DE4133185C2 - Couplable, in particular plant-receiving long-term care facility - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a couplable, in particular plant-receiving Long-term supply device, wherein the vessel walls as Serve vacuum principle tanks.

In the generic device US Pat. No. 4,419,842, a hydroponic Large vessel provided with a double wall, than ever by means of a timer and an electric air pump in the interval an air cushion on the raised floor Water is placed, which is due to its construction in the short term rises into the hydroponic area - for moistening the granulate there - and then flow back into the double floor chamber. This complex device works (like the DE- GM 75 03 628 with connectable containers) not with plants Vacuum principle double wall tanks, which also on the generic EP 0 193 495 A2 and DE-GM 84 15 025 apply.

The invention has for its object a safe device for long-term supply of plants based on the vacuum principle to create large plant containers such as planters, where several large containers easily form an even row of containers should be put together and supplied together can.

The features of the invention created to achieve this object result from the characterizing part of claim 1, accordingly it is intended for the establishment that the long-term supply device as an outer or large vessel is formed in a composite design, and one vessel of the same type has an elongated shape, with on its front sides uniformly polygonal design, being in compilation two vessels there one end face each is arranged outside, and an end face arranged inwards is so that the vessels fit into each other in areas that at least two by means of a flexible coupling channel on the bottom side interconnectable vessels are provided that the vessels each have a double wall floor and double wall sides, the Cavities are interconnected, the inner, the Plant root ball facing floor walls and / or one of each inner tank side walls perforated at the bottom to empty the tank  it is provided that additional tanks can be coupled to the vessels are provided and that the vessels are provided with foot stems and with duct partition walls for ventilation ducts and filling channels are made.

Advantageous further developments are described in the subclaims.

The device designed according to the invention lies in the construction Thought based on that planters limited interlocking slightly even lineups allow that they are individually fully suitable with ventilation / filling and filling channels provided as double-walled vacuum principle tanks and evenly by means of only one connection channel on the bottom can be completely refilled from just one filling point, whereby individually connectable in the plant boxes / large pots, central refillable additional tanks are also provided and can be inserted are.

For this purpose, the double-walled planters have forehead evenly - angular indentations and / or bulges - plus all vessels a ventilation duct and one each in the plant room opening small outlet breakthrough - also single connection channels with each other and primarily a filling channel; where each tank-forming vessel is blown with the filling and ventilation ducts by means of dividing / dividing duct partition walls is made in one piece at best.

In the drawings, the subject matter of the invention is, for example - and in some cases very simplified.

It shows the

Figure 1a shows the device as a flower box - in the functional position - corresponding approximately to the section AB of Figure 1b.

FIG. 1b shows the partial view of two flower boxes from below;

Figure 1c shows the partial view of the end of the end face is not "indented" high-bulk vessel in a perspective view.

Fig. 2 shows the side view (sectional) of an additional tank (Compact tank), which rests on a partially shown planter ground or a partially illustrated bottom hollow body insert - where it is respectively coupled by means of a bottom-side communication passage;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of an additional tank (flex tank cuff.);

Fig. 4a-e variously assembled flower boxes with 12-corner stem segments (a, c, e = "close-fitting"; b, d "half-step").

The partial end faces ( 1 a, 1 b) of the large vessels ( 1 ) preferably have a hexagonal to twelve-sided shape - as a result of which straight-line to evenly angled and, accordingly, "zigzag" -shaped rows of vessels - as well as ring / Partial ring-shaped flower boxes ( 7 ) - are possible.

Support shafts ( 1 f) or support feet ( 1 e) give the outer vessels a certain parapet height, which makes them particularly good as room dividers, e.g. B. in open-plan offices or at trade fair stands.

Coupling connection distributors ( 1 c) with coupling connections ( 1 d) are provided in the floor area in the vicinity of the large vessel ends so that the vessels ( 1 ) can be connected to one another for complete filling and shared water consumption by means of coupling channels ( 6 ) as hose sections are.

So that straight and angled flower boxes can be easily arranged in rows ( 1 ) with support shafts ( 1 f), they have openings ( 1 i) on the front for the coupling channel ( 6 ).

In order to be able to place additional tanks ( 2, 3 ) anywhere in the system within the vessels ( 1 ), the invention provides in particular a double-bottom insert ( 4 ) which fills the bottom of the vessel ( 1 ). At best, like the double-wall floor ( 1 h), it has visually integrated support bars ( 4 b), and can therefore be subjected to high pressure loads.

An additional tank ( 2, 3 ) can easily be coupled to the raised floor insert ( 4 ) by means of a connection channel ( 2 b) projecting downwards. For this purpose, a slightly narrow opening ( 4 a) is made in the upper wall at the desired and web-free point and then the additional tank ( 2, 3 ) with the bottom-side connecting channel ( 2 b) is inserted.

In one embodiment ( FIG. 2), the additional tank ( 2 ) has an inwardly directed, integrated additional shaft ( 2 c) into which a separate ventilation channel ( 5 ) can be inserted and to which a separate access channel ( 2 d) is provided on the side / below. through the tank for air routing purposes for the ventilation of the additional tank (ventilation when filling and ventilation during the operation of the vacuum principle tank). By means of transverse connecting channels (2 a) to auxiliary tanks (2, 3) are connected as a tube pieces to each other by coupling channels (6).

It is envisaged that the raised floor insert ( 4 ) itself z. B. by means of its own lower connecting channel ( 2 b) with the double-wall bottom ( 1 h) of the large vessel can be coupled.

The additional tanks ( 2, 3 ) can be coupled as described with the double bottom insert ( 4 ) or, if this is missing, directly in the double wall bottom ( 1 h) of the vessel ( 1 ) by means of an opening ( 4 a) .

