DE7734433U1 - PLANT CULTURAL VESSEL - Google Patents

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Pat ent attorneys e
Dipl.-Ing. W.Beyer
Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. B * Jochem

Frankfurt / ilain 'Staufenstr. 36

Armin Höllwarth

Long

Plant culture vessel

The invention relates to a plant culture vessel with a matching inner insert. '· ".

Plant culture vessels for hydroponics are already known (German Offenlegungsschrift 2 316 275), which with inner | Projections on the bottom are provided for an inside insert on it and between the projections a | free space to take up nutrient liquid for the plants |

to obtain. However, these massive protrusions cannot i

be used to support rollers, feet, support hooks or the like. |

to be attached to the plant culture vessel. |

Ls are already plant culture vessels with inner provision Known cracks on the ground (German utility model |

7 211 117), which can be used as a base for a water level indicator | to serve. However, these bases are closed in a ring and their bottom is not at the level of the bottom of the plant culture vessel, so that they tend to become soiled. In addition, in this case the water level indicator must be a complete unit with a base plate, the exact position of which on the base of the base, and thus also the function of the water level indicator, is often disturbed by stones or dirt.

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The water level indicator can have another known design (German Offenlegungsschrift 2 316 275) also in pinem outside the side wall of the plant culture vessel arranged tubular projection are attached, the at the bottom of the vessel / with its interior in connection stands · This disrupts the aesthetic external impression of the plant culture vessel.

The object of the invention is to provide a plant culture vessel of the type mentioned above, which is very versatile in connection with shell-shaped inner inserts Suitable for both soil and hydroponics and for very different types of installation and attachment is, whereby the numerous technical facilities on the vessel should not disturb the aesthetic external impression.

The above object is achieved according to the innovation in that the plant culture vessel is inside in a manner known per se has at least one projection formed as a base on the floor and the inner insert on the corresponding one Place has a recess arranged at a distance from the floor

The proposed plant culture vessel has the advantage that ventilation, water filling or suction pipes on the protrusions, Water level indicators and brackets for plant supports and lighting devices or the like or can be attached to it in any other suitable manner without impairing the puncture of the inner liner will.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the recesses are formed in an upper edge flange of the inner insert. They can either be open towards the tape or in the form of a completely limited hole in the edge flange or in the Have side wall of the inner insert.

The innovation is suitable for both small table vessels and also for larger bottom containers. In the first case, an embodiment "is preferred in which the inner insert essentially reaches to the upper edge of the plant culture vessel, With the larger vessels, on the other hand, it is sufficient if the inner insert extends up to a medium height in the vessel. In both In cases, the interior insert will have additional holes or recesses regardless of the protrusions on the floor provided in the edge flange and / or in the side wall, e.g. for root ventilation or for carrying out other operating facilities can serve and are to be dimensioned accordingly.

In a further preferred embodiment of the invention, the handling of the inner insert is facilitated by gripping tabs attached to the edge. . ^!

With hydroponics you don't necessarily need to use it indoors to work in the plant culture vessel, but instead fills the liquid and the usual granulate made of expanded bon (foamed Clay), which gives the plants the necessary hold, directly into the plant culture vessel. Because of the easier removal However, it has proven to be advantageous for the plants from the container proven, at least for the smaller vessels, even for hydroponics with an indoor insert in the planter culture vessel work. An indoor use is necessary in the case of earth culture with water storage, also known as water accumulation. In. this case If there is a certain water reserve in the plant culture vessel outside of the inner insert, which is watertight in the lower area, advice, which is contained in the inner insert via a wick or felt strip, preferably made of a synthetic material Earth is sucked. Holes in the inner insert can be used to

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The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the drawing. Show it:

1 shows a plan view from above of a plant culture vessel according to the invention without an inner insert;

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I ■ Fig. 2 is a side view, partly in section, through ^! the vessel according to FIG. 1,

I Fig. 3 is a partial section according to the sectional view

S - in Fig. 2, completed by one on the lower

Roller mounted on the side of the plant culture vessel,

I Fig. 4 a plant culture supported on carrying hooks

II 'vessel in a representation corresponding to FIG. 2,

| ~ Fig. 5 is a perspective partial view obliquely from I above in a plant according to the invention culture

I vessel in which a support device for

I plants is mounted,

.j Fig. 6 is a partial section along section line VI-VI in

j Fig. 1,

a Fig. 7 is a vertical cross-section through another

I ren lead on the soil of the plant culture

I vessel,

I Fig. 8 is a vertical section along the cutting line

I VIII-VIII by a different from Fig. 7

I walked the lead

Fig. 9 again another embodiment of a socket with attached water level indicator,

Fi ?. 1o a vertical section according to the section line

X-X in Fig. 1 by a further sock-shaped projection on the bottom of the vessel and a water filling and suction pipe attached to it,

