JP3354512B2 - Planters using flower pots - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a planter that uses a flowerpot for growing plants indoors, such as in a garden of a general household or a public facility, or outdoors, such as a garden or a park.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional example, JP-A-10-164990 filed by the present applicant can be mentioned.
According to the contents of this application, the configuration of the guide groove 22 for guiding the vertical immobility of the floating body 21 housed in the planter main body 20 with water therein, as shown in FIG. A hanging piece 26 extending in a direction along the outer surface of the rim 25 of the planter main body is coupled to a clip portion 24 that sandwiches the upper and lower surfaces of the protruded flange portion 23 while maintaining a slight gap with the rim 25. It was done. However, in the conventional guide configuration, although the function of the guide is performed, there is a problem that the floating body cannot be smoothly moved up and down when the floating body floats up and down while the water surface undulates.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention is intended to smoothly float a floating body in a planter main body in accordance with a change in the height of the water surface even if the water surface is wavy.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention according to claim 1 of the present invention provides a box-shaped planter body in which water is placed inside, the water being floated up and down by the increase and decrease of water. To accommodate a thick floating body as possible, a depression is formed on the upper surface side of the floating body, and the floating body is provided with a through hole through which a water-absorbing cloth that is laid on the bottom surface of the depression and has an end hanging down below the floating body is inserted, In the depression, a flower pot having a large number of water-permeable microvoids at least at the bottom is vertically penetrated into the floating body in a planter using a flower pot placed on a water-absorbing cloth while keeping a gap with the inner wall of the depression. A guide hole is formed, and a pole standing from the bottom surface of the planter body is slidably loosely inserted into the guide hole. The installation positions and the numbers of the guide holes and the poles are arranged and set so that the floating body can be smoothly moved up and down.

[0005] With this structure, the swing of the floating body floating on the water surface is restricted, and when the floating body floats up and down due to the increase and decrease of the water in the planter, the floating body is moved along the pole which is loosely inserted into the guide hole. You can move up and down smoothly while holding down the shaking. Further, at this time, as in the second aspect of the present invention, a slippery plate is attached to each corner of the planter body, and a slippery plate is provided at each corner of the floating body corresponding to each slippery plate. If this is done, the frictional resistance between the floating body and the planter body at the time of vertical movement is reduced, and smoother vertical movement is possible. The material of the lubricating plate and the lubricating plate is not particularly limited as long as the frictional resistance when both slide is small, but a plastic plate having high lubricating performance is generally used.

When a floating body of the same shape is accommodated in a planter body having a circular box shape, the inner peripheral surface of the planter body and the outer peripheral surface of the floating body are formed as in the third aspect of the present invention. By providing ridges that can be slidably inserted in the vertical direction, the sway of the floating body on the water surface is regulated, and the uneven strips serve as a guide when the floating body floats up and down due to the increase or decrease of water in the planter. This makes it possible to move up and down smoothly while holding down the roll.

[0007] The arrangement of the uneven strips is not particularly limited as long as there is no obstacle to the smooth vertical movement of the floating body, but a substantially constant interval is maintained over the entire circumference between the inner peripheral surface of the planter body and the outer peripheral surface of the floating body. It is desirable to arrange them. In addition, the uneven ridge is constituted by a concave groove and a convex line loosely inserted into the concave groove,
When a ridge is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the planter body, a concave groove is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the floating body. Conversely, when a concave groove is provided on the inner surface of the planter main body, the outer peripheral surface of the floating body is provided. A ridge is provided on the surface.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A planter using a flowerpot according to the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 4 show a typical embodiment of the present invention. The planter body 1 is made of, for example, a light and durable foamed plastic and molded into a rectangular box shape with an open upper surface. An appropriate amount of water (for example, about half of the depth of the planter main body 1) is put in the planter main body 1.

