JP3173109U - Sunshine equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a sunshine device that enables a plant to be arranged three-dimensionally by effectively placing a mounting shelf in an upper space in a vinyl house so that the space in the vinyl house can be used effectively. To do.
A sunshine device 1 capable of irradiating sunshine by rotating a plurality of shelves carrying a large number of objects at predetermined time intervals, a gear box 6 for rotating the sunshine device, A small motor 9 connected to the gear box, a battery 10 for driving the small motor, a sensor for detecting the amount of sunlight, and a control device for controlling the rotation of the gear box and the small motor by a detection signal of the sensor. Is done. The sensor for detecting the amount of sunlight is a solar battery, and supplies power to the battery and the small motor.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a sunshine device, and more particularly to a sunshine device that is installed in a facility such as a greenhouse and that can accommodate a large number of objects that receive sunlight and can be operated with a small amount of energy.

  Conventionally, in order to prevent diseases caused by lack of sunlight, it has been requested that sunlight be sufficiently applied to a seedling plant in the cultivation of an object subject to sunlight in an agricultural facility or the like, for example, a seedling plant. . In particular, cutting, stock splitting, etc. have a problem that a large area is necessary to secure a large area where sunlight is sufficient, and the facility becomes large and requires a large amount of money. In view of this, a method for effectively utilizing a small space is being studied in order to avoid an increase in facility size.

  However, when three-dimensionalization is attempted in the cultivation of a seedling plant, there is a large difference in sunlight irradiation efficiency between the three-dimensionally housed upper position plant and the lower position plant. In other words, even if sunlight is sufficiently applied to the plants in the upper position, the plants in the lower position, which are in the shade, are not sufficiently exposed to sunlight, and the sunlight is insufficient. As a result, there arises a problem that the growth of the plant in the lower position is deteriorated.

  Therefore, the present inventor has proposed a rotary sunshine device capable of effectively utilizing the space in the facility without causing insufficient sunshine in the three-dimensionalization of an object that receives sunshine (see Patent Document 1).

Registered Utility Model No. 3045030

  The rotary sunshine device proposed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 can not only increase the effective use of the three-dimensional space in the facility, but also the purpose on the mounting shelf at a lower position far away from the daylighting spot Objects are then exposed to sunlight due to the rotational movement of the mounting shelf, and the amount of sunshine per unit time can be made uniform as a whole, thereby eliminating the adverse effects of lack of sunshine in the three-dimensional management of the target object. It has become possible to secure growth and improve quality, but since it was operated at the same cycle throughout the four seasons, energy (electric consumption) was wasted, and operation according to the season and energy-saving technology were required. .

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a sunshine device that can be operated with a small amount of electricity used and that can perform rotation control in accordance with the amount of sunshine.

  For this reason, the sunshine device of the present invention is a sunshine device capable of irradiating sunshine by rotating a plurality of shelves on which a large number of objects are placed at a predetermined time, and a gear box for rotating the sunshine device. And a small motor connected to the gear box, a battery for driving the small motor, a sensor for detecting the amount of sunlight, and a control device for controlling the rotation of the gear box and the small motor according to a detection signal of the sensor. This is the first feature.

  The second feature is that the sensor for detecting the amount of sunshine is a solar cell and supplies power to the battery and the small motor.

Since the sunshine device of the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following excellent effects.
(1) Since the sensor for detecting the amount of sunshine can detect the amount of sunshine for each season and control the rotation of the gearbox and the small motor, the object can be efficiently lit. is there.
(2) A motor for rotating the sunshine device can be driven by a battery, can be installed even in a place without an external power source, and can be driven with less power.
(3) The sensor for detecting the amount of sunshine is composed of a solar cell, and can supply power to the battery and the small motor. There is an effect that electric power can be secured by charging.

It is a perspective view which shows one Example of the sunshine apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective explanatory view which shows the use condition of FIG.

  Hereinafter, although an embodiment of the present invention is described based on an example shown in a drawing, it cannot be overemphasized that the present invention is not limited to this example. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a sunshine device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective explanatory view showing a use state of the sunshine device according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the sunshine device 1 of the present invention has a pair of left and right support bases 2 at two locations, and one support base 2 has two upper and lower mounting parts on its outer portion. 3 and 4. A horizontal rotation shaft 5 is rotatably supported on the pair of left and right support bases 2, and the horizontal rotation shaft 5 extends in a horizontal direction parallel to a vertical direction of an agricultural facility described later. The horizontal rotating shaft 5 is driven so as to be able to rotate forward and backward by a rotation driving means 6 installed on the mounting portion. The rotation driving means 6 includes a reduction gear 7 having one end connected to the shaft end of the horizontal rotation shaft 5, a small motor 9 that rotationally drives the other end of the reduction gear 7 via a belt 8, and a battery 10. It has become.

  Six holding rods 11 are attached to both end portions of the horizontal rotating shaft 5, and the six pairs of holding rods 11 extend in the radial direction of the horizontal rotating shaft 5. That is, the holding rods 11 form a radial array around the horizontal rotation shaft 5 at an angle of 60 degrees around the horizontal rotation shaft 5. The upper ends of a pair of swinging members 12 formed in an isosceles triangle are swingably attached to the distal ends of the six pairs of holding rods 11. Here, the upper part of the swinging member 12 is the tip of the holding rod 11. It is detachably locked to the side locking portion 11a. A mounting shelf 13 made of transparent resin is detachably attached to the lower end portion of the swing member 12, and a plant (not shown) is placed on the mounting shelf 13.

