water blocking dam is arranged around the bottom water outlet and the top water outlet, a mounting groove is formed in the pot bottom of the planting pot around the bottom water outlet and the top water outlet, and the water blocking dam is inserted into the mounting groove.

Furthermore, the bottom of the retaining dam is arranged in the mounting groove or the bottom water outlet and the top water outlet through sealing rings.

Further, the lower part of the retaining dam is provided with a water retaining section; the upper portion of retaining dam is equipped with the filter segment, and the filter segment is equipped with the drainage hole for filter the impurity in the nutrient solution.

Further, the water retaining section and the filtering section are integrally arranged.

Furthermore, the effective water retaining height of the water retaining section is 10-20mm; the top opening of the filtering section is 28-30mm away from the bottom surface of the planting pot.

Furthermore, a water guide strip is convexly arranged at the bottom of the planting pot, the first end of the water guide strip is hermetically connected with the inner wall of the first side of the planting pot, a gap is formed between the second end of the water guide strip and the inner wall of the second side of the planting pot, and the inner wall of the first side and the inner wall of the second side are oppositely arranged in parallel; the bottom water inlet and the bottom water outlet are positioned on two sides of the water guide strip, and the top water inlet and the top water outlet are positioned on two sides of the water guide strip.

Furthermore, the pot bottom of the planting pot comprises a first pot bottom surface and a second pot bottom surface, the first pot bottom surface and the second pot bottom surface are positioned on two sides of the water guide strip, and the height of the first pot bottom surface is greater than that of the second pot bottom surface; the bottom water outlet and the top water outlet are both arranged on the second basin bottom surface and are close to the first end of the water guide strip.

Furthermore, the lower surface of planting the board is equipped with the water guide board, installs in planting the basin after planting the board, the water guide board cooperates with the contact of water guide strip, water guide board one end and planting board lower fixed surface be connected, and the other end sets up the recess, the recess with the surface shape looks adaptation of water guide strip.

Furthermore, the planting plate is at least provided with three rows of cup slot holes, and the row number of the cup slot holes is odd; the water guide plates are arranged in the middle of the lower surface of the planting plate, the number of the water guide plates is one less than that of the cup slot holes in each row, and the water guide plates are arranged in a gap between every two adjacent cup slot holes.

Furthermore, a top cover is arranged above the top planting layer and is spliced with the top planting layer through a vertical beam; plant the basin with the below of top cap all is equipped with the plant lamp, be equipped with illumination sensor and display screen on the top cap.

Furthermore, the plant lamp is connected with the top cover or the planting pot through a height adjusting mechanism, and the height adjusting mechanism is used for adjusting the height of the plant lamp from the plant in the planting cup below.

Further, height adjusting mechanism includes screw drive assembly, screw drive assembly includes step motor, lead screw, nut and guide bar, and step motor locates the top layer and plants the bottom of the planting basin on layer and the bottom of top cap, and step motor's output is connected with the lead screw, and lead screw longitudinal arrangement, nut screw thread set up on the lead screw, and the plant lamp passes through nut and screw connection, and the plant lamp slides and sets up on the guide bar, guide bar and planting basin or top cap fixed connection.

Furthermore, an EC sensor is arranged at a water outlet of the water pump, and a liquid level sensor is arranged on the side wall of the water tank.

Further, the bottom of water tank is equipped with the base, the base with installation space has between the water tank, be equipped with the water sensor in the installation space to whether check out test set has the nutrient solution to overflow.

Furthermore, the water tank, the planting pots and two adjacent planting pots are connected in an inserting mode through vertical beams, the vertical beams are provided with a first installation channel and a second installation channel after the planting pots are installed on the water tank through the vertical beams, the water feeding pipe is arranged in the first installation channel, and the water discharging pipe is arranged in the second installation channel;

furthermore, a drainage tube is arranged in the water tank, the inlet of the drainage tube is connected to the bottom water outlet of the bottom planting layer, and a gap is formed between the outlet of the drainage tube and the inner wall of the water tank.

On the other hand, the hydroponic plant planting method is also provided, the vegetable planting machine is used, and the method comprises the following steps:

the equipment is started, a water pump supplies nutrient solution in a water tank to a top planting layer through a water supply pipe, the nutrient solution in the top planting layer is in contact with a plant root system, the nutrient solution flows out of a water ejection water gap after being filtered by a water retaining dam and flows to a next planting layer through a water drainage pipe, the nutrient solution flows through each planting layer and is filtered by the water retaining dam until the nutrient solution flows into a bottom planting layer, the nutrient solution in the bottom planting layer flows into the water tank from a bottom water outlet after being filtered by the water retaining dam, and therefore the circulation of the nutrient solution is achieved;

under the normal operation state, the one-way valve is in a closed and sealed state, and nutrient solution can only be supplied into the top planting layer from the upper water pipe; when nutrient solution in the water tank needs to be drained, the guide pipe is inserted into the strong drainage port, the check valve is opened, and the nutrient solution is drained from the strong drainage port of the bottom planting layer through the strong drainage pipe.

