DE8123728U1 - "FLOWERPOT" - Google Patents

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The invention relates to a flower pot for installation in the garden, on urban squares, in pedestrian zones, in traffic-calmed play streets, as a center island in traffic circles and the like, preferably together with other flower pots in groups of pots and U rows of pots, but can also be set up on its own.

Such flower pots are well known. The well-known flower pots are either upwards or downwards also open at the bottom, or it has a bottom that usually has one or more drainage openings like a flower pot. Concrete is usually used as the material, which reinforces large buckets can be. Popular bucket cross-sections are circles, squares and hexagons.

Large flower pots are usually placed alone or next to each other in rows or groups. You want out "one of the well-known flower pots that are open on both sides

^ - build a multi-storey wall, you have to put the buckets exactly on top of each other because otherwise downward-facing open spaces are created through which water and earth emerge and can deface the bucket walls. Such walls, which are used today in particular as noise protection and Partition walls are required, are given a uniform appearance by placing them directly on top of one another. the lower, fully covered pots are not suitable for planting. Flower tubs provide a livelier picture

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Floors, the rows of which can be shifted laterally in relation to each other. Here is missing but the continuous connection to the ground; the potting soil of the individual flower pots suffers, and the covering of the respective subordinate earth surfaces with a continuous concrete roof has an effect also has an unfavorable effect on the open spaces that can be planted by shifting sideways. The watering of the biuret 10 men planted in the open spaces is inadequate because either too much water is poured in must be, or the water runs into the not planted part of the bucket.

If the mother earth is not very firm, the tread edge of a continuously open flower pot penetrates especially when it rains, it penetrates the soil unevenly; the bucket is then crooked. As lower Row of a wall from flower pots is therefore the use of pots with a floor. recommend using the disadvantages mentioned earlier.

The present invention has for its object to provide a flower pot that moves up and down / ι is open, but has a larger contact surface towards the bottom and thus also has a greater stability. The contact area should be that much larger than the area of the upper edge of the tub, that the tubs are shifted in rows and laterally to one another can be placed on top of one another without having to move between an upper row of buckets and the one laterally displaced each lower row of buckets downward-facing open spaces can be created through which water and earth have the opportunity to access the outsides

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to run out of each of the lower buckets.

In addition, the flower pot should be designed in such a way that its inner and outer walls are covered in scarf! - mirrors are split, which breaks the sound in different directions and the sound diffusely reflected and diffusely passes on.

After all, the flower pot should both be set up on its own and as a component of a Flower pot walles are aesthetically pleasing. A multi-storey soundproof wall made of flower pots should multiply the breaking up of the sound vibrations and the scattering effect.

The object of the invention is achieved in that the flower pot, which is open at both ends, is provided with a cross-section that is always the same and of the same size, preferably pentagonal or hexagonal, or one of two, seen from the center of the tub, and two opposing straight or concave tub walls delimited by its cross-section the top edge facing away from the ground and up to β, "of any given level height an upper ^ cavity of constant cross-section, while from this level height on and up to the ground-facing edge of the tub, the tub foot, the lower cavity of the flower tub is at least two against each other opposite cross-sectional sides continuously tapered.

The lower cavity of the flower tub, which tapers from the level to the tub foot, can be used as a Truncated pyramids, designed as a truncated cone or as a spherical zone and on the inside of the spherical foot

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a paragraph can be arranged. For a flower pot with a hexagonal cross-section, the width is of the tub foot preferably at least 0.43 times the side length, pentagonal for a flower tub Cross-section at least 0.48 times the side length / and with a flower pot with two convex and two straight or concave side walls

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Some exemplary embodiments of the invention are illustrated and explained below with the aid of the figures.
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Figure 1 shows a flower pot according to the invention, with a hexagonal cross-section and in perspective,

Figure 2 shows the flower pot Figure 1 in a front view, partially in section,

Figure 3 shows a flower pot with two convex and two straight outer walls, in perspective view,

Figure 4 side view of the flower pot Figure 3, partially in section X-X,

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Figure 5 front view of the flower pot

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Figure 6 shows a flower pot with two convex and two concave outer walls, in perspective view,

Figure 7 shows the flower pot Figure 6 in a side view (against a concave Wall seen), partly in section,

