GB2607365B - Modular growth unit for a vertical farming system - Google Patents

Modular growth unit for a vertical farming system Download PDF

Info

Publication number
GB2607365B
GB2607365B GB2116750.7A GB202116750A GB2607365B GB 2607365 B GB2607365 B GB 2607365B GB 202116750 A GB202116750 A GB 202116750A GB 2607365 B GB2607365 B GB 2607365B
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
farming system
growth unit
vertical farming
modular growth
modular
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Active
Application number
GB2116750.7A
Other versions
GB2607365A (en
GB202116750D0 (en
Inventor
Ingram-Tedd Andrew
Millward Stephen
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Ocado Innovation Ltd
Original Assignee
Ocado Innovation Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Ocado Innovation Ltd filed Critical Ocado Innovation Ltd
Priority to GB2118494.0A priority Critical patent/GB2607651A/en
Publication of GB202116750D0 publication Critical patent/GB202116750D0/en
Priority to JP2023574198A priority patent/JP2024520607A/en
Priority to US18/565,907 priority patent/US20240245010A1/en
Priority to PCT/EP2022/064785 priority patent/WO2022253844A1/en
Priority to AU2022285112A priority patent/AU2022285112A1/en
Priority to CA3222058A priority patent/CA3222058A1/en
Priority to EP22730919.2A priority patent/EP4346383A1/en
Priority to PCT/EP2022/064978 priority patent/WO2022253928A2/en
Priority to AU2022284292A priority patent/AU2022284292A1/en
Priority to EP22731610.6A priority patent/EP4347444A2/en
Priority to KR1020237045438A priority patent/KR20240016358A/en
Priority to JP2023574199A priority patent/JP2024520608A/en
Priority to CA3221796A priority patent/CA3221796A1/en
Priority to US18/565,753 priority patent/US20240262620A1/en
Publication of GB2607365A publication Critical patent/GB2607365A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2607365B publication Critical patent/GB2607365B/en
Active legal-status Critical Current
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G1/00—Storing articles, individually or in orderly arrangement, in warehouses or magazines
    • B65G1/02—Storage devices
    • B65G1/04—Storage devices mechanical
    • B65G1/137—Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G60/00—Simultaneously or alternatively stacking and de-stacking of articles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G31/00—Soilless cultivation, e.g. hydroponics
    • A01G31/02—Special apparatus therefor
    • A01G31/06—Hydroponic culture on racks or in stacked containers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G1/00—Storing articles, individually or in orderly arrangement, in warehouses or magazines
    • B65G1/02—Storage devices
    • B65G1/04—Storage devices mechanical
    • B65G1/137—Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
    • B65G1/1373—Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed for fulfilling orders in warehouses
    • B65G1/1378—Storage devices mechanical with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed for fulfilling orders in warehouses the orders being assembled on fixed commissioning areas remote from the storage areas
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G1/00—Storing articles, individually or in orderly arrangement, in warehouses or magazines
    • B65G1/02—Storage devices
    • B65G1/14—Stack holders or separators
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G57/00—Stacking of articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G57/00—Stacking of articles
    • B65G57/02—Stacking of articles by adding to the top of the stack
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G59/00—De-stacking of articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G61/00—Use of pick-up or transfer devices or of manipulators for stacking or de-stacking articles not otherwise provided for
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P60/00—Technologies relating to agriculture, livestock or agroalimentary industries
    • Y02P60/20—Reduction of greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions in agriculture, e.g. CO2
    • Y02P60/21—Dinitrogen oxide [N2O], e.g. using aquaponics, hydroponics or efficiency measures

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Environmental Sciences (AREA)
  • Cultivation Receptacles Or Flower-Pots, Or Pots For Seedlings (AREA)
  • Warehouses Or Storage Devices (AREA)
  • Stacking Of Articles And Auxiliary Devices (AREA)
GB2116750.7A 2021-06-02 2021-11-19 Modular growth unit for a vertical farming system Active GB2607365B (en)

Priority Applications (14)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB2118494.0A GB2607651A (en) 2021-06-02 2021-12-20 Storage and retrieval system
JP2023574198A JP2024520607A (en) 2021-06-02 2022-05-31 Modular growing units for vertical agricultural production systems
US18/565,907 US20240245010A1 (en) 2021-06-02 2022-05-31 Modular Growth Unit for a Vertical Farming System
PCT/EP2022/064785 WO2022253844A1 (en) 2021-06-02 2022-05-31 Modular growth unit for a vertical farming system
AU2022285112A AU2022285112A1 (en) 2021-06-02 2022-05-31 Modular growth unit for a vertical farming system
CA3222058A CA3222058A1 (en) 2021-06-02 2022-05-31 Modular growth unit for a vertical farming system
EP22730919.2A EP4346383A1 (en) 2021-06-02 2022-05-31 Modular growth unit for a vertical farming system
AU2022284292A AU2022284292A1 (en) 2021-06-02 2022-06-01 Storage and retrieval system and stack processing apparatus
PCT/EP2022/064978 WO2022253928A2 (en) 2021-06-02 2022-06-01 Storage and retrieval system and stack processing apparatus
EP22731610.6A EP4347444A2 (en) 2021-06-02 2022-06-01 Storage and retrieval system and stack processing apparatus
KR1020237045438A KR20240016358A (en) 2021-06-02 2022-06-01 Storage and retrieval systems and stack handling units
JP2023574199A JP2024520608A (en) 2021-06-02 2022-06-01 Storage and retrieval system and stack handling device
CA3221796A CA3221796A1 (en) 2021-06-02 2022-06-01 Storage and retrieval system and stack processing apparatus
US18/565,753 US20240262620A1 (en) 2021-06-02 2022-06-01 Storage and retrieval system and stack processing apparatus

