JP2009291184A - Method and apparatus for greening veranda - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for greening a veranda which is capable of forming a plant curtain in a veranda without limiting use of a veranda and under eaves, is a simple apparatus, inexpensive and beautiful, facilitating management of watering to vegetation and fertilizing, and extremely safe without harming the public due to dropping thereof under a veranda, and to provide a method for greening a veranda. <P>SOLUTION: This method for greening a veranda includes setting, under a veranda of upper floor, a medium case 3 for vine cultivation, an induction shelf 4 which induces vine extending from a medium, and hanging devices 6 which fix the case and shelf, raising and managing with a liquid manure circulating system, and covering the whole surface or part of the veranda with extending and thickly growing vine. As a result of this, it is possible to perform greening which facilitates management of watering to vegetation and fertilizing, is convenient, and has high energy saving. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a veranda greening apparatus and a greening method, and more particularly, to a greening apparatus and a greening method in which vegetation grows in front of, for example, a veranda of an apartment house and an eaves of a detached house.

  In the center of a large city, the so-called heat island phenomenon, in which the temperature rises significantly locally due to the reflection of exhaust from air-conditioning equipment, automobile exhaust, and heat rays from the pavement of the road, has become a problem. In order to prevent this, and to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and further to reduce power consumption for cooling, for example, cultivating various vegetation on the rooftops and walls of buildings, the so-called rooftop・ It has been proposed to increase the efficiency of the cooling effect by greening the walls and installing a light-shielding film or water film on the window glass.

Such energy conservation measures such as greening and indoor air conditioning are extremely important for reducing carbon dioxide in homes and offices that continue to increase, and various methods have been proposed as described above. However, depending on the construction method, greening has a large construction cost and maintenance cost, is difficult to maintain, and is not easy to take countermeasures. In addition, there are many problems in terms of cost-effectiveness regarding the efficiency of the cooling effect by installing a light-shielding film or a water film on the window glass.
Against this background, there is a need for new countermeasures that can be easily constructed by anyone, have low construction and maintenance costs, are easy to maintain, and are highly effective. This is the issue and is the key to effective environmental measures.

  In order to solve such a problem, in the present invention, a medium is installed at a position higher than the window on the veranda or under the eaves, and drooping vines are attracted on the shelf or below the shelf to attract the plant. A means for forming a curtain is used. Such a greening method and greening device have never been seen before, but there are a few things that look somewhat similar, although the means and effects are completely different. For example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-223648, the use of soil on the roof, rooftop, and veranda is suppressed by installing a pipe-type hydroponic cultivation unit on a roof, a fence portion of a veranda, and the like. A hydroponics and planting apparatus and method is disclosed.

  Moreover, in JP2003-199421A, as a method of greening an apartment house greening terrace, a post is fixed between the eaves and the balcony, a net is stretched about 30 cm below the eaves, and greening is performed in advance elsewhere. Under the eaves cultivation of the method of sticking jasmine to the net using the greening unit of Carolina jasmine formed on the screen has been released.

  However, the veranda greening device described in the prior document, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-223648 is a hindrance to using the veranda because the greening device is installed on the fence portion of the veranda, and the planting method is Since it is pot planting such as annual grass instead of the drooping vine plant proposed by the invention, the greening area is limited and regular replanting is required. In addition, the greening device described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-199421 is intended to stretch a net on a column installed like a screen under the eaves and wind Carolina Jasmine, and is not suitable for greening a veranda. Adoption under the eaves is also limited in terms of space occupancy.

  JP 2002-223648 A   JP 2003-199421 A

  The object of the present invention is, for example, by covering the top and front or sides of the veranda with a pendant vine plant without restricting the use of the veranda or the eaves, and constructing a plant curtain with a simple device, An object is to provide a greening device and a greening method that are inexpensive, beautiful, easy to manage and easy to use.

  A vine plant that has a medium for cultivating drooping vines on the veranda of the upper floor, and is installed vertically in the length direction of the veranda. Install an attraction shelf.