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Figures 11 and 12 are top and side views of a

Indoor use of a small plant culture ί

vessel, '|

13 and 14 top and side views of an inner liner for a large vessel. ^;

The drawing shows a plant culture vessel 1o, the bottom of which is denoted by 12 and the side wall of which is denoted by 14. The outer shape of the plant culture vessel Io does not have to be as in the example, be rectangular, but can also have a square or round horizontal cross-section to have. For the outside of the side wall 14, any suitable decorative surface can be chosen. Figures 2 and 4 show a striped surface. Optional However, a wood grain can also be chosen as a decoration »The plant culture vessel 1o is preferably made of plastic and can e.g. be produced by spraying.

Characteristic of the new plant culture vessel are the projections described below on the bottom 12 of the Vessel. First of all, the four projections 16 arranged at the corners will be discussed. As the 2 to 5 show, these are tubular projections which have a blind bore 18, i.e. for The underside of the bottom 12 is open, but closed at the top by an end wall 2o. For special cases a Soll-Eruchstelle 22 for breaking out the upper end wall be provided, but normally you will leave the relatively low projections 16 closed at the top, as shown in Figs.

The cast tubular projections 16 serve to f

ι Attachment of outer and inner bearing, support ode :; Holding; organs. Fig. 3 shows, for example , how by means of the hollow projections Io rollers 24 under deir. Plant culture vessel mon-

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can be animalized. For this purpose, for example, bearing bushes 26, 28 can be inserted into the blind bore 18, in which a rod 3o is then rotatably mounted, which carries the bearing for the roller 24 at the lower end.

In the embodiment according to FIG. 4, a support hook 32 is inserted with its front, angled end 34 into the blind hole 18 of the projection 16. In this way, the plant culture vessel can be attached to a wall or a balcony railing, for example. Of course, other types of supports or feet could also be attached under the plant culture vessel by means of the hollow projections 16. The main load is absorbed by the bottom of the vessel, not by the wall of the projection 16. Nevertheless, it is advisable to provide a web 36 or some other connection with the side wall 14 in order to increase the strength of the projection 16.

Also in the interior of the vessel can, as Fig. Ϊ> exemplarily shows, brackets are attached to the projection 16. Such a holder can, for example, consist of a the projection 16 to be fastened clamp or ring 38, a support arm 4o connected to it and one above it a ring 44 connected tube 42 consist. A stick or branch, for example, can then be inserted into this tube that holds up a plant or supports a plant branch.

Flg. 6 shows, in vertical section, a projection 4fi of a different type compared to the projections 16. This forms a tubular shaft open at the bottom and top,

by the e.g. electrical cables or other facilities § can be inserted into the plant culture vessel from below. The shaft should at least be so high that its upper edge is definitely above the water

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Surface lies in the vessel. When the shaft is not in use it can be closed by a cover, not shown.

In the Eeispieisfall shown in Fig. 6, the bore in the tubular shaft 46 is stepped off, resulting in three different bore sections 48, 50, 52 each with slightly larger through-holes from bottom to top. This design of the shaft allows rods or pipes of different thicknesses to be inserted from above, which find a secure hold on the stepped shoulders of the bore AB, 50, 52. '-

Instead of the stepped borehole 48, 5c, 52 can the hole-shaped shaft 46 also has a continuously uniform

moderately cylindrical or one that tapers upwards or downwards have conical bore. Electrical or holding devices can be clamped in the conical bores will. Of course, there is the possibility of the plant culture vessel with more than just one tubular Shaft 46 to be provided.

Except for the functions already mentioned, the tubular Shafts 46 also serve to store plant culture vessels with the same horizontal cross-section that are placed one on top of the other to connect with each other. In this case a rod or a tube can pass through the aligned stanchions the tubular shafts 46 of the superimposed vessels are inserted.

Another special head start on the bottom of the plant culture vessel is denoted by 54 in FIG. 1 and shown in various embodiments in FIGS. 7 to 9 . This projection 54 forms a substantially annular base on which a pipe of a water level

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indicator can be attached. The water level indicator consists of a spherical float 56, which is spherical in the example, a rod 58 protruding upwards from it and a colored, e.g. red, ball 60 attached to its upper end, which is visible through a transparent tubular attachment, e.g. made of glass or a transparent plastic and thus shows the height of the water level in the plant culture vessel. In the case of a low vessel κ, νηη, the transparent attachment 62 can be attached directly to the base 54, as shown in FIG. For taller vessels, extension tubes 64 can be used as shown in FIG. 7. If possible the base should be 54 at the upper end inside approximately by the wall thickness of the aufzustockenden tube for 64 or ä ^ transparent attachment be offset step-shaped 62, so that on the inside of a smooth transition as possible between the base 54 and the tube 64 and Article 62 results, which does not hinder the movement of the float 56.

