CN213486262U - Continuous intelligent vertical farm - Google Patents

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CN213486262U
CN213486262U CN202021948218.7U CN202021948218U CN213486262U CN 213486262 U CN213486262 U CN 213486262U CN 202021948218 U CN202021948218 U CN 202021948218U CN 213486262 U CN213486262 U CN 213486262U
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The utility model relates to a perpendicular farm field indicates a perpendicular farm of continuous type intelligence especially, including frame, planting board, circulating pump, liquid manure integration pond, driving motor, drive mechanism and control box, it includes continuous type height fluctuation part and the orthoscopic part of setting at the frame downside that sets up at the frame upside to plant the board, still be equipped with the recovery tray between continuous type height fluctuation part and the orthoscopic part, the inside a plurality of spray set that are equipped with of frame. The continuous intelligent vertical farm of the utility model has high degree of mechanization, can continuously produce vegetables, reduces the labor intensity of workers, and can change the existing vegetable production supply pattern; the method also has the advantages of simple production, low cost, high and stable yield of vegetables and high return rate; in addition, the user can adjust the slew velocity of planting the board through the control box according to the growth cycle of planting vegetables, realizes planting from the left end, and the right-hand member carries out the planting mode of reaping.

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Continuous intelligent vertical farm
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a perpendicular farm field indicates a continuous type intelligence perpendicular farm especially.
Background
With the rapid increase of population, the acceleration of urbanization speed and the frequent occurrence of extreme weather, the shortage of cultivation resources such as land and the like is caused, and the search for a new effective planting mode is urgent. As plant factory technology matures, vertical agriculture developed on its basis has received a great deal of attention. The vertical farm is a novel indoor planting mode, the appearance of the vertical farm lies in the full utilization of resources and space, the vertical farm adopts a soilless solution cultivation mode, the energy cost is greatly reduced, and more foods can be provided simultaneously.
The vegetable industry is an important component of agriculture in China, and the development of the vegetable industry can promote the adjustment of agricultural structures, optimize the dietary structures of residents and improve the living standard of people. In China, vegetables are crops with the widest cultivation area and the most important economic status except for grain crops. The annual output exceeds 7 hundred million tons, and the per-capita occupation amount reaches more than 500 kg, which all live in the first place of the world.
In recent years, vegetable consumption has a fixed trend that good products are easy to go out, defective products are difficult to stand, and a plant factory with high quality and high-end vegetables is a modern agricultural sustainable production system manufactured by high technology. In the production system, a three-dimensional cultivation technology is adopted for annual production, and the plant yield is tens of times and tens of times of the traditional agricultural yield; the physical agricultural technology is adopted to replace chemical pesticides for killing insects and sterilizing, so that the plant quality reaches green even organic quality; by adopting the resource recycling technology, the utilization rate of various resources is improved, and zero emission and zero pollution are realized. The plant factory is an important way for scientific technology to build traditional agriculture, is the highest stage of facility agriculture, is an important mark of the agricultural development level of a region or a country, and is the development direction of the agriculture in the world in the 21 st century.
At present, vegetable planting equipment in plant factory production lines and vertical farms is high in energy consumption and operation cost, not only is the intelligent degree not high enough, but also the return on investment is low. Furthermore, existing vertical farm equipment is essentially incapable of achieving a planting pattern from planting to harvesting in a controlled time.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the problems, the utility model provides a continuous type intelligence vertical farm, intelligent degree is higher, the running cost is low, it is convenient and fast more to plant and reap, this invention utilizes vertical farm, this latest technical equipment of plant factory, owing to use the latest technical equipment, the biggest bottleneck problem of plant factory has been broken through, make the direct manufacturing cost of jin vegetables fall to "a few maoqian" from present ten yuan, realize high-quality, utilize "community straight round pin" under the low-cost prerequisite, form and produce and sell the integration, will change Guangdong hong Australian gulf vegetables and produce and sell the structure.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: the utility model provides a perpendicular farm of continuous type intelligence, includes the frame, plants board, circulating pump, liquid manure integration pond, driving motor, drive mechanism and control box, it rotationally sets up in the frame through drive mechanism to plant the board, plant the board including setting up the continuous type height fluctuation part of frame upside and setting up the orthoscopic part in the frame downside, still be equipped with between continuous type height fluctuation part and the orthoscopic part and retrieve the tray, the inside a plurality of spray set that are equipped with of frame, spray set is located between continuous type height fluctuation part and the recovery tray, the control box respectively with circulating pump, driving motor electric connection, the circulating pump draws water mouthful and liquid manure integration pond intercommunication, delivery port and spray set intercommunication, driving mechanism is connected with the driving motor drive.