  The medium and the induction shelf are installed by embedding anchors in the upper floor veranda, or by setting up a column from the floor of the veranda to the bottom of the upper floor veranda, or by installing a mounting base having the required height. However, in order not to hinder the access to the veranda or use, secure it firmly so that it does not fall down due to typhoons or earthquakes.

  By adopting an easy-to-maintain method such as hydroponics, the plant and plant method can be provided that can green the veranda for many years without replanting.

  The present invention covers the veranda and the eaves under the eaves by covering the top and front or sides of the veranda with pendant vines to form a plant curtain. Can be cut off. In addition, by sliding the crosspiece at the tip of the shelf that attracts vines, the eaves can be put out on the veranda as a structure that can be projected and shrunk, and the length of the curtain of vines can be adjusted up and down However, it can also be divided into left and right to open the curtain. Sunlight can be adjusted to fit the climate of Japan with the four seasons. With such a simple device, it is possible to realize a greening device and a greening method that are inexpensive, beautiful, and easy to manage.

  According to the veranda greening method and apparatus of the present invention, basically, a medium for cultivating vines is installed in the longitudinal direction of the veranda under or on the veranda of the apartment house, and the veranda of the veranda is started from there. The vine-planting shelves are installed vertically and horizontally in the short direction, and the vegetation grows along it. From the viewpoint of the convenience of using the veranda, it is desirable to secure a height that does not hinder people from entering and exiting, and it is desirable that the housing location of the medium and the attraction shelf should be arranged in consideration of the aesthetic balance of the entire house.

  In the present invention, when the culture medium is hydroponically cultivated, it is composed of a material that does not cause corrosion or rust, such as a PVC pipe or a stainless steel tray, and has a strength that does not greatly deform during vegetation cultivation, It is sufficient if it is large enough to grow vegetation. The upper part of the medium is desirably provided with an opening having a size that does not hinder the growth of vines grown at intervals of about 20 to 30 centimeters. In addition, the culture solution may be automatically circulated, and an ultraviolet sterilizer for preventing the growth of Fusarium bacteria, etc. may be installed. However, in the case of a small scale, it can be omitted because the replacement of the seedling is easy. . In the case of soil cultivation, a planter base is provided, and the planter is cultivated on a medium that is installed alone or connected, but it is desirable that liquid fertilization is performed by installing a humidity sensor for automatic drip infusion. In both cases of hydroponics and soil cultivation, when the vines are sufficiently grown, the daily transpiration amount is about 3L per square meter. It is possible to save time and effort by automatically supplying the power. In consideration of maintainability, it is desirable that the upper surface of the medium and the lower surface of the upper veranda be separated by about 20 to 30 centimeters.

The culture medium is installed in the lengthwise direction of the veranda, and an attraction shelf that is assembled vertically and horizontally from there to the lengthwise direction of the veranda. Of course, a net made of vinyl or metal may be attached to the frame of the invitation shelf.
It is most desirable from the viewpoint of ensuring strength and aesthetics that anchors are embedded in the veranda on the upper floor and fixed in a suspended form, but if this is not possible in an existing building, etc. From the stand up to the floor of the upper floor veranda, fix it to this, or install a mounting base with the required height, so as not to interfere with the entrance and use of the veranda, It is desirable to fix firmly so that it will not fall due to an earthquake or the like.

  The vine plant to be planted is a plant suitable for hydroponics and / or soil cultivation, and it is not necessary to specify it if it is beautiful and resistant to changes in temperature and pest damage. It is advantageous to use varieties called canariensis, gold heart, and taikakazura, which are drooping and well-conditioned, among 650 types and more of the variety of hedera. Of course, different patterns may be planted alternately to form a desired pattern. In addition, depending on the installation location, shape, purpose of use, etc. of the apparatus, a drooping perennial vine plant is preferable, but it is also possible to plant sweet potatoes, kuzu, etc. for the purpose of use only in summer.

