【０００１】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、植木鉢に関し、詳しくは土床内の植物根の生育環境を阻害することなく土床の給水および根回り状況を外部から容易に観測することができる植木鉢に関するものである。
【０００２】
【従来の技術】
古今東西広く日常的に用いられている植木鉢は、植物が暗い土中に根を張って発育することから光を透さない不透明なセラミック製のものやプラスチック製のものが主流となっている。しかし植木鉢での植物栽培は、特に土床の給水・含水状況や植物根の発育・根詰り状況の把握が重要であることから鉢内が観測できるように工夫されたものがあるが複雑な構造になっていた（特開平５−２９２８３９、特開平９−４７１５６）。また、土収納部の下部または側部に排水用の孔を有する植木鉢が一般的であり、水遣り時の土床通過の排水に対し鉢受皿を使用する必要があった。また排水用の孔を有しない不透明な植木鉢については慎重に注意して過不足なく水遣りする必要があり且つ過剰給水になってしまった場合には特に大きい鉢や吊り鉢では鉢を傾けて排水する等面倒な作業を伴った。
【０００３】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
従来は上述したように、面倒な水遣りとなるか鉢が複雑な構造となるかであった。本発明が解決しようとする課題は、簡単な構造で且つ鉢内の植物の根を特に傷めることなく土床の給水状況や根回り状況を自由に観察でき、水遣りが容易で且つ水漏れが無く鉢受皿の要らない便利な植木鉢を提供することにある。
【０００４】
【課題を解決するための手段】
発明の第１の態様は、透視性の鉢側壁（１ｂ）に覗窓を設けた遮光性のシート（２）を装着した植木鉢である。
即ち、植木鉢を透明あるいは半透明材料の透視性で剛性の構造体から成る鉢（１）と鉢側壁（１ｂ）面に光を透さない遮光性のシート（２）或いは筒でもよいを内側から被覆するように挿着するかまたは外側から被覆するように接着する構造で、遮光性のシート（２）は、光を透さない可撓性のシートで構成し数個の覗窓を設けたものである。
以上の構成で、鉢内の土収納部を遮光するとともに土床の一部を覗窓から透視して観測できる。また、外から見える外面を模様入りにすると鉢側壁（１ｂ）をシート（２）の模様で装飾することもできる。
【０００５】
発明の第２の態様は、透視性の鉢側壁（１ｂ）に覗窓を設けた遮光性のシート（２）を装着した鉢（１）の土収納部に排水管壁（３）を収容した植木鉢で、水漏れの起こらない構造の植木鉢である。鉢（１）は第１の態様に同じなので説明を省略し、新たに加わった排水管壁（３）による構成の変化と作用を下記に説明する。
排水管壁（３）は鉢側壁（１ｂ）と鉢底部（１ｃ）底面に沿わせて底面角で曲げられた半割り筒状の壁断面が凹状で上端に排水口（３ａ）を設けて鉢側壁（１ｂ）上部の鉢開口部に開口し壁には複数個の壁孔（３ｃ）を有する管状壁であって、排水口（３ａ）、壁部（３ｂ）および底部（３ｄ）からなる取外し自在の構造体で鉢（１）の土収納部に収容して用いる。排水口（３ａ）を鉢縁（１ａ）側部に開口させて、底部（３ｄ）および壁部（３ｂ）で鉢底部（１ｃ）上面の一部および鉢側壁（１ｂ）内周面の一部を覆って排水用空洞を形成するように土収納部の一部に収容すると、鉢底部（１ｃ）の一部から鉢側壁（１ｂ）の一部を通って鉢開口部に開口する排水管とも言える排水用空洞が形成される。そして土床（６）の排水は壁部（３ｂ）に設けた複数個の壁孔（３ｃ）を通して排水管壁（３）内に集まって排水水位（３ｅ）を昇降させるため、市販のハンドポンプやスポイト吸水器等を使用して排水口（３ａ）から排出することができる。また必要に応じて水差し等で排水口（３ａ）から給水することもできる。排水水位（３ｅ）はシート（２）上の排水水位（３ｅ）の位置に排水水位覗窓（２ｅ）を設けてあり、鉢（１）が透視性であるため鉢（１）外から見える構造となっている。
以上の構成で、土床（６）への水遣りを幾つかの覗窓を透視して給水状況と排水水位（３ｅ）を観測しながら鉢開口部からの土床給水および排水口（３ａ）からの土床排水と土床給水ができる。そして従来の鉢底部（１ｃ）または鉢側部（１ｂ）に設けられていた排水孔を無くして水漏れしない鉢受皿不要の鉢構造とすることができる。
【０００６】
【発明の実施の形態】
【実施例１】
実施例１は第１の態様の一例で図１〜３に示した。
図１は本発明の代表形である水平断面が円形の植木鉢実施例で鉢側壁（１ｂ）内周面にシート（２）を挿着した一例の左半分を断面図で示した正面図である。図１の左断面図で説明すると、鉢（１）の鉢側壁（１ｂ）内周面にシート（２）を挿着しそのシート（２）を押え輪具（４）で内側から上下２箇所で押えた例である。鉢（１）は鉢縁（１ａ）と鉢側壁（１ｂ）と鉢底部（１ｃ）とから成る透明あるいは半透明材料の透視性で剛性の構造体で、プラスチック製が一般的であるが当然ガラス製でもよい。シート（２）は光を透さない遮光性で可撓性の薄膜シートで下端部（２ａ）と下端覗窓（２ｂ）とを切り抜いて設けた例であるが、覗窓（２ａ、２ｂ）は透かしシートとしてもよい。また、鉢側壁（１ｂ）内周面はシート（２）を挿着する代わりに遮光体を接着または塗布してもよい。そして鉢側壁（１ｂ）およびシート（２）の形状は上広鉢型の垂直断面が直線形で水平断面が円形の一般的な植木鉢形状の例である。シート（２）の詳細は図３の鉢外から見た展開図に示すように、下辺が短い扇状の加工し易い形のシートで、下辺は円弧の下端部（２ａ）と半円形状に切り抜いた下端覗窓（２ｂ）とから成っていて、下端覗窓（２ｂ）の上方位置に円形状の切り抜き窓の土床覗窓（２ｃ）を設け、中央部に装飾用の模様（２ｄ）が施してある。そしてシート（２）はその下端部（２ａ）を鉢（１）の鉢底部（１ｃ）底面角に立てて鉢側壁（１ｂ）内周面に内接させて挿着するようにしてある。尚、シート（２）は図１で見て分るが鉢縁（１ａ）内周部には挿着されていないが、代わりに透かしシートを装着してもよい。