Furthermore, the left side of the planting plate is also provided with a left arc-shaped protruding part convenient for planting or harvesting, and the right side of the planting plate is provided with a right arc-shaped protruding part convenient for harvesting.
In addition, still including wasing the pond, wash the pond and set up at the frame lower extreme, planting board straight line formula part is located washs the pond.
Further, the spraying device comprises a plurality of spraying pipelines and spray heads, the spraying pipelines are respectively communicated with the circulating pump, the spray heads are respectively arranged on the spraying pipelines, and the spraying direction of the spray heads faces the direction of the planting plate. The liquid of the water and the fertilizer can form fog shape through the spray head, which is beneficial to the absorption of roots.
The spraying pipeline comprises a plurality of layers of branch pipelines in the horizontal direction, the branch pipelines on each layer are communicated, and a plurality of spray heads are respectively arranged on the front side and the rear side of each branch pipeline.
Further, drive mechanism includes driving chain, driving sprocket and driven sprocket, plant the board front and back both sides limit and be connected with the driving chain respectively, driven sprocket sets up the upper and lower end at the front side of frame and rear side respectively, driven sprocket and driving sprocket set up respectively in the frame, driving sprocket and driving motor's drive shaft connection, driving sprocket and driven sprocket mesh with the driving chain respectively.
The planting plate is formed by a plurality of planting strips which are arranged adjacently, two ends of each planting strip are connected with the transmission chain respectively, and planting holes are uniformly formed in the surfaces of the planting strips. The planting strips move up and down circularly along with the machine, thereby absorbing the sunlight evenly.
Furthermore, the frame, the planting plate, the circulating pump, the water and fertilizer integrated pool, the transmission motor, the transmission mechanism and the control box are arranged in a planting shed made of transparent glass or a film, and a master control system for adjusting indoor temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, light intensity and wind power is arranged in the planting shed.
The planting shed is characterized in that a sunshade net is arranged on the upper side of the planting shed, the master control system comprises a fan and an artificial water waterfall, the fan is arranged on the front side of the planting shed, the artificial water waterfall is arranged on the rear side of the planting shed, and indoor air is pumped out of the planting shed by the fan.
The beneficial effects of the utility model reside in that: the continuous intelligent vertical farm of the utility model has high degree of mechanization, can continuously produce vegetables, reduces the labor intensity of workers, and can change the existing vegetable production supply pattern; the method also has the advantages of simple production, low cost, high and stable yield of vegetables and high return rate; in addition, the user can adjust the slew velocity of planting the board through the control box according to the growth cycle of planting vegetables, realizes planting from the left end, and the right-hand member carries out the planting mode of reaping.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the present embodiment.
Fig. 2 is a front view of the present embodiment.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the entire rack of the embodiment.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the shower pipe of the present embodiment.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the planting strip of the embodiment.
Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the planting shed in the embodiment.
The reference numbers illustrate: 1. a frame; 2. planting a plate; 21. a continuous undulating portion; 22. a linear portion; 23. a left arcuate projecting portion; 24. a right arcuate projecting portion; 25. planting strips; 26. planting holes; 3. a circulation pump; 4. a water and fertilizer integrated pool; 5. a drive motor; 6. a transmission mechanism; 61. a drive chain; 62. a drive sprocket; 63. a driven sprocket; 7. a control box; 8. recovering the tray; 9. a spraying device; 91. a spray pipe; 92. a spray head; 10. planting shed; 101. a fan; 102. artificial water waterfall.
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The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present application may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described in the present embodiment. The following detailed description is provided to facilitate a more thorough understanding of the present disclosure, and the words used to indicate orientation, top, bottom, left, right, etc. are used solely to describe the illustrated structure in connection with the accompanying figures.
Referring to fig. 1-6, the utility model relates to a continuous intelligent vertical farm, which comprises a frame 1, a planting plate 2, a circulating pump 3, a liquid manure integrated pool 4, a transmission motor 5, a transmission mechanism 6 and a control box 7, wherein the planting plate 2 is rotatably arranged on the frame 1 through the transmission mechanism 6, the planting plate 2 comprises a left-to-right continuous type elevation part 21 arranged on the upper side of the frame 1 and a linear part 22 arranged on the lower side of the frame 1, a recovery tray 8 is arranged between the continuous type elevation part 21 and the linear part 22, a plurality of spraying devices 9 are arranged inside the frame 1, the spraying devices 9 are positioned between the continuous type elevation part 21 and the recovery tray 8, the control box 7 is respectively electrically connected with the circulating pump 3 and the transmission motor 5, a water pumping port of the circulating pump 3 is communicated with the liquid manure integrated pool 4, the water outlet is communicated with a spraying device 9, and the transmission mechanism 6 is in driving connection with the transmission motor 5. The water and fertilizer integrated pool 4 is respectively arranged on the front side of the rack 1 and corresponds to each spraying device 9 in position, the control box 7 is arranged at the right end of the rack 1, and the transmission motor 5 is arranged at the left end of the rack 1.