  Plants such as Canariensis and Gold Heart generally stretch well from the beginning of spring to the end of the rainy season, and also a little in the fall. It can also encourage growth. The part that has been extended beyond the attraction shelf may be attracted to a handrail of a veranda with an attraction strap, or may be stretched as it is, or a thing that serves as a guide is attached to the attraction shelf.

  Alternatively, the eaves can be projected or shrunk by sliding the cross member at the front end of the attraction shelf back and forth, so that the eaves are provided on the veranda so that the length of the curtain of the climbing plant can be adjusted up and down. In addition, it is possible to easily slide the vine plant stoppers in the left-right direction like a curtain suspender, and in summer when the sun is strong, the plant curtains are closed so that the wind and sunbeams can pass through freely. When you want to be exposed to the sun from the fall or early spring when the temperature falls, it is convenient to tie them left and right and open the curtain.

  The present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the illustrated examples, but the present invention is not limited to these examples.

  FIG.1 and FIG.2 is the schematic which shows the example which applied this invention to the veranda greening of an apartment house, and, specifically, shows the example which greens the front of the veranda of the room of an apartment house. In this example, the medium case 3 and the attraction shelf 4 are installed at a position slightly higher than the sliding door window 5 in such a manner that the anchor 2 is embedded in and fixed to the lower floor 1 of the veranda on the upper floor.

  In this example, as shown in FIG. 2, an example of a hydroponics method is shown. The culture medium case 3 is hung on the upper veranda floor 1 by a hanging tool 6 fixed to the anchor 2. A water supply pipe 7 is provided on the upper side of the side surface, a drain pipe 8 is provided slightly above the bottom surface, and a bypass pipe 9 and a drain valve 10 are provided on the bottom surface for the purpose of maintenance management.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 8, the liquid manure pumped up by the submersible pump 13 from the liquid fertilizer tank 12 installed on the floor of the veranda by the liquid fertilizer supply system 11 is provided at the tip of the water supply pipe 7. A tube (not shown) is ejected near the root of the planted plant. And since the drain valve 10 is always closed, the water level in the medium case 3 is kept at the level of the attachment position of the drain pipe 8, and therefore the supply system can be intermittently operated. Even if there is a stop for about 1 to 2 days due to a power failure or system failure, it can withstand enough. In the case of small-scale veranda greening, it is possible to perform similar greening by supplying liquid fertilizer at a required time interval to a constant water level in the medium case 3 with a manual pump or the like.

In addition, in this example, as shown in FIG. 2, the slide guide 15 at the front end portion of the induction shelf 4 has a structure that can slide back and forth, and has an arc-shaped cross-sectional shape. It has the characteristic that there is no bending and damage. Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the slide guide 15 is attached with an offset preventing device 16 in which a comb blade can be taken in and out. Thus, when the comb blade is raised, the hanging vine can be prevented from being displaced in one direction by the wind, and when the comb blade is laid down, the green curtain can be easily opened and closed.
When fixing the green curtain in the open or closed state, a comb blade may be raised. FIG. 3 shows a state in which the green curtain is opened, and bright sunlight is obtained in this state from late autumn to early spring when the sunlight is desired. Also, in strong winds, the green curtain should be bundled up and down at the left and right ends, wrapped and protected with a sheet, etc., and tied to the pulling shelf and the veranda handrail with a rope or the like.

    Although FIG. 4 shows the attraction shelf 4, the attraction shelf frame 18 is configured from the bottom of the medium case 3, and the attraction shelf vertical member 19 and the attraction shelf horizontal member 20 are assembled vertically and horizontally. Of course, it is also possible to construct an attraction shelf of your choice by attaching a green net or the like to the attraction shelf frame 18. The medium cover 17 is covered with a medium cover 17 in order to prevent weeds from growing on the medium 3 and preventing the occurrence of weeds and blue wings. The medium cover 17 is provided with planting holes 23 sufficient to allow the vine 22 of the vine to come out.