【０００７】
シート（２）の材料は、プラスチック、紙、繊維、金属箔等であれば当然使うことができるが、遮光性があって水をはじく物質のものが給水時水に濡れ難く好ましい。シート（２）は表面を撥水性物質でコーティング処理してもよい。シート（２）として透明なプラスチックやビニール等の繊維シートを使う場合は遮光物質を混入したものでも塗布したものでもよい。シート（２）は予め筒状に貼り合せてもよく、当然ながら元から筒であってもよい。シート（２）は横長さを鉢側壁（１ｂ）内周長さよりやや短く設定して挿着時に縦方向の隙間を作って覗窓としてもよい。シート（２）は何枚かの組みであればお気に入りのものを１枚選んでセットしたり植え替え時に差し替えたりしてもよい。また、シート（２）表面に注意書き等を記録し植替え前の植木開花時の写真を入れて鉢植えの成長状況を観測しながら比較するのも面白い。
【０００８】
押え輪具（４）は遮光性のシート（２）の上部および下部の２箇所を鉢側壁（１ｂ）に水平に内周側から押えて固定するためのリングである。押え輪具（４）は遮光性のシート（２）をセロハン接着テープで鉢側壁（１ｂ）に貼り付けるか、手で鉢側壁（１ｂ）に押しつけながら土床（６）を注意して入れていけば必ずしも必要ではなく省略可能な部材である。
本発明の鉢側壁（１ｂ）は一般のプラスチック製植木鉢と同様に通気性が無いが、中に入れる土床（６）の通気性を土質や粒度の違う何種類かの土を選択し混合割合を変えることで植木鉢と土床を合せた全体としての通気性を調整することが可能であり特に問題は無い。
そして鉢（１）構造体に遮光性のシート（２）をセットした後は、従来の植木鉢同様に土床（６）を作りながら植物（７）を植えればよい。先ず必要に応じて底孔（１ｃ１）を防虫網で覆い、次いで鉢底部（１ｃ）にゴロ土（５）を敷きその上に土盛りして土床（６）を作り植物（７）を植える。
【０００９】
給水管理は鉢内土床表面と鉢側壁（１ｂ）の土床覗窓（２ｃ）および下端覗窓（２ｂ）の土床側面の湿りや乾き状態を見ながら水遣りする。土床覗窓（２ｃ）の土床が乾き切らないように水遣りする。鉢内土床表面が乾いたら透明な鉢縁（１ａ）で給水水面を、土床覗窓（２ｃ）および下端覗窓（２ｂ）で土床給水の浸透状態を確認しながらたっぷりと水遣りするのが良い。乾燥を好む植物（７）の場合は土床覗窓（２ｃ）および下端覗窓（２ｂ）の土床（６）およびゴロ土（５）を乾き気味に、湿り気を好む植物（７）の場合は土床覗窓（２ｃ）および下端覗窓（２ｂ）の土床（６）およびゴロ土（５）を湿り気味に管理すればよい。末梢なことであるが、鉢縁（１ａ）内周部は給水時に給水水面が植木鉢の水平横方向からでも透いて見えるように遮光性のシート（２）無しにしてあるが、植物（７）にとっては特に問題はない。
【００１０】
根回り管理は土床覗窓（２ｃ）および下端覗窓（２ｂ）の土床（６）およびゴロ土（５）の観測で行う。根回り状況を土床覗窓（２ｃ）の土床（６）で判断し、根が下端覗窓（２ｂ）のゴロ土（５）にまで伸びてきたら鉢植えの植替え必要時期と判断する。因みに、下端覗窓（２ｂ）を多く設けると植物根がゴロ土（５）にむやみに徒長し難くなる。
【００１１】
植木鉢の鉢側壁（１ｂ）に挿着されるシート（２）の成形について補足するが、シート（２）の形状が平面展開できない複雑で特殊形状の場合はプレスや型流し込みで成形するとよい。
【００１２】
以上は実施例１で第１の態様の一例を、即ち水平断面が円形の植木鉢で鉢側壁（１ｂ）内周面にシート（２）を挿着した例を図１〜３で示してきたが、その他の例、即ち水平断面が矩形のプランター型の植木鉢でも、また鉢側壁（１ｂ）外周面にシート（２）を接着した構成でも同様の効果が得られることは図示例を置き換えて見ると明白である。
【００１３】
【実施例２】実施例２は第２の態様の一例で図４〜６に示した。水平断面が矩形の一般的なプランター型の植木鉢で、鉢側壁（１ｂ）外周面にシート（２）を接着し鉢（１）の土収納部に排水管壁（３）を収容した植木鉢の代表的な一例で、鉢（１）の鉢縁（１ａ）、鉢側部（１ｂ）および鉢底部（１ｃ）に排水孔が無く水漏れしない構造となっている。
実施例２は第１の態様の構成に排水管壁（３）を加えた構成であるため、第１の態様相当部分の重複説明は省き（実施例１参照）、以下、新たに加えられた構成変化とその効果を中心に説明する。
図４は左半分を断面図で示した正面図である。鉢（１）は第１の態様に同じで、シート（２）は鉢（１）の鉢側壁（１ｂ）の内周面でなく外周面に接着してある。鉢側壁（１ｂ）およびシート（２）の形状は垂直断面が上広台形で水平断面が矩形で、シート（２）は下端部（２ａ）を鉢（１）の鉢底部（１ｃ）位置に合せ、鉢側壁（１ｂ）外周面に接着剤で接着した例である。接着する代わりに装着固定してもよい。
【００１４】
図６はシート（２）を鉢外周側から見た展開図で、上辺が長く下辺が短い台形が４枚連続した加工し易い形のシートである。下辺は直線の下端部（２ａ）と半円形状に切り抜いた下端覗窓（２ｂ）とから成っていて、下端覗窓（２ｂ）の上方位置に円形状の切り抜き窓の土床覗窓（２ｃ）を設け、中央部の外面に装飾用の模様（２ｄ）が施してある。尚、シート（２）は図４に鉢縁（１ａ）外周部には接着していない例として示してあるが、この部分を透明シートにしてもよい。
