JP2008148576A - Vertical greening device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a greening device capable of easily greening a wall surface of a building. <P>SOLUTION: This greening device is set with a greening panel 3 which is fixed to a wall surface 1 of a building with mounting hardware 2 projected from the wall surface 1, and a water collecting tray 4 which is arranged on the greening panel and receives rainwater. The greening panel 3 has an inside divided with a root preventing sheet 8 and has on an opening side, a tray 6 filled with lightweight soil 9 which is planted with a plant 10. A water retaining gutter 12 into which rainwater flows from the water collecting tray 4 is arranged between the root preventing sheet 8 and a tray bottom. A water drawing material 14 which is made of a felt-like woven fabric and soaked in water accumulated in the water retaining gutter 12 absorbs water and draws to the soil 9 so as to sprinkle water on the soil 9. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a greening device, and more particularly to a greening device for greening vertical surfaces such as walls of buildings and the like, fences, retaining walls, and sound insulation walls of expressways.

  In recent years, with the background of environmental issues such as global warming and the heat island phenomenon, rooftop greening has been actively implemented in office buildings and schools, etc. from the viewpoint of the formation of beautiful and moist urban spaces, etc. .

  Rooftop greening is often done by creating a fence on a part of the rooftop of a building, putting soil, and planting trees in this area, but putting soil on the entire rooftop to plant greening plants. In addition, there has also been proposed a technique in which a grating is installed on the grating so that the user can walk on the grating (Patent Document 1).

As for the greening of the wall surface of a building or the like, it is common to place a climbing plant on the wall surface or attach a planting pot to the wall surface.
JP 2004-324174 A

  When wall surface greening is performed by letting vegetative plants grow on the wall surface, it takes a long time to green the entire wall surface, and it is difficult to green the entire wall surface by the method of attaching a planting pot to the wall surface. .

  An object of the present invention is to provide a vertical surface greening device capable of easily greening the entire vertical surface such as a wall surface of a building or the like, a fence, a retaining wall, or a sound insulation wall of an expressway.

The tree planting apparatus of the invention according to claim 1 is made of a corrosion-resistant metal or resin tray having a soil layer on which a planted plant is vegetated and irrigation means for irrigating the soil layer. A greening panel that is vertically and horizontally attached to vertical surfaces such as a fence, a retaining wall, a sound insulation wall of an expressway, and the like, and a water collection tray that receives rainwater during rain and has water supply means for supplying rainwater to the irrigation means; It is characterized by comprising
The greening device of the invention according to claim 2 is a substantially U-shaped cross section in which the irrigation means of the invention according to claim 1 is arranged in a space space formed between the soil layer and the tray bottom of the tray, and rainwater is collected , A water conduit that protrudes upward from the bottom of the water reservoir, lowers the protruding height from the water reservoir, and supplies water to the water reservoir located below, and a part of the water is immersed in rain water in the water reservoir The other part extends to the soil layer, sucks up the rainwater in the water retention basin and leads to the soil layer and irrigates the water, and the water supply means from the water pipe supplying the rainwater in the water collection tray to the water retention basin It is characterized by becoming.

  A greening device according to a third aspect of the present invention is a water retention basin formed in a space formed by the irrigation device according to the first aspect of the present invention between the soil layer and the bottom of the tray, and overflows from the water retention basin. The water guide material that leads out the discharged water to the water retention basin located below, and part of it is immersed in the rainwater in the water retention basin, the other part extends to the soil layer, and the rainwater in the water retention basin is sucked up and led to the soil layer for irrigation The water supply means comprises a water supply pipe for supplying rainwater in the water collecting tray into the water retaining basin.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a greening device according to the first to third aspects, wherein the tray according to any one of the first to third aspects is provided with a reinforcing tool for reinforcing a tray in which a plurality of members are combined in a lattice shape, a honeycomb shape, or the like. .
The greening device according to a fifth aspect of the invention is characterized in that the tray according to any one of the first to fourth aspects is formed with air holes through which air enters and exits at appropriate positions on the bottom of the tray.

  According to the invention according to claim 1, the planted green plant grows sufficiently and grows so as to cover the soil. The green panel is vertical such as a wall surface of a building, a fence, a retaining wall, a sound insulation wall of an expressway, etc. When it is attached to the surface, it will be installed on the vertical surface just by attaching it, and at the same time the vertical surface is covered with green, you can build a beautiful landscape, and when the plant grows sufficiently, it overhangs There are effects such as that the roots can hold the soil and prevent its falling off, and that the soil of the greening panel that is installed on the vertical surface and is difficult to be irrigated by rainfall can be irrigated by rainwater. In addition, it is desirable that the water collection tray is provided with a tap water pipe so that irrigation can be performed even during dry weather, and that the tap water can be supplied to the water collection tray when necessary.