Compared with the prior art, the vegetable planting machine and the hydroponic plant planting method provided by the invention can realize at least one of the following beneficial effects:

a) Through setting up circulation water route subassembly for equipment has automatic water route circulation and self-cleaning evacuation function. The automatic circulation of water route guarantees that every kind plants cup all can be even contact the nutrient solution, and the problem that the nutrient solution in the manual evacuation water tank of user and difficult abluent has been solved to self-cleaning evacuation function.

b) The water outlet of each layer of planting pot is provided with the retaining dam, the retaining dam ensures that the height of the nutrient solution of each layer of planting pot is maintained at 10-20mm, the nutrient solution with a certain concentration can be always maintained in each layer of planting pot, the water pump does not need to operate uninterruptedly to keep the circulation of a water path, the liquid level of the water pump can meet the normal growth requirement of plants when the water pump does not operate, the water pump operates intermittently, the energy is saved, and the noise of the water pump is reduced. Furthermore, the water retaining dam is inserted into the bottom of the planting pot, so that the planting pot is convenient to install and clean; the top of the water retaining dam is provided with a filtering structure which can filter impurities such as rotten roots and algae in the circulating nutrient solution, and impurities do not flow into the planting pot on the next layer, so that the water channel is prevented from being blocked.

c) The vegetation machine has illumination sensor, can adjust the light intensity of plant lamp according to the size of environment light intensity, has practiced thrift the energy.

d) To the aspect of the nutrient solution add concentration, go out through the delivery port at the water pump and set up EC concentration sensor, set up level sensor in the water tank, the plant machine can remind the user to need to add the nutrient solution according to liquid level and nutrient solution concentration is automatic to the suggestion user should add how much and the concentration of nutrient solution, promoted user experience and felt.

e) The base at the bottom of the vegetation machine is provided with the water immersion sensor, so that when the vegetation machine leaks water, an alarm can be given to a user, and economic loss is avoided.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present specification or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments described in the embodiments of the present specification, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art according to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a first structural schematic diagram of a vegetable planter provided by the invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the vegetable planter according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a top planting layer provided by the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a bottom planting layer provided by the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of the vegetable planting machine provided by the present invention without a planting cup;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of a cross section of the vegetable planting machine along the water supply pipe;

FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the vegetable planter according to the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural view of a water tank and a bottom planting layer provided by the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a first schematic cross-sectional view of the water tank and the bottom planting layer according to the present invention;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a portion of area A of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a water tank and a bottom planting layer according to the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic sectional structure view of the vertical beams inserted at two ends of the planting pot provided by the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of a barrage according to the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural view of a planting pot provided by the present invention;

fig. 15 is a schematic view of a first angular structure of the planting plate provided by the present invention;

fig. 16 is a schematic view of a second angle structure of the planting plate provided by the present invention;

FIG. 17 is a second schematic structural view of a vegetable planter according to the present invention;

fig. 18 is a schematic sectional view of the vegetable planter in fig. 17.

Reference numerals:

1. a water tank; 2. a bottom planting layer; 2-1, a bottom water inlet; 2-2, a bottom water outlet; 2-3, forced discharging; 2-4 sealing the cover; 3. a top planting layer; 3-1, jacking a water inlet; 3-2, ejecting a water gap; 4. a water pump; 5. a tee joint; 6. a water feeding pipe; 7. a sewer pipe; 8. a strong drainage pipe; 9. planting pots; 9-1, planting a cup; 9-2, planting a plate; 9-3, cup slot holes; 9-4, water guide strips; 9-5, a first basin bottom surface; 9-6, the bottom surface of the second basin; 9-7, a water guide plate; 10. a flow guide pipe; 11. a one-way valve; 11-1, a valve body; 11-2, a valve core; 12. a water retaining dam; 12-1, a water retaining section; 12-2, a filtering section; 12-3, water filtering holes; 12-4, sealing rings; 13. a top cover; 14. erecting a beam; 15. a plant lamp; 16. an illumination sensor; 17. a display screen; 18. a screw rod; 19. a guide rod; 20. an EC sensor; 21. a base; 22. a water immersion sensor; 23. a drainage tube.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present application without making any creative effort belong to the protection scope of the present application.

For the purpose of facilitating understanding of the embodiments of the present application, the following description will be made in terms of specific embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present application.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly stated or limited, the term "connected" should be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection, which may be a mechanical connection, an electrical connection, a direct connection, or an indirect connection via an intermediate medium. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those of ordinary skill in the art.

The terms "top," "bottom," "at 8230; \8230above," "below," and "at 8230; \8230above," and "above" are used throughout to describe relative positions of components with respect to the device, such as the relative positions of the top and bottom substrates inside the device. It will be appreciated that the devices are multifunctional, independent of their orientation in space.

