FR2894770A1

FR2894770A1 - Pot for receiving e.g. nursery plant, has sleeve with lower part whose guiding element guides base during sliding of base from lower part of sleeve towards top of sleeve by pushrod and includes groove in which projection is engaged

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Publication number: FR2894770A1
Application number: FR0512749A
Authority: FR
Inventors: Christian Fresneau
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2005-12-15
Filing date: 2005-12-15
Publication date: 2007-06-22
Anticipated expiration: 2025-12-15
Also published as: FR2894770B1

Abstract

The pot has a cylindrical sleeve (1) including a peripheral rim (3) that projects towards the interior of the sleeve and acts as a retaining unit of a base (2) in the sleeve. A lower part of the sleeve includes a guiding element guiding the base during sliding of the base from the lower part of the sleeve towards the top of the sleeve using a pushrod. The guiding element has a groove in which a projection housed in the periphery of the base is engaged.

Description

Pot our Plante, en particulier un pot pour recevoir des graines, de jeunesPlant pot, especially a pot to receive seeds, young

pousses et des boutures.shoots and cuttings.

La presente invention concerne un pot pour plante, en particulier un pot pour recevoir des graines, de jeunes pousses et des boutures, c'est-a-dire des plantes en debut de croissance. The present invention relates to a plant pot, in particular a pot for receiving seeds, young shoots and cuttings, that is to say plants at the beginning of growth.

II est usuel pour les jardiniere de faire grandir des plantes en debut de croissance dans des pots de petites dimensions, permettant notamment leur installation dans des endroits favorisant ce debut de croissance, par exemple en serre, avant de les mettre en terre de maniere definitive. De tels petits pots de debut de croissance peuvent egalement servir a la mise en vente de jeunes pousses dans les jardineries, permettant a ceux qui n'ont pas de serre d'acheter une plante au debut de croissance mais apres la phase de depart. It is usual for gardeners to grow early-growing plants in pots of small dimensions, in particular allowing them to be installed in places favoring this beginning of growth, for example in a greenhouse, before they are permanently planted. Such early growth pots can also be used for the sale of seedlings in garden centers, allowing those who do not have a greenhouse to buy a plant at the beginning of growth but after the start phase.

Une fois un certain seuil de croissance atteint, it est necessaire de changer de pot la plante, c'est-a-dire qu'on doit retirer la plante de son petit pot soit pour la rempoter dans un pot de plus grande capacite pour lui permettre de mieux se developper soit pour la planter directement dans le sol. Once a certain threshold of growth is reached, it is necessary to change the plant pot, that is to say that we must remove the plant from its potty or to repot it in a pot of greater capacity for him allow better development either for planting directly in the soil.

La plupart des pots utilises pour le debut de croissance des plantes ne permettent pas toujours un depotage aise preservant notamment les racines et la terre. De maniere a faciliter l'operation de depotage, on a propose plusieurs types de pots destines a faciliter ce depotage. Most pots used for the early growth of plants do not always allow easy disposal preserving including roots and soil. In order to facilitate the disposal operation, several types of pots have been proposed to facilitate this disposal.

Ainsi, le document FR 2 343 416, propose un pot comprenant des parois laterales et une ouverture sur sa paroi inferieure, espacee des parois laterales et entouree d'un rebord, delimitant avec les parois laterales un reservoir d'eau annulaire dans la partie de fond du pot, un dispositif etant introduit clans le pot pour recouvrir ladite ouverture et le reservoir, ce dispositif etant detachable pour pouvoir etre pousse vers le haut afin d'enlever la plante au-dessus sans deranger la terre clans laquelle elle est enracinee, ce dispositif se presentant sous forme d'un disque plan comprenant au moins un orifice de passage de 1'eau vers le reservoir annulaire et un rebord en saillie vers le bas venant hermetiquement contre le rebord de l'ouverture de la partie inferieure pour empecher 1'eau de sortir du reservoir annulaire. Pour retirer une plante, on fait alors coulisser le disque vers le haut du pot, la plante et la terre coulissant egalement afin de sortir du pot, l'ouverture du fond de pot pen-net a un utilisateur de repousser le disque pour depoter la plante. Toutefois, on a pu remarquer que la poussee de l'utilisateur sur le disque jusqu'a la partie superieure du pot pour faciliter le depotage n'est pas toujours simple a realiser manuellement. En fonction de la taille du pot et des caracteristiques physiques de l'utilisateur, longueur des mains, on peut etre amene a attraper la plante avant qu'elle ne soit totalement degagee du pot ce qui peut conduire a un delitement de la terre. De plus, le disque presente de preference un diametre inferieur a celui defini par les parois laterales du pot, notamment pour laisser passer 1'eau et dans ce cas, si la pression exercee est mal placee, on peut provoquer le basculement dudit disque et le coincement du disque par rapport au parois laterales conduisant a un endommagement possible de la motte de terre et des racines. Thus, the document FR 2 343 416, proposes a pot comprising side walls and an opening on its lower wall, spaced from the side walls and surrounded by a flange, delimiting with the side walls an annular water reservoir in the part of bottom of the pot, a device being introduced into the pot to cover said opening and the reservoir, this device being detachable to be pushed upwards to remove the plant above without disturbing the earth in which it is rooted, this device in the form of a planar disk comprising at least one orifice for the passage of water towards the annular reservoir and a downwardly projecting rim coming hermetically against the rim of the opening of the lower part in order to prevent water out of the annular reservoir. To remove a plant, the disc is then slid to the top of the pot, the plant and soil also sliding out of the pot, the opening of the pen-net pot has a user to push the disc to deposit the plant. However, it has been noted that the pushing of the user on the disk up to the upper part of the pot to facilitate the deposition is not always easy to achieve manually. Depending on the size of the pot and the physical characteristics of the user, length of the hands, one can be led to catch the plant before it is completely cleared of the pot which can lead to a disintegration of the earth. In addition, the disk preferably has a diameter smaller than that defined by the side walls of the pot, in particular to let water and in this case, if the pressure exerted is misplaced, can cause the tilting of said disk and the jamming of the disc with respect to the side walls leading to possible damage to the root ball and roots.

