JP2502502Y2 - Cultivation container for plants for generating volatile organic compounds - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial field of application) The present invention is placed in a polluted urban atmosphere and is applied to a forest against the air environment limited to the space inside the building where human life is fluctuated. The present invention relates to a device for forming better conditions for the mind and body of human beings by adding the vital energy generated by visible trees to the room.

(Prior Art and its Problems) Conventionally, generally, an air purifying apparatus for purifying indoor air removes suspended matters by a filter and adsorbs gas such as odor by a special filter such as activated carbon. Although this technique is effective in its own way, it is within the scope of the idea of removing harmful substances.

Therefore, no consideration has been given to the effect of resting the tiredness due to work in the room, etc., and there is no choice but to take a rest by another method.

However, with the development of science and technology and industry, the urban structure as a human living sphere becomes isolated from the biological ecosystem, and it cannot be denied that the atmospheric environment is invading the human living sphere as a living being. Can not.

The forest area of our country occupies 70% of the national land. Due to atmospheric circulation, adsorption of harmful gas by biological function of forest trees,
It can be said that the great pursuit of nature is that the purification of the atmosphere such as supplementation of oxygen is performed, the maintenance of our lives, and the activities of our lives.

Even in Japan, which should be blessed with such a natural environment, the current state of the atmosphere in large cities exceeds the standard value of the total amount regulation introduced in 1982, especially in terms of dust and nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide. At present, dust particles of 10 μm or less do not improve.

In addition, it is difficult to overlook the fact that the overcrowded population and laborers are forced to work in closed buildings.

As a means for solving this problem, there is a movement to send the essential oils recently extracted from fragrances or trees into the room using an air conditioner or the like to improve the air environment.

However, these extracted substances are only some of the components released by the forest, and cannot be called a forest bath.

Therefore, the air that controls the life activity of living things must take into account not only the inorganic elements but also the organic elements cultivated by nature.

That is, trees such as cypress, cedar, pine, and hiba adsorb and remove fine dust and harmful substances contained in the air, and at the same time, together with fresh oxygen, calm, stabilize, awaken, blood pressure, muscle strength of the human spirit,
Hydrocarbons of monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes that have physiological / pharmacological actions such as respiration, gastrointestinal digestion, diuresis, and bactericidal killing, and those in which alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, etc. are bound, diterpenes, phenolic compounds, etc. It has been shown to release. However, the present urban space tends to be devoted to mineralization, and the need for urban greening and forest bathing has been emphasized.

In other words, the tendency of isolation from nature is such that it is difficult to expect natural purification that corresponds to the amount of various gas bodies discharged by the urban structure, no matter how the need for urban greening is emphasized.

On the other hand, in recent years, with the development of hydroponics and the like, techniques for cultivating plants indoors have been developed, and a culture solution for plant cultivation is commercially available.

The culture solution is supplemented with minerals such as magnesium and calcium, vitamins and the like in addition to the three major nutrients of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.

In addition, a drug that enables plants to be cultivated in a small volume by preventing overgrowth of crops and significantly shortening plant height has been developed, and is commercially available as a dwarfing agent.

As a dwarfing agent, daminozide (B-Nine SAD
H), ansimidol, triazole compounds (uniconazole, paclobutrazol, NTN-821), etc. are used (Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Journal Vol.11 No.7).
(1988)), when these dwarfing agents are administered to plants, they can be cultivated in a small volume and the effect of healthy seedlings is recognized.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by using these techniques, and uses a genuine living tree to artificially and actively perform the respiration, assimilation and divergence of its leaves more actively than under natural conditions. It enables cultivation under the conditions, purifies and activates the air condition in a certain space, creates an air condition that is closer to nature than at present, and reduces the physical and mental load on humans in that space. However, it is an object of the present invention to provide a culture container for a plant for generating volatile organic compounds, which is used in an air purifying device for forming a healthier moving environment.

(Means for Achieving the Object) The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and air for purifying the air in the indoor space of a building where human life is fluctuated by a volatile organic compound generated by plants. At least part of the side surface of a purification-equipped plant culture container is made of a transparent material, and the container main body for storing and cultivating trees such as cedar and cypress is automatically added to the culture solution and dwarfing agent. A device for replenishing, a temperature control device for adjusting the temperature in the container body to a predetermined temperature range, and a blower for intermittently sending strong wind to the container body at predetermined time intervals and for blowing air into the indoor space are provided. A culturing vessel for a plant for generating a volatile organic compound, which is a feature.

There is also one in which the predetermined temperature range is set to 25 ° C to 35 ° C.

(Effect) By cultivating a living tree inside the container of the present invention, a forest bathing effect occurs in the room in which the container is provided, fresh oxygen is supplied, and a good effect on human physiological activity is provided. The indoor air is purified and activated by the volatile organic compounds of the plant.

In addition, since the plant is covered with a culture container, it can be protected from indoor conditions such as air conditioning and heating, it can be cultivated under conditions that actively perform physiological activities of trees, and volatile organic compounds can be actively released. .

Furthermore, because the wind is blown intermittently, the branches and leaves are mechanically stimulated each time, and in this case, minute scratches are formed on each other, and the surfaces increase the release of the substance. As a result, more volatile organic compounds are generated.

(Example) FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a container of the present invention, which is a stationary container installed outdoors. Out of the periphery of the container body 1a that constitutes the container 1, at least the upper surface and the two opposite side surfaces are made of a transparent material 2 such as glass or plastic that transmits natural light and has a light-transmitting property and an air-blocking property. .