  FIG. 6 shows a cross section of the culture medium case. A vine 22 of a climbing plant grown in a paper pot 21 or the like is placed at the position of the planting hole 23, and the hinata pumice, neutralized zeolite, oyster shell Or the like. The bottom surface of the culture medium case 3 is provided with a water-permeable floor plate 25 and is in a slightly floating state for the purpose of preventing drying in a drainage space and a system failure. In addition, a strainer 26 is provided to prevent clogging of the drain pipe.

FIG. 8 shows an outline of the hydroponic cultivation system of the present embodiment. In the liquid fertilizer tank 12, a submersible pump 13 for supplying liquid fertilizer, prevention of freezing in winter, and hot water once or twice a year. A heater 27 that also serves as a sterilizer and a liquid level gauge 28 for liquid level confirmation are installed. The surplus liquid fertilizer supplied to the culture medium case 3 through the water supply pipe 7 is recirculated through the drain pipe 8. An aeration device 31 is installed.
Of course, these can be freely selected depending on the scale of veranda greening, installation conditions, etc., and they do not necessarily have to be installed as in this embodiment.

  The veranda greening method and the greening device of the present invention can cover the upper and front sides or sides of the veranda with drooping climbing plants without restricting the use of the veranda or the eaves to constitute a plant curtain. Is possible. In addition, it is a simple device that is inexpensive and beautiful, is easy to use and is easy to use, such as irrigation and fertilization to vegetation, and is a greening method and method, cuts off the summer sunlight by opening and closing the plant curtain, Accepts sunlight in autumn, winter and spring, can respond optimally to seasonal conditions, is highly energy-saving with air conditioning and lighting, and is extremely safe without causing harm to the public due to falling under the veranda Since it is a simple system, it can be widely applied to greening on verandas and eaves.

It is a front view which shows an example of the greening apparatus of the veranda of this invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the apparatus of FIG. It is a figure which shows the state with the open curtain of the planting thing by the apparatus of FIG. It is a top view which shows an example of the culture medium case of the apparatus of FIG. FIG. 5 is a side view of FIG. 4. FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of the apparatus of FIG. 1. It is sectional drawing of a culture medium case. It is a flow sheet of the supply and circulation system of water and / or liquid fertilizer in the apparatus of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

2 ... anchor, 3 ... medium case, 4 ... attraction shelf, 6 ... hanging device, 12 ... liquid fertilizer tank 15 ... slide guide, 16 ... offset prevention device, 18 ... attraction shelf frame, 24 ... filler, 25 ... for water permeability Floorboard.

Claims (8)

  Under the veranda on the upper floor of the building, there is a medium for cultivating vines, a shelf that attracts vines grown from this medium, and a fixing device or fixing base for fixing these, and the whole or part of the veranda is extended. A method for greening a veranda, characterized in that the plant curtain is formed by covering the plant with an overhanging drooping vine and further hanging the tip of the plant.   The culture medium is one or more planters connected in parallel to the veranda longitudinal direction, or a long culture medium having an appropriate cross-sectional area, and is installed below the upper veranda or on the upper veranda floor. The rooftop greening method according to claim 1.   The method for greening a veranda according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the medium is a hydroponic culture medium filled with a root-holding material such as Hinata pumice or crushed oysters that are easily permeable to the culture medium or liquid fertilizer.   The veranda greening method according to claim 1, further comprising a device for circulating a culture solution in the medium.   The veranda greening method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising an apparatus for filling the culture medium with culture soil and supplying an appropriate amount of water or liquid fertilizer necessary for the growth of vine plants.   The cross member at the tip of the shelf for attracting the vine plant according to claim 1 has a structure that can be protruded or shrunk by sliding, and the tip position and the length of the plant curtain are changed. The greening method of the veranda according to 5.   The veranda greening method according to claim 1, wherein the fixing device according to claim 1 is installed on the lower floor of the upper floor or on the front floor of the upper floor. The fixing base according to claim 1 is installed on a veranda on the upper floor of the floor and is anchored or fixed in a vertical direction between the veranda floor of the floor and the upper veranda floor. Veranda greening method.

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