On connait egalement par US-A-6 862 844, un pot dont le fond est constitue d'un disque desolidarise des parois laterales du pot, et qui peut etre repousse en amenant la terre et les racines au-dessus du pot a l'aide d'un socle de poussee, ce socle presente une base de large diametre et une tete de poussee de diametre plus petit que la base. Un tel pot n'est pas pratique a utiliser et de plus, la forme particuliere du socle ne permet pas de sortir en totalite la terre lors du depotage. Also known from US-A-6 862 844, a pot whose bottom is constituted by a disc separates the side walls of the pot, and which can be regrown by bringing the soil and roots above the pot to the With the aid of a pushing base, this base has a base of large diameter and a thrust head of diameter smaller than the base. Such a pot is not practical to use and in addition, the particular form of the base does not allow to get out the earth in total during the deposition.

Aussi, la presente invention a pour but de proposer un pot pour plante, en particulier un pot pour recevoir des graines, de jeunes pousses et des boutures, c'est-a-dire des plantes en debut de croissance, qui ne presentent pas les inconvenients des pots evoques ci- dessus mais qui presente a la foil une conception simple et une utilisation aisee et sure ne conduisant pas a un endommagement de la motte de terre, des racines ou de la plante elle-meme. Also, the present invention aims to provide a plant pot, in particular a pot for receiving seeds, young shoots and cuttings, that is to say early plants, which do not present the plants. The drawbacks of the pots mentioned above, but which present to the foil a simple design and easy and safe use not leading to damage to the root ball, roots or the plant itself.

A cet effet, l'invention a pour objet un pot pour plante, en particulier un pot pour recevoir des graines, de jeunes pousses et des boutures, c'est-a-dire des plantes en debut de croissance, constitue d'un manchon de preference cylindrique accueillant un fond distinct dudit manchon et entrainable en coulissement a 1'interieur de celui-ci, caracterise en ce que la paroi interieure dudit manchon presente au moins un element de guidage dudit fond lors de 1'entrainement en coulissement dudit fond depuis la partie inferieure dudit manchon vers le haut dudit manchon. For this purpose, the subject of the invention is a plant pot, in particular a pot for receiving seeds, young shoots and cuttings, that is to say plants which are at the beginning of growth, constitutes a sleeve. preferably cylindrical housing a separate bottom of said sleeve and slidably drivable inside thereof, characterized in that the inner wall of said sleeve has at least one guiding element of said bottom during the sliding drive of said bottom from the lower portion of said sleeve upwardly of said sleeve.

Ainsi de maniere tres avantageuse, ii suffit de repousser simplement le fond vers le haut du manchon pour depoter une plante, ledit au moins un element de guidage permettant de guider de maniere sure la plante et la terre vers le haut du manchon sans risque de delitement de la motte de ten-e. Thus, in a very advantageous manner, it suffices to simply push the bottom towards the top of the sleeve to deposit a plant, said at least one guide element making it possible to guide the plant and the earth safely towards the top of the sleeve without any risk of becoming slack. of the motte de ten-e.