Example 1

One embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 16, discloses a vegetable planting machine, hereinafter simply referred to as a planting machine, comprising:

a water tank 1 for containing a nutrient solution;

the bottom planting layer 2 is arranged above the water tank 1, and the bottom planting layer 2 is provided with a bottom water inlet 2-1, a bottom water outlet 2-2 and a forced exhaust port 2-3;

the top planting layer 3 is arranged above the bottom planting layer 2, and the top planting layer 3 is provided with a top water inlet 3-1 and a top water outlet 3-2; the top water inlet 3-1 is used for allowing nutrient solution to flow into the top planting layer 3, the top water outlet 3-2 is used for allowing nutrient solution to flow out, and the nutrient solution flowing out of the top water outlet 3-2 flows into the bottom water inlet 2-1 through the sewer pipe and enters the bottom planting layer 2;

the circulating waterway assembly comprises a water pump 4, a tee joint 5, an upper water pipe 6, a lower water pipe 7 and a strong drainage pipe 8;

the tee joint is provided with an inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet, a water outlet of the water pump 4 is communicated with the inlet of the tee joint 5, a top water inlet 3-1 is communicated with the first outlet of the tee joint 5 through a water feeding pipe 6, a first end of a strong drainage pipe 8 is communicated with the second outlet of the tee joint 5, a second end of the strong drainage pipe 8 is communicated with a strong drainage port 2-3, a top water outlet 3-2 is communicated with a bottom water inlet 2-1 through a water discharging pipe 7, a bottom water outlet 2-2 is communicated with the inner space of the water tank 1, and the strong drainage port 2-3 is provided with a valve so that nutrient solution can be discharged from the water tank 1 under the pumping of the water pump 4 when the valve is opened.

In the embodiment, at least one middle planting layer is arranged between the bottom planting layer 2 and the top planting layer 3, the middle planting layer is provided with a middle water inlet and a middle water outlet, the top water outlet 3-2 is communicated with the middle water inlet through a downcomer 7, and the middle water outlet is communicated with a bottom water inlet 2-1 through the downcomer 7; the number of the sewer pipes 7 is one less than that of the planting layers. Through setting up the multilayer and planting the layer, nutrient solution is directly supplied the planting layer of top layer by the upper hose, and nutrient solution flows through next layer in proper order and plants the layer, finally flows back to the water tank. In this embodiment, the nutrient solution of plant machine can automatic cycle in inside through the circulation pipeline to guarantee that every plant can all contact mobile nutrient solution, when the nutrient solution concentration is low, also can be automatic with nutrient solution discharge apparatus simultaneously.

In this embodiment, the top planting layer 3 and the bottom planting layer 2 both comprise a planting pot 9 and a plurality of planting cups 9-1; the planting pot 9 is internally provided with a horizontally arranged planting plate 9-2, the planting plate 9-2 is provided with a plurality of cup slot holes 9-3, and the planting cup 9-1 is disassembled and arranged in the cup slot hole 9-3. The planting plate 9-2 at the bottom is also provided with forced drainage slotted holes which can leak out the forced drainage openings. The planting cup is detachably arranged in the planting pot, so that the planting pot is convenient to clean.

In this embodiment, the forced discharging port 2-3 is arranged at the bottom of the planting pot 9 of the bottom planting layer 2, and the forced discharging port 2-3 is connected with the flow guide pipe 10 for guiding the nutrient solution discharged from the water tank 1 to the outside of the water tank 1. When the nutrient solution in the water tank needs to be drained, the valve is opened, the flow rate of the water pump is increased, and the forced drainage port is lower than the top water outlet of the upper water pipe, so that the nutrient solution pumped by the water pump is discharged through the forced drainage pipe 8 through the forced drainage ports 2-3 and is guided to the container for receiving the discharged nutrient solution by the guide pipe 10.

Wherein, the valve is a one-way valve 11 controlled manually; or, the valve is an electric control valve.

In one optional embodiment, the one-way valve 11 comprises a valve body 11-1 and a valve core 11-2, the valve core 11-2 is installed in the valve body 11-1 through a spring, and the delivery pipe 10 is connected with the valve core 11-2. Under normal conditions, the spring is in a stretching state, the valve core 11-2 is in sealing contact with the inner wall of the cavity of the valve body 11-1, and the check valve 11 is in a closed state; when nutrient solution needs to be forcibly discharged, the nutrient solution is triggered to be opened by the draft tube 10, the valve core 11-2 descends by pressing down the draft tube 10, a gap for fluid to pass through is formed between the valve core 11-2 and the inner wall of the cavity of the valve body 11-1, and at the moment, the check valve 11 is opened, so that the forced drainage pipe 8 is communicated with the draft tube 10.