【００１５】
排水管壁（３）は図４、５に示したが、排水口（３ａ）を鉢側壁（１ｂ）の左短辺の中央部に合せ底部（３ｄ）を鉢底部（１ｃ）上面の左右中央線上に装着し収容した例である。排水管壁（３）は排水口（３ａ）、壁部（３ｂ）および底部（３ｄ）からなる取外し自在の不透明な構造体で、排水口（３ａ）を底部（３ｄ）および複数個の壁孔（３ｃ）を有する壁部（３ｂ）で鉢底部（１ｃ）上面の一部および鉢側壁（１ｂ）内周面の一部を覆って排水用のＬ字形の竪横洞を作るように鉢底部（１ｃ）上面および鉢側壁（１ｂ）の内面に装着して、即ち土収納部の一部に収容して使用するようにしてある。そして従来の植木鉢同様に土床（６）を作りながら植物（７）を植えればよい。先ず必要に応じて鉢底部（１ｃ）にゴロ土（５）を敷きその上に土盛りして土床（６）をつくり植物（７）を植える。土床給水は一般的には鉢開口部から土床上面に潅水で給水する。給水された水は土床の中に次第に浸透し遂には充分に含水されて壁孔（３ｃ）を通って排水管壁（３）内の竪横洞に排水され溜まり排水水位（３ｅ）を上昇させて行く。排水管壁（３）内の排水水位（３ｅ）は鉢（１）構造体が透明のため、外面の排水水位覗窓（２ｅ）を透視して外から見える、言わば土床給水の余剰を表す排水水位計になっている。
【００１６】
給水管理は実施例１と同じ方法で確認しながら、さらに排水管壁（３）で排水水位（３ｅ）を確認しながら、たっぷりと水遣りするのが良い。湿潤を好まない植物栽培の場合は排水管壁（３）内の排水水位（３ｅ）が平衡状態になっても高水位にある時は水の遣り過ぎに当たるため、その排水を図示していないが市販のハンドポンプや吸水器で適度な水位まで鉢外に排出するのがよい。また、植物の枝葉等が邪魔となって土床上面への給水が難い場合や緊急時等には排水口（３ａ）に給水して排水管壁（３）から土床へ水遣りすることもでき便利である。特に大きな植木鉢の水遣りや余剰水の排出管理は、鉢を動かすことなく覗窓と排水水位（３ｅ）を見て土床給水状態を確認しながらできるので簡単、確実なものとなった。
【００１７】
図７，８は排水管壁（３）の他の実施例で、水平断面が円形の植木鉢の例を示した。排水管壁（３）の底部（３ｄ）を鉢底部（１ｃ）上面の角部全周に回した例である。
【００１８】
実施例１および実施例２で代表例を示し説明してきたが工夫次第で色々な形状の植木鉢の鉢（１）でも覗窓付きシート（２）の装着と排水管壁（３）の収容が充分可能である。従って、本発明は鉢内の土収納部の遮光、土床の透視観測、鉢側壁（１ｂ）の装飾、排水管壁（３）による給排水および根回り状況観測ができる、水遣りが容易で且つ水漏れが無く鉢受皿の要らない構造簡単で便利な植木鉢である。
【００１９】
【発明の効果】
以上説明したように、本発明は簡単な構造で且つ土床内の植物の根を特に傷めることなく土床の給水状況や根回り状況を自由に観察でき、水遣りが容易で水漏れが無く鉢受皿が要らない装飾も容易な便利で経済的な植木鉢である。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図１】本発明の第１態様の実施例で、代表的な円形鉢の正面図で、左半分を断面図で示した図
【図２】図１の平面図
【図３】シート（２）を外側から見た展開図
【図４】本発明の第２態様の実施例で、代表的なプランター型植木鉢の正面図で、左半分を断面図で示した図
【図５】図４の平面図
【図６】シート（２）を鉢側壁（１ｂ）の外側から見た展開図
【図７】排水管壁（３）の他の例で、水平断面が円形の植木鉢の例を示した平面図（縮尺１／２）
【図８】図７の正面図
【符号の説明】
１ 鉢
１ａ 鉢縁
１ｂ 鉢側壁
１ｃ 鉢底部
１ｃ１ 底孔
１ｃ２ 底裏溝
２ シート
２ａ 下端部
２ｂ 下端覗窓
２ｃ 土床覗窓
２ｄ 模様
２ｅ 排水水位覗窓
３ 排水管壁
３ａ 排水口
３ｂ 壁部
３ｃ 壁孔
３ｄ 底部
３ｅ 排水水位
４ 押え輪具
５ ゴロ土
６ 土床
７ 植物[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a flowerpot, and more particularly, to a flowerpot capable of easily observing the water supply and root circumference of the soil floor from the outside without obstructing the growth environment of the plant roots in the soil floor.