  According to the invention which concerns on Claim 2, the water of a water collection tray is supplied to a water retention tank through a water supply pipe, and is stored. And if the water level in the water holding basin which increases by water supply exceeds the protrusion height of a water conduit, it will flow out through the water conduit and will be supplied to the water basin located below. Water is supplied in the same manner to the water retaining basin located below. The water-absorbing material is formed of, for example, a felt-like knitted fabric, non-woven fabric, loofah or sponge-like porous material, whereby the water in the water retention basin is sucked up by capillary action and guided to the soil and irrigated.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the water reservoir is supplied with water as described above and the increased water overflows beyond the water reservoir, water is supplied to the water reservoir located below through the water guide. In addition, water is supplied in the same manner to the water holding basin located below. Then, the water sucked up by the water-absorbing material from each water holding basin by capillary action is guided to the soil and irrigated. As the water guiding material and the water absorbing material, the same water absorbing material as described above, for example, a felt-like knitted fabric, a nonwoven fabric, a loofah or sponge-like porous material is used.

The above-mentioned greening panel has a vertical surface on a vertical surface such as a building wall or a wall, a retaining wall, a sound insulation wall of a highway, etc., where the tray has sufficient strength or the tray is not strong enough. Can withstand strong winds, but if the tray does not have sufficient strength and can be mounted at an appropriate distance from the vertical surface, The greening panel may be deformed or damaged. In this regard, as in the invention according to claim 4, when the tray is reinforced by the reinforcing tool, sufficient wind-resistant strength can be provided.
According to the invention which concerns on Claim 5, oxygen comes to be supplied to the root of a plant with the air which distribute | circulates through the air hole formed in the tray bottom, and can thereby prevent the root rot of a plant.

Hereinafter, a greening device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The greening apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is attached to a wall surface 1 of a building or the like by means of attachment, individually or as illustrated, but in combination with each other in a vertical direction along the wall surface 1 in combination. It consists of the greening panel 3 and the water collection tray 4 which is mounted on the greening panel in a horizontal direction and receives rain water during rain.

  The greening panel 3 is attached by a mounting bracket 2 and a fastening member such as a bolt constituting the mounting means together with the mounting bracket 2, or by welding or bonding, and has a corrosion resistance metal such as stainless steel or galvanized steel plate or FRP. A tray 6 made of a hard resin such as a bearing, a bearing bar 7a and a twist bar 7b are combined in a lattice pattern, and the grating 6 is a reinforcing member attached to the tray 6 (FIG. 2). , And the opening side is filled with soil, preferably light soil 9, and the opening side from the root prevention sheet 8 is used as a soil layer, and the plant is vegetated in the soil layer. ing. Although not shown in the bottom, air holes through which air enters and exits are formed at appropriate positions.

  On the other hand, irrigation means is arranged in the space 11 formed between the root-proof sheet 8 and the tray bottom. This irrigation means has a substantially U-shaped cross section as shown in FIG. 3 and extends in the lateral direction. The irrigation means is fixed to an arbitrary position on the bottom of the tray with a fixing means, for example, a bolt, or adhered with an adhesive A water retaining rod 12 that is fixed or fixed by welding, a water guide tube 13 that is inserted from the bottom of the water retaining rod 12 and protrudes upward and has a protruding height lower than that of the water retaining rod 12, and one side portion. It consists of a water supply material 14 made of a felt-like cloth that is immersed in the water stored in the water holding basin 12 and has the other side portion extended into the soil through the root-proof sheet 8, and the water level flowing into the water basin 12 is the water guide pipe. If the upper end of 13 is exceeded, it will flow into the water guide pipe 13 and will be supplied to the lower water retaining tank 12 and further to the water retaining tank 12 below it. The water guide material 14 sucks up the water stored in the water retention basin 12 by capillary action, guides it to the soil 9, and irrigates the soil 9.

The above-described grating 7 used as a reinforcing tool is attached to the front surface of the soil 9 by covering the tray 6, but the attachment location is not limited to this. For example, the inside of the space 11 or the outside of the tray 6 ( As long as the tray 6 can be reinforced, such as the right side of the tray 6 shown in FIG.
The grating 7 can also be replaced with any other reinforcing tool having a function of reinforcing the tray 6, for example, a member in which a plurality of members are crossed at an arbitrary angle, or a combination in a honeycomb shape.