  In the present embodiment, a safety system is secured in consideration of an emergency when a human or other movable object approaches the danger area of the rotating sunshine device. That is, a proximity sensor that detects the proximity of an object to the mounting shelf 13 at an appropriate location in the danger area of the sunshine device, for example, the outer surface of the mounting shelf 13 or the outer surface of the support base 2 as shown in FIG. 14 and a drive control means 15 for stopping the rotation drive means 6 based on the detection signal of the proximity sensor 14 is built in the computer 16.

FIG. 2 shows an example in which the sunshine device 1 of the present invention is installed in a vinyl house 17 that is an agricultural facility.
It is installed so that the longitudinal direction of the vinyl house 17 and the horizontal rotation axis 5 are parallel to each other. A solar cell panel 18 is installed near the outside of the vinyl house 17, and the battery 10 and the small motor 9 are connected by a cable 19. The output from the solar cell panel 18 is also branched to the computer 16 and outputs a control signal via the drive control means 15.

  Next, the operation of the sunshine device 1 of the present invention will be described. The plants on the mounting shelf 13 in the upper position in the vinyl house 17 are now exposed to sunlight, while the plants on the mounting shelf 13 in the far lower position are shaded and are not easily exposed to sunlight. . Therefore, the computer 16 detects the output of the solar cell panel 18 as a sensor and drives the small motor 9. This driving force is transmitted to the reduction gear 7 through the belt 8 and the horizontal rotating shaft 5 and the holding rod 11 rotate. Along with the rotation of the holding rod 11, the plant on the mounting shelf 13 that has been positioned below rotates upward. Thereby, the said plant will move to an upper position and comes to hit sunlight enough. When the output of the solar battery panel 18 falls below a predetermined value, the computer 16 stops the rotation of the small motor 9 via the drive control means 16. In a specific example, by stopping a plant having a weight of 2 tons for 10 minutes and operating for 10 seconds, it is possible to make one rotation per hour. As a result of this operation, the electricity charge required for machine rotation in January was about 10 yen, and for solar cell panels only, it was 0 yen.

  The sunshine device 1 of the present invention having the above-described configuration enables the plants to be three-dimensionally arranged by rotatably placing the mounting shelf 13 in the upper space in the vinyl house 17. The space inside can be used effectively. Further, the plants on the mounting shelf 13 that are in the shaded position come into sunlight by the subsequent rotation approach. Therefore, the amount of sunlight irradiated to the plants on all the mounting shelves 13 per predetermined time as a whole It will be even and uniform. For example, in the morning, the rotation driving means 6 is controlled to start and stop every 10 minutes by a computer 16 via a timer, whereby in this example, each mounting shelf 13 is set to rotate intermittently by 60 degrees every 10 minutes. In one hour, the plant on each mounting shelf 13 makes one rotation around the horizontal rotation axis 5. According to the test results, all plants were uniformly exposed to sunlight, and a smooth growth was obtained. Moreover, since the small motor 9 is driven by the battery 10, it can be driven with a small amount of electricity used, and the running cost is extremely low. Furthermore, since the output from the solar cell panel 18 can be used, it can be installed even when there is no external power source.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and the sunshine device 1 may be provided so as to be movable in a three-dimensional direction in an automated farm factory. In this case, the support base 2 itself is used as an agricultural mobile robot, a lifting device or the like. Therefore, it can be configured to be movable in horizontal and vertical directions and vertical directions. Further, the number of support bases 2 is not limited to a pair of left and right, and may be arbitrary, and the number of installation locations can be set as appropriate. In the embodiment, the height of the sunshine device 4 is about 5 m to 7 m, and the length of the horizontal rotating shaft 11 is about 2 m to 3 m, but the dimensions can be appropriately changed depending on the application object such as a plant nursery factory, sowing -The range of application to leafy vegetables and flower buds from seedling raising to transplanting is not particularly limited. Of course, the mounting location, number, and direction of the plurality of holding rods 11 can be changed.

  As described above, according to the present invention, since the object can be three-dimensionally arranged in the upper space in the facility, the effective use of the three-dimensional space in the facility can be enhanced. In addition, the sensor that detects the amount of sunshine can detect the amount of sunshine for each season and control the rotation of the gearbox and small motor. For example, it is possible to promote the growth of plants) and to effectively save electricity. In addition, the structure is simple, the size can be easily reduced, and the assembly is easy.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sunlight device 2 Support base 3, 4 Mounting part 5 Horizontal rotating shaft 6 Rotation drive means 7 Reduction gear 8 Belt 9 Small motor 10 Battery 11 Holding rod 11a Front end side locking part 12 Swing member 13 Mounting shelf 14 Proximity Sensor 15 Drive control means 16 Computer 17 Vinyl house 18 Solar panel 19 Cable

Claims (2)

  A sunshine device capable of irradiating sunshine by rotating a plurality of shelves carrying a large number of objects every predetermined time, a gear box for rotating the sunshine device, and a small size connected to the gear box A sunshine device comprising a motor, a battery for driving the small motor, a sensor for detecting the amount of sunlight, and a control device for controlling the rotation of the gear box and the small motor by a detection signal of the sensor.   The sunshine device according to claim 1, wherein the sensor for detecting the amount of sunshine is a solar cell, and supplies electric power to the battery and the small motor.

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