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Plant pots, which are widely used in the east, west, and east today, are mainly made of opaque ceramics or plastics that do not transmit light because the plants grow on roots in dark soil. However, plant cultivation in flower pots is particularly important for understanding the water supply and water content of the soil floor and the growth and root clogging of plant roots. (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 5-292839 and 9-47156). In addition, a flower pot having a hole for drainage at a lower portion or a side portion of the soil storage portion is generally used, and it is necessary to use a pot tray for drainage passing through the soil floor at the time of watering. In addition, it is necessary to carefully and carefully water the opaque flower pots that do not have holes for drainage, and if the water is excessively supplied, tilt the pots in large pots and hanging pots to drain water. It involved complicated work.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Conventionally, as described above, it has been a troublesome watering or a complicated structure of the bowl. The problem to be solved by the present invention is that a pot having a simple structure and capable of freely observing the state of water supply and surroundings of the soil floor without particularly damaging the roots of the plants in the pot is easy to water and has no water leakage. An object of the present invention is to provide a convenient flowerpot that does not require a saucer.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A first aspect of the present invention is a flowerpot equipped with a light-shielding sheet (2) provided with a viewing window on a transparent pot side wall (1b).
That is, the flowerpot may be a pot (1) made of a transparent and translucent material and a transparent and rigid structure, and a light-shielding sheet (2) or a tube that does not transmit light to the pot side wall (1b). The light-shielding sheet (2) is made of a flexible sheet that does not transmit light, and has several viewing windows, with a structure that is inserted so as to cover or adheres so as to cover from the outside. Things.
With the above configuration, the soil storage portion in the pot is shielded from light and a part of the earth floor can be observed through the viewing window. Also, when the outer surface seen from the outside is patterned, the pot side wall (1b) can be decorated with the pattern of the sheet (2).