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB2107911.6A GB2607582A (en) 2021-06-02 2021-06-02 Stack processing apparatus

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB202116750D0 GB202116750D0 (en) 2022-01-05
GB2607365A GB2607365A (en) 2022-12-07
GB2607365B true GB2607365B (en) 2024-04-03

Family

ID=76741405

Family Applications (3)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB2107911.6A Pending GB2607582A (en) 2021-06-02 2021-06-02 Stack processing apparatus
GB2116750.7A Active GB2607365B (en) 2021-06-02 2021-11-19 Modular growth unit for a vertical farming system
GB2118494.0A Pending GB2607651A (en) 2021-06-02 2021-12-20 Storage and retrieval system

Family Applications Before (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB2107911.6A Pending GB2607582A (en) 2021-06-02 2021-06-02 Stack processing apparatus

Family Applications After (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB2118494.0A Pending GB2607651A (en) 2021-06-02 2021-12-20 Storage and retrieval system

Country Status (1)

Country Link
GB (3) GB2607582A (en)

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN118561022B (en) * 2024-07-31 2024-09-27 杭州春水镀膜玻璃有限公司 Automatic glass unloading operation table

Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN205005652U (en) * 2015-09-07 2016-02-03 广东新光源电子科技有限公司 Structure of small -size domestic vegetation machine
GB2556659A (en) * 2016-09-15 2018-06-06 Ocado Innovation Ltd Growing systems and methods
CN208095565U (en) * 2018-02-28 2018-11-16 新昌县兴欧智能科技有限公司 A kind of hydroponic planting device
JP2019033717A (en) * 2017-08-21 2019-03-07 義之 岩城 Planting raising box
JP2019058097A (en) * 2017-09-26 2019-04-18 兵神機械工業株式会社 Hydroponic apparatus
WO2020041762A1 (en) * 2018-08-24 2020-02-27 Cuello Joel L Mobile and modular cultivation systems for vertical farming
CN210900507U (en) * 2019-05-07 2020-07-03 沈阳建筑大学 Case is planted to intelligence
GB2598991A (en) * 2020-08-13 2022-03-23 Ocado Innovation Ltd Storage system, methods and devices

Family Cites Families (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4687403A (en) * 1983-10-18 1987-08-18 Motoda Electronics Co., Ltd. Article delivery apparatus
US5380138A (en) * 1987-08-07 1995-01-10 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Automatic article feeding system
AT511867A1 (en) * 2011-09-05 2013-03-15 Tgw Mechanics Gmbh PICKING STATION AND METHOD OF PICKING ARTICLES OUT OF LOADING TOOLS
DE102013019419A1 (en) * 2013-11-20 2015-05-21 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. Vehicle and method for carrying out warehouse operations with storage units
GB201409883D0 (en) 2014-06-03 2014-07-16 Ocado Ltd Methods, systems, and apparatus for controlling movement of transporting devices
CN209758204U (en) * 2019-04-12 2019-12-10 锥能机器人（上海）有限公司 Pallet rack assembly
CN112978258A (en) * 2019-12-18 2021-06-18 华域视觉科技(上海)有限公司 Unstacking and stacking workstation combining AGV transportation and automatic production, unstacking and stacking method and application

Patent Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN205005652U (en) * 2015-09-07 2016-02-03 广东新光源电子科技有限公司 Structure of small -size domestic vegetation machine
GB2556659A (en) * 2016-09-15 2018-06-06 Ocado Innovation Ltd Growing systems and methods
JP2019033717A (en) * 2017-08-21 2019-03-07 義之 岩城 Planting raising box
JP2019058097A (en) * 2017-09-26 2019-04-18 兵神機械工業株式会社 Hydroponic apparatus
CN208095565U (en) * 2018-02-28 2018-11-16 新昌县兴欧智能科技有限公司 A kind of hydroponic planting device
WO2020041762A1 (en) * 2018-08-24 2020-02-27 Cuello Joel L Mobile and modular cultivation systems for vertical farming
CN210900507U (en) * 2019-05-07 2020-07-03 沈阳建筑大学 Case is planted to intelligence
GB2598991A (en) * 2020-08-13 2022-03-23 Ocado Innovation Ltd Storage system, methods and devices

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
GB2607582A (en) 2022-12-14
GB202107911D0 (en) 2021-07-14
GB2607365A (en) 2022-12-07
GB2607651A (en) 2022-12-14
GB202116750D0 (en) 2022-01-05

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
SG11202108250QA (en) Modular unit for growing crops, system and grow column thereof
GB2601993B (en) System for a beehive
GB2584477B (en) Mounting system for a medical workstation
GB2607365B (en) Modular growth unit for a vertical farming system
GB202218315D0 (en) Modular mounting system
GB2602400B (en) Modular planting system
GB2582297B (en) A modular sensor system
GB2584812B (en) Stackable modular planter
GB202113168D0 (en) A system for in-soil vertical farming
GB2586808B (en) A system for automatically arranging flower bouquets
IL277674A (en) Modular trellising kit for a planter
GB202208361D0 (en) Vertical farming system
KR102638745B9 (en) Crop cultivation system using modular cultivation room
AU2022900688A0 (en) A vertical planter system
GB202317090D0 (en) Vertical farming racking system
GB2619587B (en) Modular system
ZA202100842B (en) A plant growth system
GB2585162B (en) A hydroponic crop growing system
GB202014046D0 (en) A vertical farming apparatus
GB2589408B (en) Coupler for a modular furniture system
CA197487S (en) Modular storage system
IL311445A (en) Modular multi-tiered burial system
GB202212095D0 (en) A modular bioprocessing system
CA197633S (en) Connector for a modular structure
GB201904619D0 (en) A modular shelving system