The base 54 can in the embodiment according to FIG. 7 directly be provided with a hole 66 above the bottom 12. Instead of the hole 66, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, a be present in the base 54 through a vertical slot 68 extending from top to bottom. Both with hole 66 as well with slot 68, the water level in the base 54 and in the pipe 64 always corresponds very closely to the water level in the plant culture vessel 1o.

In front of the entrance to the slot 68, a further small projection 7o is expediently attached to the bottom 12 of the vessel, which prevents stones or dirt lying on the bottom 12 from penetrating through the slot into the interior of the base 54. Such a projection 7o acting as a barrier can of course also be provided in front of the hole 66 according to FIG. 7.

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A socket similar to socket 54 is shown in fin 72 and shown in Fig. 1o in vertical section. This base 72 has not just one, but a zuir. better water flow four vertical slots 74 and is used for. » Attaching a tube 76 through which water is poured into the plant culture vessel 1o can be filled in or sucked out of it. The tube 76 may vary depending on the height of the plant culture vessel different lengths or composed of several pipe sections, similar to FIG. 7 and above through a cover 78 can be closed. In the tube 76 and the base 72 can be indicated by dotted lines if necessary Pour ion exchange agent 80.

Like the projections 16, the bases 54 and 72 can also be connected to the side wall of the vessel by webs 36

and thereby be stiffened. f

11 and 12 show a plan view and a side view Inner insert 82 for a relatively small plant culture vessel with a square plan. In this case, the inner insert 82 extends to the upper edge of the plant culture vessel 1o. Since the inner insert 82 tapers downwards, as can be seen from FIG. 12, remains between the inner one wall of the plant culture vessel and the wall of the inner insert a free space in which the various are low projections 16 and base and which serves as a water reservoir.

The inner insert 82 has four inclined, stepped side walls 84 and a bottom 86 with one: · larger middle elevation 88 and in turn a small one central recess 9o, which diont for support. At the Gripping lugs 92 attached to the upper edge facilitate the insertion of the inner insert 82 into the plant culture vessel or removal. A recess 94 is located: is

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right at the point where the base of the plant culture vessel is 54 for a water level indicator is attached. In the fully assembled state, the transparent tube 62 thus protrudes of the water level indicator beyond the inner insert 32.

For small Pflanzenkulturgefassen such Tischge ^r h'sscn, a special tube 76 is not required for filling and suction of water and would possibly even bother. Instead, a corner 96 of the inner insert 82 is designed so that it can be folded up in order to pour water into the space between the inner insert 82 and the inner wall of the plant culture vessel 1o.

The inner liner 82 shown in Fig. 11 has a plurality relatively smaller holes 98 in the elevation 88 of the bottom 86, and also a multitude of proportions small holes 1oo in the stepped shoulder 1o2 of the side wall 84. This inner liner 82 is only used in hydroponics where drilling fluid comes from outside the inner liner 82 can flow through the holes 98 and loo into the interior of the inner insert 82. When used for Earth culture, on the other hand, uses an indoor insert that has loo holes and the rest of the one shown in FIG. 11 Inner insert 82 corresponds, but has no holes y8 on the electrode. The holes 1oo are used for earth culture Root aeration. One or more wicks or felt strips, preferably made of synthetic material, can through a or several holes 100 to be inserted in order to remove water from the space between the inner insert 82 by capillary action and sucking in the inner wall of the plant culture vessel Io and delivering it to the soil contained in the inner insert 82. The water level in the plant culture vessel Io must be can be set using the water level indicator described above so that it is below level 1o2 of the Side wall 84 is located. The dosage of the water supply

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the water storage in the plant culture vessel Io outside of the inner insert 82 to the soil contained in the inner insert is made by choosing the cross-section of the wick or Felt strip or by the fact that it is more or less strongly connected in the hole loo by a clamping screw "* '·' is pressed.

In Fig. 12, the plant culture vessel 10 _r which receives the inner insert 82 is indicated by dashed lines. The free space between the inner insert 82 and the inner wall of the plant culture vessel 1o is denoted by 1o4. In the case of earth culture, there is a water supply in room 1o4, the surface of which is indicated at 1o6. Since in this case there are no holes 98 in the bottom .86, 88 of the inner insert 82, the water from the 'space 1o4 only reaches the earth via the wicks or felt strips through the holes 1oo.