In the planter main body 1, a thick floating body 3 is housed so as to maintain a slight gap with the inner peripheral wall of the planter main body 1 and to be able to float up and down in accordance with increase and decrease of water. The floating body 3 is formed using a material having a low specific gravity that floats on water, such as styrene foam. On the upper surface side of the floating body 3, there are formed four depressions 5 in two rows at regular intervals for receiving a flower pot 4 described later.
Of the floating body 3 reaches about the middle of the floating body 3 so that the flowerpot 4 can be accommodated except for a slightly upper end portion. Depressed part 5
The width in the width direction is slightly larger than the outer peripheral wall of the flower pot 4 to be accommodated therein, so that when the flower pot 4 is accommodated, a gap G is formed between the inner peripheral wall of the depressed portion 5. It is.

A water-absorbing cloth 7 is laid on the entire bottom surface of the depression 5 so as to be in contact with the bottom 6 of the flowerpot. The water-absorbing cloth 7 is inserted through a through hole 8 formed in the floating body 3 and is disposed so as to straddle a pair of depressions 5 in two rows.
Are suspended below the floating body 3 so as to be immersed in the water stored in the planter body 1. The through hole 8 rises from the lower surface of the floating body 3, passes through one end of one of the depressions 5, passes through the entire bottom surface of the depression 5, and further passes through the entire bottom surface of the other depression 5, from the other end of the other depression 5. The floating body 3 is formed so as to be lowered and fall to the lower surface of the floating body 3. However, between the one recessed portion 5 and the other recessed portion 5, a lower portion of the floating body 3 is a cut-out empty portion 9 and communicates with the through hole 8.

In the middle of a group of four left and right depressions 5 formed in the eight depressions 5 formed in the floating body 3,
Circular guide holes 10 penetrating the floating body 3 up and down are formed respectively. Further, in each guide hole 10, a pole 11 which stands from the bottom surface of the planter main body 1 and substantially coincides with the height of the upper end of the planter main body 1. Are slidably inserted loosely. A cap 12 for closing the hole of the pole 11 is attached to the upper end of each pole 11.

At each corner of the planter body 1, a lubricating plate 13 having an L-shaped cross section is attached in the depth direction, while a corner of the floating body 3 corresponding to each lubricating plate 13 is provided at a corner. , The lubricated plate 1 having an L-shaped cross section having a small frictional resistance with the lubricating plate
Numerals 4 are attached to each other, and each lubricating plate 13 and each corresponding lubricating plate 14 are arranged very close to each other.

The flowerpot 4 to be placed in each of the depressions 5 is a flowerpot formed by thermally fusing foamed synthetic resin particles obtained by preliminarily firing a foamed synthetic resin, and at least partially or entirely the bottom 6 of the flowerpot. Is formed by forming a large number of microvoids having water permeability by heat-sealing. By using such a lightweight flowerpot 4 and using a thickly formed floating body, the bottom 6 of the flowerpot can be placed on the water surface even when cultivating flowers, vegetables, etc. by putting the culture soil in the flowerpot 4. It is located above.

In the planter using the flowerpot according to the present invention thus constructed, water is poured into the planter main body 1, the floating body 3 is floated in the planter main body 1, and the culture soil and the soil are placed in the respective depressions 5 of the floating body. When the flowerpot 4 in which the flowers are planted is placed, the water stored in the planter is sucked up by the water-absorbing cloth 7 by the capillary action, and further, the water is absorbed into the culture soil in the flowerpot 4 by the capillary action due to the minute void in the bottom 6 of the flowerpot. It is supplied. At this time, the flowerpot 4 supported by the floating body 3 floating on the water has its bottom 6
Can maintain a constant height position from the water surface, so that the supply of water to the culture soil via the water absorbing cloth 7 does not become excessive,
It is possible to give a proper amount of moisture. The height at which water is absorbed by the capillary action of the water absorbing cloth 7 is 1
Since the limit is about 1 cm, it is necessary to set the distance between the water surface and the bottom 6 of the flower pot within that range.