[0005]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, a drain pipe wall (3) is accommodated in a soil storage portion of a pot (1) equipped with a light-shielding sheet (2) provided with a viewing window on a transparent pot side wall (1b). This is a flowerpot that does not leak water. Since the pot (1) is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description is omitted, and the change and operation of the configuration by the newly added drain pipe wall (3) will be described below.
The drain pipe wall (3) has a concave half wall section bent at the bottom angle along the bottom wall (1c) and the bottom wall (1c) of the pot side wall, and has a drain port (3a) at the upper end. A tubular wall having a plurality of wall holes (3c) formed in a pot opening at an upper portion of the side wall (1b) and comprising a drain port (3a), a wall section (3b), and a bottom section (3d); It is housed in a soil storage part of the pot (1) with a free structure and used. The drain port (3a) is opened to the side of the pot rim (1a), and a part of the upper surface of the pot bottom (1c) and a part of the inner peripheral surface of the pot side wall (1b) are formed at the bottom (3d) and the wall (3b). Is covered in a part of the soil storage part so as to form a drainage cavity, the drainage pipe opening from the part of the pot bottom (1c) to the pot opening through the part of the pot side wall (1b). A drainage cavity that can be said is formed. The drainage from the earth floor (6) is collected in the drain pipe wall (3) through a plurality of wall holes (3c) provided in the wall part (3b) to raise and lower the drain water level (3e). The water can be discharged from the drain port (3a) by using a water dropper or a syringe. If necessary, water can be supplied from a drain port (3a) by a jug or the like. The drainage water level (3e) is provided with a drainage water level viewing window (2e) at the position of the drainage water level (3e) on the sheet (2), and is visible from the outside of the pot (1) because the pot (1) is transparent. It has become.
With the above configuration, the water supply to the earth floor (6) is observed through the observation holes and the drainage water level (3e) through several viewing windows, and from the soil floor water supply from the pot opening and the drainage port (3a). Drainage and water supply. And the drainage hole provided in the conventional pot bottom part (1c) or the pot side part (1b) is eliminated, and the pot structure which does not leak water and does not need a pot tray can be obtained.
