JP4877974B2 - Vertical surface planting equipment - Google Patents

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 creating 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 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 invention according to claim 1 is composed of a corrosion-resistant metal or resin tray having a soil layer in which a greening plant is vegetated and irrigation means for irrigating the soil layer. A greening panel consisting of a greening panel that is mounted vertically and horizontally by mounting means on vertical surfaces such as retaining walls and sound insulation walls of expressways, and a water collection tray that receives rainwater during raining and supplies water to the irrigation means. In the apparatus, the irrigation means is disposed in a space formed between the soil layer of the tray and the bottom of the tray, and has a substantially U-shaped water retention basin in which rainwater is stored, 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. Irrigated and drained rainwater into the soil layer That water absorbent material and becomes more, the water supply means, characterized in that consists of a water supply pipe for supplying water rainwater in catchment tray water retention in the trough.

The invention according to claim 2 is composed of a corrosion-resistant metal or resin tray having a soil layer in which a greening plant is vegetated and irrigation means for irrigating the soil layer. A greening panel consisting of a greening panel that is mounted vertically and horizontally by mounting means on vertical surfaces such as retaining walls and sound insulation walls of expressways, and a water collection tray that receives rainwater during raining and supplies water to the irrigation means. In the apparatus, a water retention tank disposed in a space formed by the irrigation means between the soil layer and the tray 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. Part of the water is immersed in rainwater in the water retention basin, the other part extends to the soil layer, and the water absorption means sucks up the rainwater in the water retention basin and guides it to the soil layer. Water pipe for supplying rainwater in the water retention basin And wherein the Li Cheng.

A greening device according to a third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the tray according to the first or second aspect 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. .
A greening device according to a fourth aspect of the invention is characterized in that an air hole through which air enters and exits is formed at an appropriate position on the bottom of the tray in the tray according to the first to third aspects of the invention.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the planted green plant grows sufficiently, and the greening panel is vertical such as a wall surface of a building, a fence, a retaining wall, a sound insulation wall of a highway, etc. in a state of covering the soil. 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. The water in the water collection tray is supplied to the water reservoir through the water supply pipe and 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-shaped woven fabric, non-woven fabric, loofah or sponge-like porous material, whereby water in the water retention basin is sucked up by capillary action and guided to the soil and irrigated. . 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.

Oite the invention according to claim 2 is the water supply so as to above the water retention trough, the swollen water comes to full beyond water retention trough, the water supply to the water retention trough located below through the water guide member 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 3 , when the tray is reinforced by the reinforcing tool, sufficient wind-resistant strength can be provided.
According to the invention which concerns on Claim 4 , oxygen comes to be supplied to the root of a plant by 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 a mounting means, individually or as shown in the figure, 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 disposed and mounted on the greening panel in a horizontal direction and receives rain water during rain. The greening panel 3 and the water collection tray 4 will be described in detail below in order.

  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 plurality of members 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.

Catchment tray 4 is passed through a greening panel 3 of the uppermost, projecting the feed water pipe 15 as the water supply means downwards, receives the rainwater falling on the water collecting tray 4 at the time of rain, further also other not shown receiving rainwater flowing from the gutter and the roof drain, so as to feed water rain water water retention trough 12 irrigation means from the sheet of water tubes 15. 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 drawing of the tree planting apparatus which concerns on this invention. The perspective view of the greening panel of the greening apparatus shown in FIG. The expanded sectional view of the principal part of a greening panel. The expanded sectional view of the principal part of another aspect of a greening panel.

1. ・ Wall surface of building, etc. ・ Mounting bracket 3 ・ Greening panel 4 ・ Water collection tray 6 ・ Tray 7 ・ Grating 8 ・ Root-proof sheet 9 ・ Lightweight soil 10 ・ Plant 11 ・ ・ Space Space 12, 17 ... Water retention tank 13 ... Water conduit 14, 21 ... Water absorbing material
15. ・ Water supply pipe 18. ・ Water retention material 19. ・ Water conveyance material 23. ・ Air hole

Claims (4)

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. 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. It is arranged in a space formed between the soil layer of the tray and the bottom of the tray, and has a substantially U-shaped water retaining basin where rainwater is stored, and projects upward from the bottom of the water retaining basin. The water guide pipe that is lower than the dredger and supplies water to the water retention basin located below, and part of it is immersed in rainwater in the water retention basin and the other part extends to the soil layer. It consists of a water-absorbing material that guides and irrigates water, Water means greening apparatus characterized by is formed of a water supply pipe for supplying water rainwater in catchment tray water retention in the trough. 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. 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. and water retention trough which is disposed in a space space that will be formed between the soil layer and the tray bottom of the tray, and the water guide member for deriving the water retention trough located water overflowing from-holding water gutter downwards, partially water retention gutter It is immersed in the rainwater inside and the other part extends to the soil layer, and it is made up of a water absorbing material that sucks up the rainwater in the water retention basin and guides it to the soil layer and irrigates it. It consists of a water supply pipe that supplies water That greening apparatus. Greening system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a reinforcing tool for tray reinforcement formed by combining a plurality of members to the tray. The greening device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein an air hole through which air enters and exits at an appropriate position on the bottom of the tray is formed in the tray.

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