Furthermore, the flow guide pipe 10 is detachably connected with the one-way valve 11, the valve core 11-2 is provided with a trigger switch, the trigger switch can be detachably connected with the flow guide pipe 10, the flow guide pipe 10 can be detached in a normal working state, the forced discharge port 2-3 is sealed by using the sealing cover 2-4, when nutrient solution in the water tank 1 needs to be forcibly discharged, the sealing cover 2-4 is taken down, and the flow guide pipe 10 extends into the forced discharge port 2-3 to be connected with the trigger switch of the one-way valve in an inserting mode.

In this embodiment, because the plant is cultivateed to the planter dependence water planting, nutrient solution can be automatic at the machine mesocycle simultaneously, gathers at the circulation process, and the root system of plant can drop to plant the basin, causes the problem of jam machine water route. Based on the above problem, the bottom water outlet 2-2 and the top water outlet 3-2 are both arranged at the bottom of the planting pot 9, the bottom water outlet 2-2 and the top water outlet 3-2 are both provided with a water blocking dam 12, and the water blocking dam 12 is arranged to protrude from the bottom of the pot, so that the nutrient solution in the planting pot 9 maintains a specified liquid level. Specifically, the top planting layer 3 comprises a top planting pot, the bottom planting layer 2 comprises a bottom planting pot, the structure of the bottom planting pot is shown in fig. 14, and a plurality of planting cups are arranged in the top planting pot and the bottom planting pot; the bottom water outlet 2-2 is arranged at the bottom of the bottom planting pot, and the top water outlet 3-2 is arranged at the bottom of the top planting pot; the bottom water outlet 2-2 and the top water outlet 3-2 are respectively provided with a retaining dam 12, the retaining dams 12 are arranged to protrude out of the bottom of the planting pot, so that the nutrient solution in the top planting pot and the bottom planting pot maintains the liquid level at the designated height, and the retaining dams ensure that the height of the nutrient solution in each layer of planting pot is maintained at 10-20mm.

Further, the dam 12 is a cylindrical structure with two open ends.

Further, a dam 12 is disposed at the water outlet of each layer of the planting pot, insertedly installed therein. Specifically, the lower end of the water retaining dam 12 is inserted into the bottom water outlet 2-2 and the top water outlet 3-2, and the outer wall of the lower end of the water retaining dam 12 is in contact with the inner walls of the bottom water outlet 2-2 and the top water outlet 3-2; or, the water blocking dam is arranged around the bottom water outlet 2-2 and the top water outlet 3-2, the bottom of the planting pot 9 is provided with mounting grooves around the bottom water outlet 2-2 and the top water outlet 3-2, and the water blocking dam 12 is inserted into the mounting grooves. The water retaining dam 12 is inserted into the bottom water outlet 2-2 and the top water outlet 3-2, so that the operation is convenient and the cleaning is convenient.

In an alternative embodiment, the dam 12 is inserted into the water outlet of each layer, and the bottom of the dam is sealed with the water outlet of the planting pot to prevent water leakage. Specifically, the bottom of the retaining dam 12 is installed in the mounting groove or the bottom water outlet 2-2 and the top water outlet 3-2 through the sealing ring 12-4. Further, the sealing ring 12-4 is arranged at the lower part of the retaining dam, and after the retaining dam is inserted into the water outlet, the sealing ring 12-4 is in pressing contact with the inner wall of the water outlet, so that sealing is realized.

In one of the alternative embodiments, the lower portion of the dam 12 has a water blocking section 12-1; the upper part of the retaining dam is provided with a filtering section 12-2, the filtering section 12-2 is provided with water filtering holes 12-3 for filtering impurities in the nutrient solution, and the filtering section can prevent impurities such as rotten roots, algae and the like from flowing into a water pipe to block the water channel. The effective water retaining height of the water retaining section 12-1 is 10-20mm, and preferably 18mm; the top end opening of the filtering section 12-2 is 28-30mm away from the bottom surface of the planting pot 9 and lower than the top of the planting pot, so that when the root system of the filtering net is excessively blocked, nutrient solution can flow into a water channel through a hole in the top of the water retaining dam, the nutrient solution does not overflow to the outside of the planting pot, and water does not leak in a user home. The effective water retaining height means that nutrient solution with a certain liquid level height is always stored in the planting pot, namely the liquid level height of the planting pot with stable height is maintained, and the liquid level exceeds the height, so that the liquid overflows into a water outlet of the planting pot.

Further, the water blocking section 12-1 is integrally provided with the filtering section 12-2.

In order to enable the nutrient solution in the planting pot to flow through all the planting cups, a water guide structure is arranged in the planting pot, and the nutrient solution flows into each planting cup through the water guide structure and finally flows out of the next planting pot through a water outlet. Specifically, a water guide strip 9-4 is convexly arranged at the bottom of the planting pot 9, a first end of the water guide strip 9-4 is connected with the inner wall of the first side of the planting pot 9 in a sealing manner, a gap is formed between a second end of the water guide strip 9-4 and the inner wall of the second side of the planting pot 9, and the inner wall of the first side and the inner wall of the second side are oppositely arranged in parallel; the bottom water inlet 2-1 and the bottom water outlet 2-2 are positioned at two sides of the water guide strip 9-4, and the top water inlet 3-1 and the top water outlet 3-2 are positioned at two sides of the water guide strip 9-4. Through set up water guide strip at the pelvic floor of planting the basin for plant the inside U-shaped fluid path that forms of basin, nutrient solution from the water inlet inflow and plant the basin, flow into the delivery port according to the U-shaped path, prolonged the flow time of nutrient solution in planting the basin, but also can ensure that the nutrient solution flows through all planting cups.