[0006]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Embodiment 1
Example 1 is an example of the first embodiment shown in FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a front view showing a left half of an example in which a sheet (2) is inserted into an inner peripheral surface of a pot side wall (1b) in a flower pot having a circular horizontal cross section, which is a representative form of the present invention. . Explaining with reference to the left cross-sectional view of FIG. 1, a sheet (2) is inserted into the inner peripheral surface of the pot side wall (1b) of the pot (1), and the sheet (2) is held at two locations from the inside up and down by a holding wheel (4). This is an example of pressing down. The pot (1) is a transparent and translucent material made of a transparent or translucent material, which is composed of a pot edge (1a), a pot side wall (1b), and a pot bottom (1c). It may be made of. The sheet (2) is an example in which a lower end portion (2a) and a lower end viewing window (2b) are cut out and provided by a light-shielding and flexible thin film sheet that does not transmit light, but the viewing window (2a, 2b). May be a watermark sheet. Further, instead of inserting the sheet (2) into the inner peripheral surface of the pot side wall (1b), a light shielding body may be adhered or applied. The shape of the pot side wall (1b) and the sheet (2) is an example of a general flower pot shape in which the vertical cross section of the upper wide pot is linear and the horizontal cross section is circular. The detail of the sheet (2) is a fan-shaped sheet having a short lower side and easy to process as shown in a development view seen from outside the pot in FIG. 3, and the lower side is cut out into a semicircular shape with the lower end (2a) of an arc. And a bottom cutout window (2c), which is a circular cutout window above the lower end viewport (2b), and a decorative pattern (2d) is provided in the center. It has been given. The lower end (2a) of the sheet (2) is erected at the bottom corner of the pot bottom (1c) of the pot (1) so as to be inscribed in the inner peripheral surface of the pot side wall (1b). Although the sheet (2) is seen in FIG. 1, it is not inserted into the inner peripheral portion of the bowl (1a), but a watermark sheet may be attached instead.
[0007]
As a material of the sheet (2), any material can be used as long as it is plastic, paper, fiber, metal foil, or the like. However, a material having a light-shielding property and repelling water is preferable because it is hardly wetted by water when water is supplied. The surface of the sheet (2) may be coated with a water-repellent substance. When a transparent plastic or vinyl fiber sheet is used as the sheet (2), the sheet may be mixed with a light-shielding substance or coated. The sheet (2) may be pasted in a tubular shape in advance, and may naturally be a tubular shape. The horizontal length of the sheet (2) may be set slightly shorter than the inner peripheral length of the pot side wall (1b), and a vertical gap may be formed at the time of insertion so as to be used as a viewing window. If the sheet (2) is a set of several sheets, one favorite sheet may be selected and set, or replaced at the time of replanting. It is also interesting to record notes and the like on the surface of the sheet (2), insert a photograph of the flowering before planting, and observe the growth of the potted plant for comparison.
[0008]
The press wheel (4) is a ring for pressing and fixing the upper and lower portions of the light-shielding sheet (2) horizontally to the pot side wall (1b) from the inner peripheral side. For the presser wheel (4), attach the light-shielding sheet (2) to the pot side wall (1b) with cellophane adhesive tape, or carefully insert the earth floor (6) while pressing it against the pot side wall (1b) by hand. It is a member that is not always necessary and can be omitted.
Although the pot side wall (1b) of the present invention does not have air permeability like a general plastic flowerpot, the air permeability of the soil floor (6) to be put therein is selected by selecting several types of soils having different soil properties and grain sizes. By changing the value, it is possible to adjust the air permeability as a whole including the flower pot and the earth floor, and there is no particular problem.
After setting the light-shielding sheet (2) in the pot (1) structure, the plant (7) may be planted while making the earth floor (6) in the same manner as the conventional flowerpot. First, if necessary, the bottom hole (1c1) is covered with an insect net, and then the pot bottom (1c) is laid with slag (5) and laid on it to make an earth floor (6), and a plant (7) is planted.