Figure 8 shows a flower pot Figure 6 in a plan view, with a circular cylindrical Flower tubs (Fig. 9) put together (the delivery of another flower tub, Figure 6 is indicated by dashed lines),

FIG. 9 shows the circular cylindrical flower pot shown in FIG. 8 in one Side view, partly in section,

FIG. 10 two flower pots arranged at their straight end walls FIG. 3, on which a third flower pot Figure 3 is placed with a lateral shift,

Figure 11 in a plan view three in one

Row of planted flower pots Figure 1, on which two more flower pots

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Figure 1 are placed with a lateral shift, which in turn of a flower pot Figure 1 is superimposed; the strongly drawn out rhombuses denote the ones that are open at the top Rooms of the lower flower pots,

FIG. 12 shows a soundproofing wall made up of flower pots in FIG. 1 with plants of the rooms that are open at the top, in a front view,

Figure 13 longitudinal section (partial view) of the

Soundproofing wall Figure 12, showing the inner connection of the bucket cavities

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Figure 14 shows a series of pentagonal cross-section flower pots, one of them same flower tub superimposed; the flower pot on the left has two separate feet.

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The reference numbers that can be seen on the figures indicate:

1 flower pot of hexagonal cross-section

2 Water level on the inside wall of the bucket

3 bucket cavity above the water level 2

4 feet of the flower pot (step surface)

5 bucket cavity below the water level fjj 6 top edge of the flower pot

7 paragraph on the inner edge of the foot

8 flower tubs with two opposing convex tub walls 9 and two

straight bucket walls 10

9 convex tub walls of the flower tub 8 10 straight tub walls of the flower tub 8

11 flower tubs with two convex tub walls 12 and two concave tub walls 13

12 convex walls of the flower pot 11

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14 cylindrical flower pots, assigned to flower pots 13

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17 pentagonal cross section flower pots 18 feet of flower pots 17

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The flower pot 1, which is open at the bottom and at the top and has a hexagonal cross section, shown in FIGS is made of lava clay, with or without reinforcement, depending on the size, but anyone could do it too other suitable lightweight concrete can be used. The same applies to all of the flower pots described here.

The outer circumference of the flower pot 1 has the same cross section everywhere.

Up to a predetermined level 2, the cavity 3 enclosed by the bucket walls forms a straight one hexagonal prism. From the level height 2 and up to the foot 4 of the flower tub, the tub walls are after inclined inside. The lower opening of the flower pot 1 is correspondingly smaller than the upper one Opening; the lower cavity 5 located below the level 2 has the shape of a six-sided Truncated pyramid. As a result, the area of the annular foot 4 is larger than the area the ring-shaped upper edge 6 of the flower pot.

. To increase the break resistance of the foot edge, can this should be provided with a paragraph 7.

On Figures 3, 4 and 5, another flower pot 8 is shown, two of which are seen from the center of the pot has convex bucket walls 9 lying opposite one another and two straight bucket walls 10. As the sections X-X (Figure 4) and Y-Y (Figure 5) show the convex inner walls 9 are below the level height 2 inclined inwards, while the straight »inner walls 10 are straight up to the floor level

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stay. A widened foot 4 is therefore only formed on the convex bucket walls. Like it is shown below, it is not necessary with this flower pot 8, even on the straight ones Bucket walls to widen the foot; but if it does

should be desired, e.g. because of the stability of the flower pot on soft ground, one can of course also the part of the straight inner walls 10 located below the level 2 Q 10 beveled surfaces.

The flower pot 11 shown in Figures 6 and 7 has two opposite convex tub walls 1?. and two concave cylinder jacket-shaped Bucket walls 13 on. As with the flower tub 9, only the convex tub walls 12 are widened, each with one Foot 4 provided by the tub walls 12 sloping inwardly from level 2 on.

The flower pot 11 is intended to be set up together with cylindrical flower pots 14, see Figures 8 and 9. In this combination

there is the advantage that the flower pots 11 and ( 14 can be attached in any desired line layout, see FIG. 8.