Selon une forme de realisation avantageuse de l'invention, ledit element de guidage est constitue d'une rainure sur la paroi interieure dudit manchon cooperant avec une saillie radiale menagee de maniere complementaire a la peripherie exterieure du fond, la saillie etant engagee dans la rainure. Avantageusement, la rainure s'etend uniquement sur une partie de la hauteur du manchon, de preference sensiblement depuis la partie de fond jusqu'au voisinage du bord haut dudit manchon. According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, said guiding element is constituted by a groove on the inner wall of said sleeve cooperating with a radial projection which is arranged in a complementary manner to the outer periphery of the bottom, the projection being engaged in the groove. . Advantageously, the groove extends only over a portion of the height of the sleeve, preferably substantially from the bottom portion to the vicinity of the top edge of said sleeve.

Selon une forme de realisation encore plus preferee, le manchon presente au moins deux rainures diametralement opposees et le fond deux saillies en peripherie complementaires desdites rainures pour coulisser le long du manchon dans celles-ci. According to a still more preferred embodiment, the sleeve has at least two diametrically opposed grooves and the bottom two peripherally complementary projections of said grooves for sliding along the sleeve therein.

Selon une variante de realisation, le manchon presente une forme tres legerement evasee depuis la partie basse. According to an alternative embodiment, the sleeve has a shape very slightly flared from the lower part.

De maniere a garantir une qualite excellente au pot selon l'invention, le manchon est pourvu a rune de ses extremites d'un rebord peripherique menage en saillie radiale vers 1'interieur dudit manchon. Ce rebord peut are realise continu ou discontinu et sert d'organe de retenue au fond qui est en appui dessus. In order to guarantee excellent quality for the pot according to the invention, the sleeve is provided at one of its ends with a radially projecting peripheral rim towards the interior of said sleeve. This flange can be made continuous or discontinuous and serves as retaining member at the bottom which is supported on it.

Le fond comporte de preference une empreinte centrale propre a loger l'extremite d'une tige de poussee dudit fond ainsi que des perforations permettant a 1'eau versee dans le pot de s'ecouler. De maniere a faciliter la manipulation lors du depotage, la tige de poussee peut accueillir a son extremite opposee a celle engagee sur le fond, une plaque servant d'appui a ladite tige pour repousser le fond du pot. The bottom preferably comprises a central cavity adapted to house the end of a push rod of said bottom and perforations allowing the water poured into the pot to flow. In order to facilitate handling during deposition, the push rod can accommodate at its end opposite the one engaged on the bottom, a plate serving as support for said rod to push the bottom of the pot.

Le rebord peripherique du manchon peut s'etendre radialement a 1'interieur du manchon de telle sorte que seul un orifice central est menage a travers lequel est engageable la tige de poussee dudit fond, le rebord comportant alors egalement de preference des perforations pour le passage de 1'eau. The peripheral rim of the sleeve may extend radially inside the sleeve so that only a central orifice is provided through which the push rod of said bottom is engageable, the flange then also preferably having perforations for the passage. water.

On decrira maintenant l'invention plus en detail en reference a 1'aide d'un exemple illustre par les dessins en annexe clans lesquels : The invention will now be described in greater detail with reference to an example illustrated by the appended drawings in which:

la figure 1 represente une vue en coupe d'un pot selon l'invention ; Figure 1 shows a sectional view of a pot according to the invention;

la figure 2 represente une vue en perspective du dessus du pot de la figure 1 ; Figure 2 shows a perspective view of the top of the pot of Figure 1;

les figures 3 et 4 representent une vue en coupe du pot de la figure 1 Tors d'une phase de depotage. Figures 3 and 4 show a sectional view of the pot of Figure 1 in a phase of deposition.

Le pot selon l'invention est constitue d'un manchon cylindrique 1 dans 1'exemple represente accueillant un fond 2 distinct dudit manchon 1 et entrainable en coulissement a 1'interieur de celui-ci. The pot according to the invention is constituted by a cylindrical sleeve 1 in the example shown hosting a bottom 2 distinct from said sleeve 1 and slidingly drivable within it.