On the other opposing side surface, a nutrient solution tank 3 for supplying a culture solution necessary for culturing the plant is provided on the lower side, and the nutrient solution is supplied from the bottom of the nutrient solution tank 3 to the soil 5 in the container body 1a. A permeation layer 4 for permeation is provided between the bottom of the container body 1a and the soil 5.

In addition, a dwarfing agent replenishing tank is provided in a part of the nutrient solution tank 3 so that the dwarfing agent can be replenished.

The dwarfing agent may be replenished in small amounts at all times, or a timer may be used to supply a predetermined amount at regular time intervals.

Commercially available culture solutions and dwarfing agents can be used.

Further, in the nutrient solution tank 3, a temperature adjusting device 6 is provided on the upper side surface of one of the nutrient solution tanks 3 so as to maintain the temperature in the container body 1a within the range of 20 to 30 ° C. The structure is such that outside air is sucked through the temperature control device 6 and the temperature inside the container body 1a is maintained at 20 ° C to 30 ° C.

Further, the container body 1a is provided on the upper side surface of the nutrient solution tank 3 on the opposite side.
A suction blower 7 for sucking out the air therein is provided, and air is sent to the inside of the building by a duct (not shown).

The suction blower 7 is preferably operated intermittently in order to intermittently interrupt the ventilation in the container body 1a.

It is also possible to provide the lighting device 8 on the upper surface or the upper part of the side surface of the container body 1a to make it a basement floor stationary type.

Further, an intermittent air blower (not shown) may be provided on the outside of the temperature control device 6, and an intermittent high wind may be sent in conjunction with the suction air blower 7.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the window-mounted container 10. In this case, the back surface is a mounting surface 11 to be mounted on a window, and the suction blower 7 is provided on this mounting surface 11.

A temperature control device 6 having an outside air suction port similar to that shown in FIG. 1 is provided on both side surfaces adjacent to the mounting surface 11, and the temperature inside the window mounting type container 10 is maintained at 20 ° C to 30 ° C. There is.

Since the nutrient solution tank 3 and the permeation layer 4 are the same as those in FIG. 1, their description is omitted.

Of course, the upper surface of the container 10 and the side surface facing the mounting surface 11 are made of the transparent material 2.

 Next, the operation of these containers will be described.

The case of the stationary container of FIG. 1 installed on the roof will be described. Soil 5 containing a dwarfing agent is put on the infiltration layer 4 to a predetermined thickness, and trees such as cypress, cedar, pine, and hiba are planted in the forest. A culture solution containing necessary nutrients and water containing a dwarfing agent are put in the nutrient solution tank 3, and the soil 5 is passed through the permeation layer 4.
Supply water to. The temperature controller 6 is set to an arbitrary temperature within the range of 20 to 30 ° C.

On the other hand, the suction blower 7 operates intermittently to generate intermittent air in the container 1, and each time, air containing a volatile organic compound is blown indoors through a duct or the like not shown. In this case, it is possible to increase the generation amount of the volatile organic compound by using an intermittent air blower (not shown) in combination and causing a violent intermittent air flow in the container 1.

In addition, when installing in a basement, it goes without saying that the lighting device 8 is turned on and the light necessary for plant growth is emitted.

In addition, when cultivating trees using the container of the present invention, it is possible to dwarf it in advance by a technique such as pinching and grafting, so that it is several times to several tens of times larger than the case of trees in natural forest within a predetermined volume. It can house the trees.

However, if the moisture and temperature conditions are maintained appropriately, the branches and leaves inevitably do not retain the dwarfed state, and the tree shape is changed and the tree shape changes. In order to adjust this, it is necessary to suppress dwarfing by utilizing a dwarfing agent recently developed.

Fortunately, many of these dwarfing agents dwarf plant height and height, but do not change the number of leaves.

Further, if the atmospheric temperature is controlled to 25 to 35 ° C., the amount of volatile organic compounds generated per leaf becomes maximum, and as a result, the amount of volatile organic compounds generated in a given volume becomes extremely large.

In the case of the window-mounted container 10 of FIG. 2 as well, the operating state after installation is the same as that described above, so a description thereof will be omitted.

(Effect of the device) As described above, using a pure living tree, it is narrower than the natural state by creating an artificial condition in which the respiration, assimilation, and divergence of the leaves are activated more actively than under natural conditions. By purifying and activating the air condition of a certain space by artificial forests provided in the space, at least more than the present condition is created, and the air condition closer to nature is created, reducing the physical and mental load of human being in the space, and It is possible to create a healthy living environment.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a container of the present invention, which is a stationary container installed outdoors, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a window-mounted container 10. 1: container, 1a: container body, 3: nutrient solution tank, 6: temperature control device, 7: blower for suction, 10: container.

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A plant culture container of an air purifying apparatus for purifying air in an indoor space of a building where human life is moved by a volatile organic compound generated by plants, at least a part of a side surface of which is transparent. Consists of a container body for storing trees such as cedar and cultivating it inside, a device for automatically replenishing the culture solution and dwarfing agent, and a temperature for adjusting the temperature inside the container body to a predetermined temperature range. A culturing container for a volatile organic compound-producing plant, comprising: a conditioning device and a blower for intermittently sending a strong wind into the container body at predetermined time intervals and blowing the air into an indoor space. 2. The culture vessel for a volatile organic compound generating plant according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined temperature range is 25 ° C. to 35 ° C.