Further, the pot bottom of the planting pot 9 comprises a first pot bottom surface 9-5 and a second pot bottom surface 9-6, the first pot bottom surface 9-5 and the second pot bottom surface 9-6 are positioned at two sides of the water guide strip 9-4, and the height of the first pot bottom surface 9-5 is greater than that of the second pot bottom surface 9-6; the bottom water outlet 2-2 and the top water outlet 3-2 are both arranged on the second basin bottom surface 9-6 and are close to the first end of the water guide strip 9-4. The bottom surface of the planting pot is set to be a high-low surface, so that the bottom surface of the pot can be automatically cleaned in the flowing process of the nutrient solution in the planting pot. Wherein, the strong discharge port 2-3 can be arranged on the first basin bottom surface 9-5 and can also be arranged on the second basin bottom surface 9-6.

Furthermore, the lower surface of the planting plate 9-2 is provided with a water guide plate 9-7, when the planting plate 9-2 is installed in the planting pot 9, the water guide plate 9-7 is in contact fit with the water guide strip 9-4, one end of the water guide plate 9-7 is fixedly connected with the lower surface of the planting plate 9-2, the other end of the water guide plate 9-7 is provided with a groove, and the groove is matched with the surface shape of the water guide strip 9-4. The lower surface of the planting plate 9-2 is also provided with a reinforcing rib, the hole wall of each cup groove hole protrudes towards the lower surface of the planting plate, the reinforcing rib is connected with the outer walls of two adjacent cup groove holes, and the water guide plate 9-7 on the lower surface of the planting plate 9-2 is matched with the water guide strip of the planting pot to jointly form a water guide structure in the planting pot, so that each planting cup can be in contact with flowing nutrient solution.

In one optional embodiment, the planting plate 9-2 is provided with at least three rows of cup slot holes 9-3, and the number of the rows of the cup slot holes 9-3 is odd; the water guide plates 9-7 are arranged in the middle of the lower surface of the planting plate 9-2, the number of the water guide plates 9-7 is one less than that of the cup slot holes 9-3 in each row, the water guide plates 9-7 are arranged in a gap between every two adjacent cup slot holes 9-3, and the water guide plates 9-7 can also play a role of reinforcing ribs.

In this embodiment, be equipped with the plant lamp in the top of every layer planting basin, this plant lamp provides the plant illumination of appointed spectrum for the plant, and red light 600-700nm, blue light 400-500nm, and illumination sensor 20 is installed at the top of vegetation machine simultaneously, and the plant lamp can be according to the ambient light intensity numerical value of illumination sensor 20 response, adjusts the plant lamp illumination intensity in real time, has practiced thrift the energy. Specifically, a top cover 13 is further arranged above the top planting layer 3, and the top cover 13 is inserted into the top planting layer 3 through a vertical beam 14; plant the basin 9 with the below of top cap 13 all is equipped with plant lamp 15, be equipped with light sensor 16 and display screen 17 on the top cap 13. Through arranging illumination sensor at the product top, detect illumination, judge ambient light intensity in real time, if ambient light is lower, then open the light filling mode automatically, the luminous intensity of control plant lamp guarantees that vegetation is good.

In this embodiment, the delivery port department of water pump 4 is equipped with EC sensor 20, be equipped with level sensor on the lateral wall of water tank 1, can carry out automatic calculation according to the volume and the concentration of surplus nutrient solution automatically to the suggestion user should add how much and the concentration of nutrient solution, promote user experience and feel. Particularly, the EC sensor is arranged in a tee joint of a water outlet of the water pump, the concentration of the nutrient solution is detected in real time, the capacitive liquid level sensor is tightly attached to the side wall of the water tank, the liquid level height in the water tank is detected through the change of the internal capacitance value of the sensor, and relevant data are fed back to the liquid crystal display screen 17 to prompt a user.

In this embodiment, the bottom of water tank 1 is equipped with base 21, base 21 with installation space has between the water tank 1, be equipped with water sensor 22 in the installation space to whether detected equipment has the nutrient solution to overflow. Can report to the police to the user when the product leaks, cell-phone APP and product buzzer can report to the police, and the suggestion user in time reprocesses the inspection, avoids leaking the economic loss who causes by a large scale. The water sensor 22 is arranged in the base 21, probes of two electrodes of the water sensor 22 extend out of the base 21, and the peripheral silica gel piece is sealed to form a capacitance type water sensor.