A gap G is provided between each depression 5 and the flowerpot 4.
Since the gap G communicates with the through hole 8, rainwater during rainfall can be stored outdoors in the planter body 1 through the through hole 8 from the gap G and supplied with water. Further, the vertical and horizontal sway of the floating body 3 caused by the increase or decrease of water in the planter or the weather conditions such as wind is regulated by the pole 11 loosely inserted into the guide hole 10 and is greatly reduced. , It is possible to keep the flower pot 4 supported by a stable vertical floating state.

The shape of the side circumference of the planter main body 1 may be formed into a random pile shape as shown in FIG.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show another embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is basically the same as the previous embodiment, but differs in the following points.
That is, the shape of the planter main body 1 is a circular box shape with an open upper surface side, and a ridge 15 that runs vertically at regular intervals in the circumferential direction is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the inner wall of the planter main body 1. Also, each of the ridges 15 is loosely inserted into the outer peripheral surface of the floating body 3 housed in the planter main body 1 so as to be able to float up and down in accordance with the increase and decrease of water while maintaining a slight gap with the inner peripheral wall thereof. A concave groove 16 is formed. Therefore, the floating body 3 can stably float up and down using the ridge 15 as a guide. 6 and 7, the same members having the same functions as those of the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

[0019]

According to the present invention, since the roll of the floating body floating on the water surface can be reliably restricted, even if the water surface is wavy, the floating body can be smoothly lifted up and down with the increase and decrease of the water, and The flowerpot supported by the floating body can always be kept in a stable state.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an exemplary embodiment of a planter using a flower pot according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing a modification of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of another embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Planter main body 3 Floating body 4 Flower pot 5 Depressed part 7 Water absorbing cloth 8 Through hole 10 Guide hole 11 Pole 13 Slippery board 14 Slippery board 15 Convex ridge 16 Groove G Gap

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-10-164990 (JP, A) JP-A-8-103168 (JP, A) JP-A-10-150868 (JP, A) JP-A-7-227162 (JP) JP-A 10-327690 (JP, A) JP-A 8-9808 (JP, A) JP-A 63-42049 (JP, U) JP-A 6-70534 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A01G 9/02 A01G 27/06

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A thick floating body (3) which can be floated up and down by the increase and decrease of water is accommodated in a box-shaped planter main body (1) for putting water therein, and a depression is formed on the upper surface side of the floating body (3). (5) is formed, and the floating body (3) is laid on the bottom surface of the depression (5), and the end of the through hole (8) through which a water absorbing cloth (7) hanging down below the floating body (3) is inserted. And a depression (5)
Inside, a flower pot (4) having a large number of water-permeable microvoids at least at the bottom is formed with the inner wall of the depression (5) and the gap (G).
A guide hole (10) penetrating up and down is formed in the floating body in a planter using a flower pot placed on a water absorbing cloth (7) while keeping the water, and the guide hole (10) has a planter body (1). A planter using a flowerpot, wherein a pole (11) standing upright from a bottom surface is slidably loosely inserted. 2. A slipper plate (13) is mounted at each corner of the planter body (1), and a slippery plate is mounted on each corner of the floating body (3) at a position corresponding to the respective slipper plate (13). Sex board (14)
The planter using the flowerpot according to claim 1, characterized by comprising: 3. A thick floating body (3), which can float up and down by increasing and decreasing water, is accommodated in a circular box-shaped planter body (1) for containing water therein. A depression (5) is formed, and the floating body (3) is laid on the bottom surface of the depression (5), and an end thereof is penetrated by a water-absorbing cloth (7) hanging down below the floating body (3). 8), a flowerpot (4) having a large number of water-permeable microvoids at least at the bottom is provided in the depression (5), and a water absorbing cloth (G) is maintained with the inner wall of the depression (5). 7) In a planter using a flower pot placed on the upper surface, longitudinally provided concave and convex strips (15 and 16) which are slidably inserted loosely into the inner peripheral surface of the planter body (1) and the outer peripheral surface of the floating body. A planter that uses flower pots.