In this embodiment, the left side of the planting plate 2 is also provided with a left arc-shaped protruding part 23 for planting or harvesting, and the right side is provided with a right arc-shaped protruding part 24 for harvesting. In addition, can also include and wash the pond, wash the pond setting at 1 lower extreme in frame, planting 2 rectilinear portions 22 of board are located and wash the pond, and vegetables can also reap after washing the pond and carrying out cleaning and disinfection after the growth cycle of continuous type undulation part 21, realize the assembly line production mode.
It should be further noted that the recycling tray 8 not only can recycle the liquid manure sprayed from the spraying device 9, but also has the function of preventing the liquid manure sprayed from the spraying device 9 from entering the cleaning tank.
In this embodiment, the spraying device 9 includes a plurality of spraying pipes 91 and spraying heads 92, the spraying pipes 91 are respectively communicated with the circulating pump 3, the spraying heads 92 are respectively disposed on the spraying pipes 91, and the spraying direction of the spraying heads 91 faces the planting plate 2. The spraying pipe 91 comprises a plurality of layers of branch pipes in the horizontal direction, the branch pipes in each layer are communicated, and a plurality of spray heads 92 are respectively arranged on the front side and the rear side of each branch pipe. The atomizing nozzle 92 is preferred here, and the liquid manure that sprays through nozzle 92 provides nutrition and moisture to the root of the plant on the planting board 2 position that spray pipe 91 corresponds on the frame 1, and the user can be according to actual conditions through the spraying volume of the different positions of planting board 2 that control box 7 control sprayed.
In this embodiment, the transmission mechanism 6 includes a transmission chain 61, a driving sprocket 62 and a driven sprocket 63, the front and rear two sides of the planting plate 2 are respectively connected to the transmission chain 61, the driven sprockets 62 are respectively disposed at the upper and lower ends of the front and rear sides of the rack 1, the driving sprocket 62 is disposed at the left end of the front side of the rack 1 and is connected to the driving shaft of the transmission motor 5, since the left ends of the front and rear sides of the rack 1 are both provided with 1 driving sprocket 62, the driving sprockets 62 of the front and rear sides are connected by a transmission shaft 64, the transmission motor 5 drives the driving sprocket 62 of the front side to rotate and drives the driving sprocket 62 of the rear side to rotate by the transmission shaft; the driving chain wheel 62 and the driven chain wheel 63 are respectively meshed with the transmission chain 61, the driving chain wheel 62 is driven to rotate through the transmission motor 5, the transmission chain 61 meshed with the driving chain wheel 62 rotates, and therefore the planting plate 2 is driven to rotate. Planting plate 2 is adjacent by a plurality of planting strips 25 and sets up, planting strip 25 both ends are connected with driving chain 61 respectively, guarantee to plant strip 25 and can rotate on frame 1 circulation, planting strip 25 surface evenly sets up planting hole 26, and the user need insert the root of leaf class plant in planting hole 26.
Perpendicular farm of this embodiment sets up in clear glass's planting shed 10, be equipped with the total control system of adjusting indoor temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, light intensity, wind-force in planting shed 10, can realize the indoor environment of intelligent regulation to make the plant can be fit for growing under this environment, this part belongs to prior art, no longer gives unnecessary details here. The planting shed 10 is provided with a sunshade net on the upper side, the master control system comprises a fan 101 and an artificial water waterfall 102, the fan 101 is arranged on the front side of the planting shed 10, the artificial water waterfall 102 is arranged on the rear side of the planting shed 10, and the fan 101 pumps indoor air to the outdoor. The water in the artificial water waterfall 102 can be brought into the room, so that the indoor wind power can be adjusted, the indoor temperature and humidity can be adjusted, and the indoor temperature can be kept at 8-10 ℃ through cold water. Furthermore, vertical farms typically have a height of 6-9 meters, and are therefore preferably 10 meters high in a planting shed 10.
The application method of the continuous intelligent vertical farm of the embodiment is as follows; the user is through planting leaf class plant to plant hole 26, and the user can control drive motor 5 and circulating pump 3's work through control box 7, if control drive motor 5 drive plant board 2 and rotate, control circulating pump 3 take out the liquid manure in the liquid manure integration pond to spray on the spray piping 91 to spray plant roots through shower nozzle 92 and fertilize. In addition, the user can be according to the growth cycle of planting vegetables through the slew velocity of control box 7 regulation planting board 2, realizes planting from the left end, and the right-hand member carries out the planting mode of reaping.