The widened foot 4 described in the exemplary embodiments in FIGS. 1 to 9 gives the flower pot .an increased stability. The well-known flower pots, which are open at both ends, could because of sink slightly into the ground at the narrow edge of the foot, and not always evenly, but rather mostly mostly to one side, which means that

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entire arrangement went wrong. This was especially evident when someone was on the edge sat down.

A far more significant technical advance achieved by the widened foot is that it has become possible for the first time through the invention, multi-storey building elements with flower pots To erect Schaiidämmwwall, decorative walls and partition walls, the rows of buckets in relation to

are shifted to the side and by planting the resulting, open at the top Present rooms with a particularly attractive picture.

Figures 10 and 11 show the creation of these lateral planting spaces. On Figure 10 is a third on two on the straight tub walls 10 juxtaposed flower tubs 8 (Figure 3) Flower tub 8 placed in such a way that its central axis is exactly above the connecting joint of the tub walls 10 of the lower flower tub 8 is located, so shifted sideways by half a tub length.

. As Figure 10 shows, the middle part of the upper-V protrudes. ' ren bucket walls 10 over the lower bucket walls 10 out. If the widened foot 4 were not there, a free opening 15 would be present by means of which would fall out, the ₅ filled in the upper Blumenkübel .Erde. The foot 4 with its sloping walls, however, forms an upwardly open shell 15, the soil filling of which is connected to the soil filling of the other flower pots via connecting openings 16. As a result, neither earth can emerge laterally after water, and the earth connection of all buckets with one another brings decisive horticultural and organic

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logical advantages, for example for ventilation, for irrigation and for root formation.

FIG. 11 shows a row of pots made from three flower pots 1 (FIG. 1), on which two further flower pots 1 are arranged with a lateral displacement, which carry a further flower pot 1, also shifted laterally. Between the only half overlaid flower pots of the middle row and (J 10 the flower pots of the lower row there are spaces 15 Inclined walls of the foot together form a flower bowl 15. Neither water nor earth can escape from the upper flower tub, but the connecting openings 16 within the tub structure ensure the biological connection of the tub spaces to one another.

A simple trigonometric calculation says that {^) the foot, in order to reliably cover the gaps 15, for the hexagonal bucket s · sin 60 ° = 0.43 s, where s is the side length of the hexagon, and for the flower bucket 8 (Figure 3)

where d. the outside diameter across the convex walls and d "means the outside diameter over the straight walls. The same formula applies to the concave-convex Flower pots 11; the foot 4 of the cylindrical flower

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tub 14 has the same width as the associated flower tub 11. The width calculated in this way of the foot 4 represents a minimum value; the foot is measured from the outer wall to the inner edge 8.

The illustration in FIG. 11 shows that on each side there is a multi-storey structure made up of flower pots 1, 8 Schalldämmwalles each flower pot each a laterally protruding flower bowl 15 is created. How a sound insulation wall or the like looks when all these protruding flower bowls are planted, FIG. 12 shows such a wall made up of hexagonal flower pots 1 (FIG. 1).

As I said before, the potting soil is always the such flower tub through the connecting openings 16 with the potting soil of the other flower tubs connected, with all horticultural and biological advantages. The representation of Figure 13, a longitudinal section through an ornamental wall made up of hexagonal tubs, FIG. 1, shows this connection of all earth spaces with one another.

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tubs 17 pentagonal cross-section, on which an identical flower tub 17 is placed, but without lateral shift. Like the hexagonal flower pot 1, the pentagonal flower pot 17 on his The outer circumference has the same cross-section everywhere. While the upper one, which is enclosed by the bucket walls Cavity 3 represents a uniform pentagonal prism, the lower cavity located below level 2 forms a pentagonal truncated pyramid.

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In each row of tubs, each flower tub 17 has a lateral one Shell 15, but alternately to one side and to the other. At the flower pot on the left in the picture the formation of two opposing feet 18 is shown. This construction yields two narrower tub feet, sufficient for the formation of a flower bowl 15, saves material and weight, but has the disadvantage that the flower tub 17 provided with such-tub feet when building a soundproofing wall or the like. can only be set up in one orientation.

In the case of the pentagonal flower tub 17, the width of the tub foot 4 applies

Foot width = s sin36 °. cos 36 ° = 0.48 s

i.e. about 0.5 s, where s denotes the side edge of the pentagon.