  In the illustrated example, a plurality of the irrigation means described above are arranged at regular intervals in the vertical direction, but may be one. In any case, the water-conducting pipe 13 of the irrigation means is passed through the greening panel 3 adjacent to the upper and lower sides, and water is supplied to the water retention jar 12 of the greening panel 3 positioned lower than the water retention jar 12 of the greening panel 3 positioned higher. It is supposed to be done.

  The water collection tray 4 is provided with a water guide pipe 15 as a water supply means, which is passed through the uppermost greening panel 3 so as to protrude downward, and receives rainwater that pours into the water collection tray 4 when it rains. In response to rainwater flowing in from a ridge or a drain on the roof, rainwater is supplied from a water guide pipe 15 to a water retention ridge 12 of irrigation means. In addition, it is desirable that a water pipe is piped on the water collecting tray 4 so as to supply tap water as a countermeasure against dry weather.

  FIG. 4 shows another example of the irrigation means, like the water retaining rod 12 described above, a water retaining rod 17 having a substantially U-shaped cross section and extending in the lateral direction and fixed to the bottom of the tray 6 at an appropriate interval. A water retaining material 18 made of a sponge or the like attached to the water retaining basin 17; a water guide material 19 made of a felt-like cloth that guides the water overflowing from the water retaining basin 17 to the water retaining basin 17 located below; Similar to the water guide material 14 described above, one side is immersed in the water stored in the water retention basin 17, and the other side is extended into the soil 9 through the root-proof sheet 8, and the water stored in the water retention basin 17 is sucked up by capillary action. And a water absorbent 21 made of a felt-like cloth leading to the soil 9. In the figure, 23 is an air hole through which air formed at the bottom of the tray flows.

  In the irrigation means of this embodiment, the water absorbing material 21 is provided separately from the water guiding material 19. However, when the same material is used for the water guiding material 19 and the water absorbing material 21, the water absorbing material 21 is used as the water guiding material. You may make it branch and extend from the middle of 19. Further, the above-described water guide pipe 13 may be provided in place of the water guide material 19, and water may be supplied to the lower water retention trough 17 through the water guide pipe 13.

Sectional view of the greening apparatus according to the present invention The perspective view of the greening panel of the greening apparatus shown in FIG. Enlarged sectional view of the main part of the greening panel The expanded sectional view of the important section of another mode of a greening panel

Explanation of symbols

1. Wall surface of building 2. Mounting bracket 3. Greening panel 4. Water collecting tray 6. Tray 7. Grating 8. Root prevention sheet 9. Light soil 10. Plant 11. Space Space 12, 17 .. Water retaining ridges 13, 15. Water conduits 14, 21.. Water absorbing material 18.. Water retaining material 19.

Claims (5)

  It consists of a soil layer on which greening plants are vegetated and a water-resistant means for irrigating the soil layer, and is made of a corrosion-resistant metal or resin tray, such as a wall of a building, a fence, a retaining wall, a sound insulation wall of a highway, etc. A greening device comprising: a greening panel that is vertically and horizontally attached to a vertical surface of the water, and a water collecting tray that is provided with water supply means for receiving rainwater during rain and supplying rainwater to the irrigation means.   The irrigation means is disposed in a space space formed between the soil layer and the tray bottom of the tray, and has a substantially U-shaped water retention basin for storing rainwater, and projects upward from the bottom of the water retention basin, The projecting height is lower than that of the water retention basin, and a water conduit that supplies water to the water basin located below, and part of it is immersed in the rainwater in the water basin and the other part extends to the soil layer. 2. The greening apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the greening device comprises a water-absorbing material that sucks up and leads to the soil layer and irrigates, and the water supply means comprises a water supply pipe for supplying rainwater in the water collecting tray into the water retention basin.   A water retention tank disposed in a space formed by the irrigation device between the soil layer and the bottom of the tray, and a water guide material for leading water overflowing from the water retention tank to a water retention tank located below. The part is immersed in the rainwater in the water retention basin and the other part extends to the soil layer, and the water supply means sucks up the rainwater in the water retention basin and guides it to the soil layer. The greening device according to claim 1, comprising a water supply pipe for supplying water into the water retention basin.   The greening device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a reinforcing tool for tray reinforcement formed by combining a plurality of members on the tray is provided.   The greening device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the tray is formed with an air hole through which air enters and exits at an appropriate position on the bottom of the tray.

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