[0009]
Water supply is controlled while watching the wet or dry condition of the clay floor surface in the pot, the clay floor viewing window (2c) on the pot side wall (1b) and the bottom floor viewing window (2b). Watering so that the earth floor of the earth floor viewing window (2c) does not dry out. When the surface of the clay floor in the pot is dry, plenty of water is supplied while checking the permeation state of the water supply with the transparent bowl edge (1a) and the permeation of the ground floor water with the clay floor viewing window (2c) and the bottom viewing window (2b). Is good. In the case of a plant (7) that prefers drying, in the case of a plant (7) that prefers to dry the soil floor (6) and ground soil (5) of the clay floor peephole (2c) and the lower end peephole (2b) and moist soil (5) It is only necessary to manage the soil floor (6) and the earthen soil (5) of the clay floor viewing window (2c) and the bottom viewing window (2b) in a moist state. Although it is peripheral, the inner periphery of the pot rim (1a) has no light-shielding sheet (2) so that the water supply surface can be seen through from the horizontal horizontal direction of the flower pot at the time of water supply, but the plant (7) There is no particular problem for.
[0010]
The girth management is performed by observing the earth floor (6) and the ground (5) of the earth floor viewing window (2c) and the bottom viewing window (2b). The root circumference is determined based on the clay floor (6) of the clay viewing window (2c), and when the roots have extended to the bottom soil (5) of the lower viewing window (2b), it is determined that it is time to repot the potted plants. By the way, if a lot of lower end viewing windows (2b) are provided, it will be difficult for plant roots to be inadvertently prolonged on the grit (5).
[0011]
The supplement of the formation of the sheet (2) to be inserted into the pot side wall (1b) of the flowerpot will be supplemented. If the shape of the sheet (2) is complicated and cannot be developed in a plane and is a special shape, the sheet (2) may be formed by pressing or casting a mold.
[0012]
The above is an example of the first embodiment in the first embodiment, that is, an example in which the sheet (2) is inserted into the inner peripheral surface of the pot side wall (1b) in a flower pot having a circular horizontal cross section is shown in FIGS. The same effect can be obtained by other examples, that is, a planter-type flowerpot having a rectangular horizontal cross section or a configuration in which a sheet (2) is bonded to the outer peripheral surface of the pot side wall (1b). It is obvious.
[0013]
Embodiment 2 Embodiment 2 is an example of the second embodiment and is shown in FIGS. A typical planter-type flowerpot having a rectangular horizontal section, a sheet (2) bonded to the outer peripheral surface of the pot side wall (1b), and a drainage pipe wall (3) stored in a soil storage portion of the pot (1). In a typical example, there is no drain hole in the pot edge (1a), the pot side (1b) and the pot bottom (1c) of the pot (1), so that water does not leak.
Since the second embodiment is a configuration in which the drain pipe wall (3) is added to the configuration of the first embodiment, redundant description of portions corresponding to the first embodiment is omitted (refer to the first embodiment), and newly added below. The following describes mainly the configuration change and its effects.
FIG. 4 is a front view showing the left half in a sectional view. The pot (1) is the same as in the first embodiment, and the sheet (2) is adhered not to the inner peripheral surface but to the outer peripheral surface of the pot side wall (1b) of the pot (1). The shape of the pot side wall (1b) and the sheet (2) is such that the vertical cross section is an upper wide trapezoid and the horizontal cross section is rectangular, and the lower end (2a) of the sheet (2) is aligned with the pot bottom (1c) of the pot (1). This is an example in which the pot side wall (1b) is adhered to the outer peripheral surface with an adhesive. It may be mounted and fixed instead of bonding.
[0014]
FIG. 6 is an exploded view of the sheet (2) viewed from the outer peripheral side of the pot. The sheet (2) has four trapezoids each having a long upper side and a short lower side, and is easy to process. The lower side is composed of a lower end portion (2a) of a straight line and a lower end viewing window (2b) cut out in a semicircular shape, and an earth floor viewing window (2c) of a circular cutout window is provided above the lower end viewing window (2b). ), And a decorative pattern (2d) is provided on the outer surface at the center. Although the sheet (2) is shown in FIG. 4 as an example that is not adhered to the outer periphery of the pot rim (1a), this part may be a transparent sheet.