In the embodiment, the water tank 1 is connected with the planting pots 9 and two adjacent planting pots 9 through the vertical beams 14 in an inserted manner, the vertical beams 14 are provided with a first installation channel and a second installation channel after the planting pots 9 are installed on the water tank 1 through the vertical beams 14, when a plurality of planting pots are installed on the water tank through the vertical beams in an overlapped manner, the first installation channels of the vertical beams are longitudinally communicated, and the water feeding pipe 6 is arranged in the first installation channels; because the sewer pipes are independently arranged and only connected with the upper layer of planting pots and the lower layer of planting pots, the second mounting channels of the vertical beams are not communicated, and the sewer pipes 7 are arranged in the second mounting channels; the upper water pipe and the lower water pipe penetrate through the vertical beam and are fixed at the water inlet and the water outlet of the planting pot, the top end of the upper water pipe 6 penetrates through the vertical beam to reach the top water inlet 3-1 of the top planting layer 3 and is connected with the top water inlet 3-1, and the lower water pipe 7 is connected with the water inlet and the water outlet of two vertically adjacent planting pots through a second mounting channel. Nutrient solution flows into the bottom planting basin through the downcomer 7 in the perpendicular roof beam behind the retaining dam, and this perpendicular roof beam is for inserting the structure to water tank and planting basin, has guaranteed the intensity of complete machine, plays the reinforced effect of support to the planter.

In order to reduce the noise generated when the nutrient solution in the downcomer flows back to the water tank, a drainage tube 23 is also arranged in the water tank 1, the inlet of the drainage tube 23 is connected with the bottom water outlet 2-2 of the bottom planting layer 2, and a gap, such as 2-5mm, is formed between the outlet of the drainage tube 23 and the inner wall of the water tank 1. Preferably, the outlet of the draft tube 23 is tapered, that is, the outlet of the draft tube 23 is in the shape of an ellipse, and the outlet of the ellipse is close to the inner wall of the water tank 1, so that the water flowing out of the draft tube 23 flows down along the inner wall of the water tank 1, and the noise generated by the flowing water is reduced.

It should be noted that the vegetable planting machine of the present embodiment further includes a controller, the controller is electrically connected to the water pump 4, the light sensor 16, the display screen 17, the EC sensor 20, the water sensor 22, the liquid level sensor, and the like, and the controller can also process the received preset information and detection information, so that the vegetable planting machine can automatically operate. The controller and the related program setting in this embodiment can be implemented by using the existing control technology.

The embodiment also discloses a hydroponic plant planting method, which utilizes the vegetable planting machine to plant hydroponic plants and comprises the following steps:

the water pump 4 supplies nutrient solution in the water tank 1 to the uppermost top planting layer 3 through the water supply pipe 6, the nutrient solution flows into the top planting layer 3 from the top water inlet 3-1 to be contacted with plant roots, the nutrient solution in the layer flows out from the top water inlet 3-2 and flows to a planting layer close to the next layer through the water drain pipe, taking two planting layers as an example, the nutrient solution in the water drain pipe flows into the bottom planting layer 2 from the bottom water inlet 2-1 of the bottom planting layer 2 to be contacted with the plant roots, the nutrient solution in the layer flows out from the bottom water outlet 2-2 to flow into the water tank below, and thus, the circulation of the nutrient solution is realized; nutrient solution flows in each layer of planting pot, is filtered by the retaining dam and then flows into the lower layer of planting pot through the sewer pipe, and finally flows back to the water tank after being filtered by the retaining dam on the bottom planting layer. Under normal operation, the one-way valve 11 is in a closed and sealed state, and nutrient solution can only be supplied into the top planting layer 3 from the upper water pipe 6. When the nutrient solution in the water tank 1 needs to be emptied, a touch panel of the product is operated, the operation mode of the product is switched to a forced drainage mode, the flow of the water pump is increased, the guide pipe 10 is inserted into the forced drainage port 2-3, the check valve 11 is opened, and as the height of the forced drainage port 2-3 at the bottom is lower, the nutrient solution does not flow through the top planting layer through the water feeding pipe 6 any more, but is discharged from the forced drainage port 2-3 of the bottom planting layer through the forced drainage pipe 8, and is guided to an external container or a drainage position for receiving the nutrient solution through the guide pipe 10.

The vegetation machine is at the normal operating in-process, and the plant lamp can be according to the environment light intensity numerical value of illumination sensor response, adjusts plant lamp illumination intensity in real time, and relevant judgement logic is: in the normal operation process of the equipment, the illumination sensor monitors the ambient illumination value at intervals in the day, for example, the ambient illumination value is monitored once every hour, and after the monitoring is finished in the day, a control system of the equipment analyzes the illumination value monitored by the illumination sensor in each time interval; calculating the illumination quantity to be supplemented in each time period at night according to preset illumination parameters and the average value of the sunlight analyzed by the illumination sensor; starting a light supplement mode at night to supplement light; and after the light supplement is finished, entering the cycle of the next day according to the setting.