20 Le manchon 1 presente a rune de ses extremites, un rebord peripherique 3 plus ou moins en saillie vers l'interieur dudit manchon 1 et servant d'organe de retenue du fond 2 dans le manchon 1. Dans la figure 1, le rebord peripherique 3 s'etend sur presque toute la superficie du fond 2 a 1'exception d'un orifice 4 permettant l'introduction d'une tige de poussee 5 comme on peut le voir sur les figures 3 et 4. 25 La paroi interieure dudit manchon 1 presente au moins un element de guidage 6 du fond 2 Tors de 1'entrainement en coulissement dudit fond 2 depuis la partie inferieure dudit manchon 1 vers le haut dudit manchon 1 sous 1'effet de la tige de poussee 5. Cet element de guidage est constitue d'une rainure 7 dans laquelle est engagee une saillie 8 30 menagee a la peripherie du fond 2 de maniere complementaire pour y coulisser de maniere guidee. De preference, on prevoit au moins deux saillies 8 et deux rainures 7. 10 15 Ainsi comme cela est visible a la figure 3, on peut introduire une tige de poussee 5 dans 1'orifice 4 menage par le rebord 3 pour venir en butee contre le fond 2 et le repousser vers le haut du manchon 1. The sleeve 1 has at one of its ends a peripheral flange 3 more or less protruding inwardly of said sleeve 1 and serving as a bottom retaining member 2 in the sleeve 1. In FIG. 1, the peripheral flange 3 extends over almost the entire area of the bottom 2 except for an orifice 4 allowing the introduction of a push rod 5 as can be seen in FIGS. 3 and 4. The inner wall of said sleeve 1 has at least one guiding element 6 of the bottom 2 Tors of the sliding drive of said bottom 2 from the lower part of said sleeve 1 upwards of said sleeve 1 under the effect of the push rod 5. This guiding element is constituted by a groove 7 in which is engaged a protrusion 8 30 menee the periphery of the bottom 2 in a complementary manner to slide in a guided manner. Preferably, at least two protrusions 8 and two grooves 7 are provided. Thus, as can be seen in FIG. 3, a push rod 5 can be inserted into the orifice 4 which is provided by the rim 3 to engage against the bottom 2 and push it towards the top of the sleeve 1.

La tige de poussee 5 est introduite guidee par l'orifice 4 tandis que le fond 2 est entraine sous 1'effet de la poussee guide par ses saillies 8 engagees respectivement dans les rainures 7 du manchon 1. The push rod 5 is introduced guided by the orifice 4 while the bottom 2 is driven under the effect of the guide pushing by its projections 8 respectively engaged in the grooves 7 of the sleeve 1.

De maniere a faciliter la manipulation lors du depotage, la tige de poussee 5 accueille a 10 son extremite opposee a celle engagee sur le fond 2, une plaque 9 servant d'appui sur une surface a ladite tige 5 pour repousser le fond du pot. In order to facilitate the handling during the deposition, the push rod 5 accommodates at its end opposite to that engaged on the bottom 2, a plate 9 serving as a support on a surface to said rod 5 to push back the bottom of the pot.

Comme on peut le voir sur les figures 3 et 4, le fond 2 est pourvu de perforations 2a permettant a 1'eau de s'ecouler. II va de soi que les formes de realisation de 1'invention qui ont ete decrites ci-dessus ont ete donnees a titre purement indicatif et nullement limitatif, et que de nombreuses modifications peuvent etre facilement apportees par 1'homme de fart sans pour autant sortir du cadre de l'invention. 15 As can be seen in Figures 3 and 4, the bottom 2 is provided with perforations 2a allowing the water to flow. It goes without saying that the embodiments of the invention which have been described above have been given purely by way of indication and in no way limitative, and that many modifications can easily be made by those skilled in the art without going out of their way. of the scope of the invention. 15

Claims

1. Plant pot, in particular pot for receiving seeds, young shoots and cuttings, that is to say plants at the beginning of growth, of the type constituting a sleeve (1) preferably cylindrical hosting a bottom (2) distinct from said sleeve (1) and slidably drivable therein, characterized in that the inner wall of said sleeve (1) has at least one guiding element (7) of the bottom (2) when sliding said bottom (2) from the lower part of said sleeve (1) to the top of said sleeve (1).

2. Jar according to claim 1, characterized in that said guide member is constituted by a groove (7) on the inner wall of said sleeve (1) cooperating with a radial projection (8) arranged complementarily to the outer periphery. of the bottom (2), the projection (8) being engaged in the groove (7) slidably.

3. Pot according to claim 2, characterized in that the groove (7) extends only over a portion of the height of the sleeve (1), preferably substantially from the bottom portion to the vicinity of the top edge of said sleeve (1).

4. Jar according to rune of claims 2 and 3, characterized in that the sleeve (1) has at least two grooves (7) diametralally opposed and the bottom two radial projections (8) peripherally 25 complementary said grooves (7).

5. Pot according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the sleeve (1) has at one of its ends, a peripheral flange (3), continuous or discontinuous, projecting radially inwardly of said sleeve 30 (1) and serving as a bottom retaining member (2) in the sleeve (1).

6. Pot according to one of claims 1 to 5, 6caracterise in that the bottom (2) has a central cavity own to house the end of a push rod (5) of said bottom (2).

7. Jar according to claim 6, characterized in that the push rod (5) accommodates at its opposite end a plate (9) for supporting said rod (5) to push the bottom (2) of the pot.

8. Jar according to rune of claims 6 and 7, characterized in that the peripheral rim (3) of the sleeve (1) extends radially inside the sleeve (1) extends over almost the entire bottom area (2) such that only a central opening (4) is provided through which is engaged the push rod (5) of said bottom.

9. Pot according to rune of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the bottom (2) has perforations (2a).

10. Pot according to rune of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the sleeve has a very slightly flared shape.