With regard to the flower pots 1 (Fig. 1) and 17 (Fig. 14) it is not necessary that the lower cavities 5 are designed as truncated pyramids, but they can. You can also choose to hump the shape of KegelIs or Have spherical zones. The spherical zone shape is beneficial when it comes to low flower pots, their level height 2 is correspondingly low, in principle the spherical zone shape is otherwise less useful because the drainage of water is inhibited, especially in the case of narrower wall curvatures; the horticultural typical of the invention; and biological advantage of the bucket foot according to the invention, namely the unimpeded drainage of water the inner walls of the bucket feet, which are provided with a constant incline, do not fully come into play with the spherical zone foot Validity.

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All of the flower pots 1, 8, 11 and 17 described in the exemplary embodiments have favorable soundproofing effects because the sound is on the many facet-like wall surfaces and the correspondingly formed bodies of the earth breaks, and a diffusion effect occurs. Here, the flower pots 1 (Pig.1) and 11 (Fig.6) are soundproof at cheap. The faceting can be clearly seen in FIG.

Incidentally, a favorable soundproofing effect relies on one soundproofing wall composed of flower pots ahead, that the individual flower pots lie against one another with one full side surface each. If the system is only linear, As with buckets with a circular or oval cross-section, the insulating effect remains imperfect. Although the invention of the widened foot is also valid for those flower pots that have a foot 4 according to the invention achieve improved stability and a better, more effective horticultural design of the soil, the soundproofing effect remains incomplete.

For the applicant

Arentoft
Patent attorney

HOLGER ARENTOFT "" "" "" "5461 Kasbach-Ohlenborg June 29, 1981

b, Linz on the Rhine

PATENT Attorney Gar.enstrasse 18

APPROVED AT THE EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE Tel. Linz 7612, area code 02644

EUROPEAN PATENTATTORNEY MANDATAIRE EN BREVETS EURO «cENS

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Flowerpot

(Summary): A flower pot that can preferably be set up together with other flower pots in groups of pots and one-tier or multi-tier pots, but can also be set up on its own. The flower pot of any cross-section indicates -. '5 its outer circumference everywhere a constant cross-section ** . The cross-section of the cavity enclosed by it is also constant from the upper edge and up to a predetermined level, but tapers continuously from there and up to the base of the bucket. The width of the bucket foot is such that the bucket foot overlays the gaps between the outer walls that arise when an upper row of buckets is shifted laterally in relation to the respective lower row of buckets and transforms the gaps into laterally protruding flower bowls, all of which are potting soil through connecting openings with the potting soil other floral. tubs of the entire tub structure is directly connected and forms a horticultural-biological unit with it. The invention has made it possible for the first time to set up open flower pots on both sides in rows that are shifted laterally across from one another storey by storey. In contrast to the flower pots provided with floors, the flower pots according to the invention ensure the horticultural important unity of the soil. Through the cross-sections of the flower tubs and the tapering lower cavities, a multi-storey wall made up of flower tubs is broken down into numerous facet-like wall parts, which break and diffuse the sound.

Claims (8)

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The cavity (5) is designed as a truncated cone. . 4. Flower pot according to claim 1, characterized in that the continuously tapering lower one Cavity (5) represents a spherical zone. 5. Flower pot according to claim 1, characterized in that a on the inside of the pot foot (4) Paragraph (7) is formed. 6. Flower pot according to claim 1, characterized in that a flower pot has a hexagonal cross-section the width of the bucket foot (4) is at least 0.43 times the side length (s). ', 7. flower pot according to claim 1, characterized in that that on a flower pot with two convex and two straight or concave side walls the width of the bucket foot (4) at least equal is where d. the largest diameter measured across the convex and d "represent the diameter measured over the straight or concave bucket walls. 8. Flower pot according to claim 1, characterized in that a pentagonal cross-section on a flower pot the width of the bucket foot (18) at least >> ■ I>> I 1 tacit ·· ·· ·· t ί * f t 4 - 4 - GP 0.48 times the side length (s). 9β flower pot according to claim 1, characterized in that that a shoulder (7) is formed on the inner edge of the bucket foot (4). • ■ fill 1 (1 * · I