The user can input the plant species and set the concentration value of the nutrient solution required by the growth of the plant; in the operation process of the equipment, the EC sensor monitors the concentration of the nutrient solution in real time, the liquid level sensor monitors the liquid level height of the nutrient solution in the water tank in real time, if the concentration of the nutrient solution is detected to be not in accordance with the set standard concentration value, the quantity of the nutrient solution stock solution and the clear water to be supplemented are calculated according to the concentration data of the nutrient solution monitored by the EC sensor and the liquid level height data collected by the liquid level sensor and by combining the concentration value of the nutrient solution required by the plants set by a user, the quantity of the nutrient solution stock solution and the clear water to be supplemented is displayed on a liquid crystal display screen, the user is prompted to add the nutrient solution in time, after the addition is completed, the equipment is started again to operate after the concentration value of the nutrient solution monitored by the EC sensor reaches the set value, and the water pump supplies the nutrient solution to the top planting layer.

After the device is started, the water immersion sensor 22 detects whether water immersion occurs or not, if the water immersion occurs after the device is started, the device enters an alarm mode, stops working, displays an abnormal water immersion state on a display screen, alarms through a buzzer of the device, and uploads alarm state information to a mobile phone in a wireless mode. If the water immersion is not detected after the mobile phone is started, the mobile phone normally runs, whether the water immersion occurs is detected in real time in the running process, once the water immersion is detected, the mobile phone enters an alarm mode, stops working, displays the abnormal water immersion state on a display screen, alarms through a buzzer of the mobile phone, uploads the abnormal water immersion state to a mobile phone in a wireless mode, and reminds a user to check and process the water immersion condition.

Compared with the prior art, the vegetable planting and planting machine provided by the embodiment at least has one of the following beneficial effects:

1. through setting up circulation water route subassembly for equipment has automatic water route circulation and self-cleaning evacuation function. The automatic circulation of water route guarantees that every kind plants cup all can be even contact the nutrient solution, and the problem that the nutrient solution in the manual evacuation water tank of user and difficult abluent has been solved to self-cleaning evacuation function.

2. The vegetation machine has illumination sensor, can adjust the light intensity of plant lamp according to the size of environment light intensity, has practiced thrift the energy.

3. To the aspect of the nutrient solution add concentration, go out through the delivery port at the water pump and set up EC concentration sensor, set up level sensor in the water tank, the plant machine can remind the user to need to add the nutrient solution according to liquid level and nutrient solution concentration is automatic to the suggestion user should add how much and the concentration of nutrient solution, promoted user experience and felt.

4. Set up the water blocking dam through the delivery port at planting the basin, can control the liquid level of planting the basin, guarantee that the liquid level of planting the basin keeps certain height, the upper portion of water blocking dam sets up the filter segment simultaneously, can filter impurity such as mashed root, alga in the nutrient solution, guarantee to plant and keep certain nutrient solution water level in the basin, the water pump can be interrupted the operation, has practiced thrift the energy, has reduced the influence of water pump noise to the user.

5. The base at the bottom of the vegetation machine is provided with the water immersion sensor, so that when the vegetation machine leaks water, an alarm can be given to a user, and economic loss is avoided.

Example 2

Yet another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 17 to 18, discloses a vegetable planting machine, which is different from embodiment 1 in that the height of a plant lamp of the vegetable planting machine is adjustable. Specifically, the plant lamp is arranged above each layer of planting pot, the plant lamp 15 is connected with the top cover 13 or the planting pot 9 through the height adjusting mechanism, and the height adjusting mechanism is used for adjusting the height of the plant lamp 15 from the plant in the planting cup 9-1 below.

Exemplarily, the height adjustment mechanism includes a screw drive assembly, the screw drive assembly includes step motor, lead screw 18, nut and guide bar 19, step motor locates the bottom of planting basin 9 and the bottom of top cap 13 that the layer 3 was planted on the top layer, step motor's output is connected with lead screw 18, lead screw 18 longitudinal arrangement, the nut screw thread sets up on lead screw 18, plant lamp 15 passes through the nut and is connected with the lead screw, plant lamp 15 slides and sets up on guide bar 19, guide bar 19 and planting basin 9 or top cap 13 fixed connection. When the plants are relatively low, the plant lamp descends to a position 10cm above the plants under the action of the servo motor through the screw rod and the screw rod nut and automatically ascends along with the growth of the plants, so that the plants are guaranteed to obtain the optimal illumination. The lifting of the servo motor is automatically controlled by a controller.

Compared with the prior art, the vegetable planting machine provided by the embodiment has the same beneficial effects as embodiment 1, and the height of the plant lamp can be automatically adjusted according to the height of the plant through the height-adjustable setting of the plant lamp, when the plant is relatively low, the plant lamp automatically descends to a position 10cm above the plant through the screw rod and the screw nut device and automatically ascends along with the growth of the plant, so that the plant can obtain the optimal illumination. Moreover, height adjusting mechanism sets up independently, and the height of planting the lamp in each layer plant species district all can independent height-adjusting, just so can plant the plant of different grade type in the basin is planted to the different layers, plants according to the plant growth vigor in the basin is planted to the different layers plant, the position height of the regulation plant lamp of difference adaptability to better adaptation different kind vegetation.