In special feature of the auxiliary tanks (2, 3), these outer honeycomb as a compact tank (2) or flexible tank sleeve (3) low raumausnutzend formed; the latter having a frusto-conical shaft on the inside, with overlapping shafts ( 3 b) which overlap at the ends and, at best, lock or jam together.

The outer / large pots / plant boxes each have the smallest outlet openings (not shown) that are necessary for the bottom of the plant. also the additional tanks ( 2, 3 ).

Are now z. B. several large vessels have been connected to a composite wall ( 7 ), and the additional tanks ( 2, 3 ) in connection with the raised floor insert ( 4 ) and with the plant pots / plants and expanded clay fillings etc. are properly inserted on all sides, so that the individual tanks form a general assembly, then each tank vessel can be filled via a single filler channel (not shown in the figures), the tank system then being filled at approximately the same water level. This is possible because each individual tank element has its own loading / Has ventilation channel ( 5 ), and when filling and rising water, the air displaced on the tank side can escape down through it.

After all individual vessels have been completely filled, the vessel group can automatically supply itself for a longer period of time, for which each individual vessel is gradually emptied according to the type of vacuum principle tanks, whereby a previously definable water level in the root ball area of the vessels ( 1 ) is maintained almost unchanged.

It is known that potted flowers assimilate more in natural light in the window area and thus require more water than plants in the rear room areas and / or with artificial "exposure". A row of plant boxes, placed in the room from the window, is now always supplied evenly by the communicating vacuum tank coupling according to the invention, without the fact that vessels near the window ( 1 ) offer plants insufficient quantities of water / nutrient solution after some time. - This means that flower service intervals can also be extended reliably to save costs.

The double bottom insert ( 4 ) can advantageously also be inserted in single-walled large vessels and flower boxes ( 1 ) and can be used for communicative coupling of additional tanks ( 2, 3 ). The small-group use of coupled tanks or even the use of individual tanks for the long-term supply of plants of earth and / or hydroponic crops can also be used and is of great advantage.

Reference list

1 large / outer vessel;
1 a partial end face outside;
1 b partial end face inside;
1 c coupling connection distributor;
1 d coupling connection;
1 e support leg;
1 f support shaft;
1 g double wall sides;
1 h double wall floor;
1 i breakthrough;
2 additional / compact tank;
2 a connection channel on the side;
2 b connecting channel on the bottom;
2 c additional shaft;
2 d access channel;
2 e foot section;
2 f indentation;
3 additional tank / tank sleeve;
3 a Flexibility indentation;
3 b overlap shaft;
4 raised floor insert;
4 a breakthrough (sealing);
4 b support bars;
5 ventilation duct;
6 coupling channel;
7 Composite wall (representation of the / a large / outer vessel in an angled position).

Claims (13)

1. Couplable, in particular plant-receiving long-term supply device, the vessel walls serving as vacuum principle tanks,
characterized by
that the long-term supply device is designed as an outer or large vessel in a composite design, and each vessel ( 1 ) has an identical or elongated shape, with a uniformly polygonal configuration on its end faces, with one end face ( 1 a) in each case in the combination of two vessels ( 1 ) is arranged outwards, and an end face ( 1 b) is arranged inwards, so that the vessels ( 1 ) fit into one another in regions,
that at least two vessels ( 1 ) which can be connected to one another by means of a flexible coupling channel ( 6 ) are provided,
that the vessels ( 1 ) each have a double-wall bottom ( 1 h) and double-wall sides ( 1 g), the cavities of which are connected to one another, the inner wall walls facing the plant root ball and / or one each of the inner side walls of the vessel there is a perforated opening below the tank,
that further communicating additional tanks ( 2, 3 ) which can be coupled to the vessels ( 1 ) are provided,
and that the vessels ( 1-3 ) are provided with foot shafts and are made with channel dividing walls for ventilation and ventilation channels and filling channels. 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the end faces of the vessels ( 1 ) have an octagonal to twelve-sided partial segment shape. 3. Apparatus according to claim 1 and 2, characterized in that the end faces of the vessels in the area of the coupling connection ( 1 d) are broken. 4. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the vessels ( 1 ) are made in one piece in the blowing process. 5. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the additional tank ( 2, 3 ) has a bottom-side connecting channel ( 2 b) which is connected to the double-wall floor ( 1 h). 6. Apparatus according to claim 1 and 5, characterized in that the additional tank ( 2, 3 ) is honeycomb-shaped. 7. The device according to claim 1, 5 and 6, characterized in that the additional tank ( 3 ) is designed as a flexible tank sleeve, which has a hexagonal shaft wall on the outside and is frustoconical on the inside, the ends of the tank each as overlapping shafts ( 3 b ) are trained. 8. The device according to claim 6, characterized in that the overlap shafts ( 3 b) of the additional tank ( 3 ) are designed as latching or clamping elements. 9. The device according to claim 1 and 5 to 8, characterized in that the additional tank ( 2, 3 ) with inner and bottom-side connecting channels ( 2 a, 2 b) is formed in the lower tank areas. 10. The device according to claim 1 and 7, characterized in that the additional tank ( 2, 3 ) with an integrated additional shaft ( 2 c) for the ventilation channel ( 5 ) and an access channel ( 2 d) from the outside of the additional tank to the additional shaft ( 2 c) is adequately trained. 11. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the double wall bottom ( 1 h) of the vessel ( 1 ) is a loose, additionally insertable double bottom insert ( 4 ). 12. The apparatus of claim 1, 10 and 11, characterized in that the double wall floor ( 1 h) and the double floor insert ( 4 ) with support webs ( 4 b) or spacers is formed. 13. Device according to claims 1 to 11, characterized in that that each the cavity of a tank and a vessel by means of a respective floor-side connecting duct and / or double floor Is communicating with each other.