13 and 14 show an inner insert 1o8 for relatively large plant culture vessels, for example soil pots. This inner insert, in contrast to the inner insert 82 according to FIGS. This insert 1o8 is only used for soil culture, not hydroponics. It has holes 11o at the corners where the tubular projections 16 are located in the plant culture vessel, even if the tubular projections 16 are lower than the inner insert 108. In this case, Fig can similarly _o 5 tubes passed 3arch the holes 11o and are plugged onto the Vorsprung2 16 to be attached to these tubes then brackets or supports corresponding to the holder 38, 4o, 42, 44th

The inner insert 1o8 also has a recess or a hole 112 at the point where the plant

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culture vessel 1o the base 72 for a water filler pipe 76 is located. The tube 76 extends in the assembled state through the recess 112 up to the vicinity of the upper edge of the vessel.

Another recess or a hole 114 is in the inner insert 1o8 provided at the point where they are in the plant culture vessel 1o the base 54 for a water level indicator is located. The tube of the water level indicator then protrudes into the mounted state through the recess 114 hindirch to over the upper edge of the plant culture vessel 1o hinaj «.

Another recess or a hole 116 is located in the Inside insert 1o8 at the point where in the plant culture vessel According to 1o a duct 46 is provided.

In the embodiment according to FIG. 13 are in the upper Rancltiansch 118 of the inner insert 1o8 several groups of slots attached, which serve for root ventilation and don holes loo in the inner insert 82 according to Fig. 11.Dochte or Felt strips can be passed through holes 122 to remove water from the supply in the plant culture vessel of the inner insert 1o8 to suck into the soil it contains. The Viasser level in the plant culture vessel must be remain below the edge flange 118. Wicks or felt strips can in turn be inserted into the Holes 122 are pinched.

The Eoden 124 of the inner insert 1o8 can be used to improve the rigidity with suitable elevations or depressions be provided, but contains, since the inner insert 1o8 is intended for soil culture, no holes which the Would correspond to holes 98 in Fig. 11,

The different relative position to one another of the holes or recesses 11o to 116 compared to the relative

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Position of the projections 16, 46, 54 and 72 according to FIG. 1 was chosen in the various exemplary embodiments in order to show that it depends on the relative position of these projections does not matter. There is largely freedom., the various projections and then accordingly also the holes or recesses to be arranged in alignment therewith in the. to distribute the appropriate inner insert for the respective plant culture vessel over the circumference.

If the plant culture vessel is set up outdoors, e.g. in the garden, a water overflow can be provided. This can be, for example, a projection 16 opened at the predetermined breaking point 22 or a special tubular projection, not shown, which is open from the start and has a predetermined breaking point on the lower part of the bottom of the barrel , which opens when necessary can be.

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Claims (11)

Security claims 1. Plant culture vessel with a matching inner insert, characterized in that it has on the inside at least one projection (16, 46, 54, 72) formed as a base on the bottom (12) and the inner insert (82, 108) is arranged at the corresponding location at a distance from the ground Has recess (94, 110, 114, 116, 122). 2, vessel according to claim 1, characterized in that that the recess (94, 112, 114, 116) in an upper edge flange (118) of the Irmenein— set (82, 108) and is open to the edge 3 «Vessel according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the recess (110, 122) is a hole delimited all around in the edge flange (118) or in the side wall of the inner insert (8i ^- , 108). 4 · A vessel according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that a plurality of projections _(16? 46, 54, 72) and corresponding recesses (94, 110, 114, 116, 122) are provided. 5. Vessel according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the inner insert (82, 108) is formed with a sloping side wall (84), which in the area of the edge flange inwardly protruding recess (94, 122) is drawn in with a hollow rib shape, 6. Vessel according to one of claims I. to 5, characterized characterized in that the inner insert (82) extends essentially to its upper edge " Hoelv ». 8873 7. A vessel according to claim 6, characterized in that the side wall (84) of the inner insert (82) is stepped off. 8. A vessel according to claim 6 or 7 »d'a by ge ~ indicates that the bottom (86) of the inner insert (82) in hollow rib-shaped raised areas - * (88) has water inlet openings (98). 9. Vessel according to one of claims 6 to 8, characterized geken'nz shows that the indoor use (82) has at least one recess in the edge flange which is covered by a hinged tab (96). 10. A vessel according to any one of claims 1 to 5 _f, characterized in that the inner insert (108) extends up to a medium height in the vessel. 11. Vessel according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the inner insert (82, 108) independent of the projections (16,46,54,72) on the bottom further T.Hn> i « _r or recesses (96, 100, 120, 122) in the edge flange (II8) tind / or in the side wall (84). Λέ. Vessel according to one of the preceding claims _y, characterized in that the inner insert (82, 108) is provided with gripping lugs (92) on the edge. Hoelw 8873 GM / November 9, 1977 7734433 07/06/78 ^ -ark «