[0015]
The drain pipe wall (3) is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, but the drain port (3a) is aligned with the center of the left short side of the pot side wall (1b), and the bottom (3d) is centered on the left and right of the top of the pot bottom (1c). This is an example of being mounted and accommodated on a line. The drain pipe wall (3) is a detachable opaque structure composed of a drain port (3a), a wall part (3b) and a bottom part (3d). The drain port (3a) is connected to the bottom part (3d) and a plurality of wall holes. The bottom of the pot (3c) is covered with a wall (3b) so as to cover a part of the upper surface of the pot bottom (1c) and a part of the inner peripheral surface of the pot side wall (1b) so as to form an L-shaped vertical tunnel for drainage. (1c) It is mounted on the upper surface and the inner surface of the pot side wall (1b), that is, used by being housed in a part of the soil housing part. Then, the plant (7) may be planted while making the earth floor (6) as in the conventional flowerpot. First, if necessary, a slag (5) is laid on the pot bottom (1c), and the soil is buried thereon to form an earth floor (6) and a plant (7) is planted. In general, soil water is supplied from the pot opening to the upper surface of the soil floor by irrigation. The supplied water gradually penetrates into the soil bed and is sufficiently moist and finally drains through the hole (3c) into the vertical cavity in the drain pipe wall (3) and accumulates and rises the drainage water level (3e). Let me go. The drainage water level (3e) in the drainage pipe wall (3) is visible from the outside through the drainage water level view window (2e) on the outer surface because the structure of the bowl (1) is transparent. It is a drainage water level gauge.
[0016]
It is preferable that the water supply be sufficiently controlled while confirming the water supply management in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and further confirming the drainage water level (3e) on the drain pipe wall (3). In the case of plant cultivation that does not like moistening, even if the drainage water level (3e) in the drain pipe wall (3) is in an equilibrium state, the water is excessively applied when it is at a high water level. It is better to discharge the water to an appropriate level with a commercially available hand pump or water absorber. In addition, when it is difficult to supply water to the upper surface of the earth floor due to the branches and leaves of plants, or in an emergency, water can be supplied to the drain outlet (3a) and water can be supplied from the drain pipe wall (3) to the earth floor. It is convenient. In particular, the watering of large flowerpots and the management of surplus water discharge can be performed easily and reliably because the state of water supply to the ground floor can be confirmed by checking the viewing window and the drainage water level (3e) without moving the pots.
[0017]
7 and 8 show another embodiment of the drain pipe wall (3), which shows an example of a flower pot having a circular horizontal cross section. This is an example in which the bottom (3d) of the drain pipe wall (3) is turned all around the corner of the upper surface of the pot bottom (1c).
[0018]
Although the representative examples have been shown and described in the first and second embodiments, depending on the device, even if the pots (1) are in various shapes, the seat with the viewing window (2) and the drain pipe wall (3) can be sufficiently accommodated. It is possible. Therefore, the present invention enables shading of a soil storage section in a pot, see-through observation of an earth floor, decoration of a pot side wall (1b), water supply / drainage by a drain pipe wall (3), and observation of root circumference, easy watering and water leakage. This is a simple and convenient flowerpot without a bowl and without the need for a pot saucer.
[0019]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the present invention has a simple structure and can freely observe the state of water supply and the surroundings of the soil bed without particularly damaging the roots of the plants in the earth floor, and is easy to water and has no pot leakage without a water leakage. It is a convenient and economical flowerpot that can be easily decorated without any need.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a typical circular bowl, showing a left half in a cross-sectional view in an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1 FIG. FIG. 4 is a front view of a representative planter-type flowerpot in a second embodiment of the present invention, showing a left half in a cross-sectional view. FIG. FIG. 6 is a developed view of the sheet (2) viewed from outside the pot side wall (1b). FIG. 7 is another example of the drain pipe wall (3), showing an example of a flower pot having a circular horizontal cross section. Plan view (1/2 scale)
FIG. 8 is a front view of FIG.
1 pot 1a pot edge 1b pot side wall 1c pot bottom 1c1 bottom hole 1c2 bottom back groove
2 sheet 2a Lower end portion 2b Lower end viewing window 2c Earth floor viewing window 2d Pattern 2e Drainage water level viewing window
3 Drain pipe wall 3a Drain outlet 3b Wall 3c Wall hole 3d Bottom 3e Drainage water level 4 Presser ring 5 Goro earth 6 Earth floor 7 Plant