Compared with the prior art, firstly, the invention makes full use of natural light to replace the traditional high-energy-consumption plant factory using LED lamps in the market at present, realizes low-carbon operation and reduces the vegetable planting cost. Secondly, the vertical planting mode is adopted, the land occupation area is reduced, the vegetable growth area is increased, the vegetable planting industry is not required to face the loess back to the sky, and the working environment is similar to a laboratory. Thirdly, the planting plate is lifted to the high altitude mechanically, the full production environment of the vegetables is controlled intelligently, the working intensity of workers is reduced, the workload is reduced, and the labor cost for planting the vegetables is further reduced. Fourthly, the water and fertilizer integrated technology is applied, the spraying system is arranged in the middle of the upper and lower circulating double-sided planting equipment, so that the roots of the vegetables can directly absorb nutrition, the growth speed is closer to nature, the growth speed is higher, and the yield is higher.
It should be further explained that the control box 7 and the master control system in the planting shed 10 are both required to be connected with a power supply, and the parts belong to the known technology and are not described again; and control box 7 then through predetermineeing in the procedure realizes control function, do not belong to the utility model discloses a within the scope of protection, no longer describe herein. Unless otherwise specifically stated or limited, the terms "connected," "secured," "mounted," and the like are to be construed broadly and their specific meanings in the context of the present application will be understood by those skilled in the art as being related to the specific situation.
The above embodiments are only for describing the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and various modifications and improvements made by the technical solution of the present invention by those skilled in the art are all within the scope of the present invention as defined by the claims.

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1. A continuous intelligent vertical farm, characterized in that: including frame, planting board, circulating pump, liquid manure integration pond, driving motor, drive mechanism and control box, it rotationally sets up in the frame to plant the board through drive mechanism, it is including setting up at the continuous type height fluctuation part of frame upside and setting up the orthoscopic part in the frame downside to plant the board, still be equipped with the recovery tray between continuous type height fluctuation part and the orthoscopic part, the inside a plurality of spray set that are equipped with of frame, spray set is located between continuous type height fluctuation part and the recovery tray, the control box respectively with circulating pump, driving motor electric connection, the circulating pump draws water mouth and liquid manure integration pond intercommunication, delivery port and spray set intercommunication, drive mechanism is connected with the driving motor drive.
2. The continuous intelligent vertical farm according to claim 1, wherein: the left side of the planting plate is also provided with a left arc-shaped protruding part convenient for planting or harvesting, and the right side of the planting plate is provided with a right arc-shaped protruding part convenient for harvesting.
3. The continuous intelligent vertical farm according to claim 1, wherein: still including wasing the pond, wash the pond and set up at the frame lower extreme, planting board straight line formula part is located washs the pond.
4. The continuous intelligent vertical farm according to claim 1, wherein: the spraying device comprises a plurality of spraying pipelines and spray heads, the spraying pipelines are respectively communicated with the circulating pump, the spray heads are respectively arranged on the spraying pipelines, and the spraying direction of the spray heads faces to the direction of the planting plate.
5. The continuous intelligent vertical farm according to claim 4, wherein: the spraying pipeline comprises a plurality of layers of branch pipelines in the horizontal direction, the branch pipelines on each layer are communicated, and a plurality of spray heads are respectively arranged on the front side and the rear side of each branch pipeline.
6. The continuous intelligent vertical farm according to claim 1, wherein: drive mechanism includes driving chain, driving sprocket and driven sprocket, plant the board front and back both sides limit and be connected with the driving chain respectively, driven sprocket and driving sprocket set up respectively in the frame, driving sprocket and driving motor's drive shaft connection, driving sprocket and driven sprocket mesh with the driving chain respectively.
7. The continuous intelligent vertical farm according to claim 6, wherein: the planting plate is formed by adjacently arranging a plurality of planting strips, two ends of each planting strip are respectively connected with the transmission chain, and planting holes are uniformly formed in the surfaces of the planting strips.
8. The continuous intelligent vertical farm according to claim 1, wherein: frame, planting board, circulating pump, liquid manure integration pond, driving motor, drive mechanism and control box set up in the planting shed of clear glass or film, be equipped with the total control system who adjusts indoor temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, light intensity, wind-force in the planting shed.
9. A continuous intelligent vertical farm according to claim 8, characterised in that: plant the canopy upside and be equipped with the sunshade net, total control system includes fan and artifical water fall, the fan sets up at planting canopy front side, and artifical water fall sets up at planting canopy rear side, the fan is taken out indoor wind outdoor.
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