The above-mentioned embodiments, objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application are further described in detail, it should be understood that the above-mentioned embodiments are only examples of the present application, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the scope of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. A seed and vegetable planter, comprising:

a water tank for containing a nutrient solution;

the bottom planting layer is arranged above the water tank and is provided with a bottom water inlet, a bottom water outlet and a strong discharge port;

the top planting layer is arranged above the bottom planting layer and is provided with a top water inlet and a top water outlet;

the circulating waterway assembly comprises a water pump, a tee joint, an upper water pipe, a lower water pipe and a forced drainage pipe;

the water outlet of the water pump is communicated with the inlet of the tee joint, the top water inlet is communicated with the first outlet of the tee joint through the water feeding pipe, the first end of the forced drainage pipe is communicated with the second outlet of the tee joint, the second end of the forced drainage pipe is communicated with the forced drainage port, the top water outlet is communicated with the bottom water inlet through the sewer pipe, the bottom water outlet is communicated with the inner space of the water tank, and the forced drainage port is provided with a valve so that nutrient solution can be discharged from the water tank under the pumping of the water pump when the valve is opened.

2. The vegetable planting machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one middle planting layer is further provided between the bottom planting layer and the top planting layer, the middle planting layer is provided with a middle water inlet and a middle water outlet, the top water outlet is communicated with the middle water inlet through a downcomer, and the middle water outlet is communicated with the bottom water inlet through a downcomer;

the number of the sewer pipes is one less than that of the planting layers.

3. The vegetable planter of claim 1, wherein each of the top planting layer and the bottom planting layer comprises a planting pot and a plurality of planting cups;

the planting pot is internally provided with a horizontally arranged planting plate which is provided with a plurality of cup slot holes, and the planting cup is disassembled and placed in the cup slot hole.

4. The vegetable planting and growing machine of claim 1, wherein the forced discharge port is arranged at the bottom of the planting pot of the bottom planting layer, and is connected with a flow guide pipe for guiding the nutrient solution discharged from the water tank to the outside of the water tank;

the valve is a one-way valve controlled manually; or, the valve is an electric control valve.

5. The vegetable planting machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein the bottom water outlet and the top water outlet are both arranged at the bottom of the planting pot, and the bottom water outlet and the top water outlet are both provided with a water blocking dam which protrudes from the bottom of the planting pot, so that the nutrient solution in the planting pot maintains a specified liquid level.

6. The vegetable planting machine as claimed in claim 5, wherein a water guide strip is convexly arranged on the bottom of the planting pot, a first end of the water guide strip is connected with a first side inner wall of the planting pot in a sealing manner, a gap is formed between a second end of the water guide strip and a second side inner wall of the planting pot, and the first side inner wall and the second side inner wall are oppositely arranged in parallel;

the bottom water inlet and the bottom water outlet are positioned at two sides of the water guide strip, and the top water inlet and the top water outlet are positioned at two sides of the water guide strip.

7. The vegetable planting machine of claim 1, wherein a top cover is further arranged above the top planting layer, and the top cover is inserted into the top planting layer through a vertical beam;

plant the basin with the below of top cap all is equipped with the plant lamp, be equipped with illumination sensor and display screen on the top cap.

8. The vegetable planting and growing machine of claim 1, wherein an EC sensor is arranged at a water outlet of the water pump, and a liquid level sensor is arranged on a side wall of the water tank.

9. The vegetable planting machine of claim 1, wherein a base is arranged at the bottom of the water tank, an installation space is arranged between the base and the water tank, and a water sensor is arranged in the installation space to detect whether the nutrient solution overflows from the detection device.

10. A method for hydroponic plant cultivation using the vegetable planter as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, comprising the steps of:

the equipment is started, a water pump supplies nutrient solution in a water tank to a top planting layer through a water supply pipe, the nutrient solution in the top planting layer is in contact with a plant root system, flows out of a water ejection water gap after being filtered by a water blocking dam and flows to a next planting layer through a water drainage pipe, the nutrient solution flows through each planting layer and is filtered by the water blocking dam until flowing into a bottom planting layer, and the nutrient solution in the bottom planting layer flows into the water tank from a bottom water outlet after being filtered by the water blocking dam, so that the circulation of the nutrient solution is realized;

under the normal operation state, the one-way valve is in a closed and sealed state, and nutrient solution can only be supplied into the top planting layer from the upper water pipe; when nutrient solution in the water tank needs to be drained, the guide pipe is inserted into the strong drainage port, the check valve is opened, and the nutrient solution is drained from the strong drainage port of the bottom planting layer through the strong drainage pipe.

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