JP5818544B2 - Plant cultivation equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a plant cultivation apparatus that uses an LED lighting apparatus as a light source and is used in, for example, a plant factory, a vegetable factory, a seedling raising apparatus, or the like.

  In this specification and claims, the top and bottom, left and right in FIG. 1 are referred to as top and bottom, and left and right, and the left side in FIG.

  Further, in this specification, the term “aluminum” includes an aluminum alloy in addition to pure aluminum except when expressed as “pure aluminum”.

  As a plant cultivation device using an LED lighting device, a plant cultivation rack having a mounting shelf for placing a cultivation tank in which a plant is planted, and an LED lighting device arranged at an interval above the mounting shelf Is known (see Patent Document 1).

  By the way, in a plant cultivation apparatus, it is calculated | required to adjust the light intensity irradiated to a plant according to the kind of plant and the growth condition of a plant, but in the plant cultivation apparatus of patent document 1, it irradiates a plant. There is a problem that the light intensity is always constant.

JP 2000-207933 A

  The objective of this invention is providing the plant cultivation apparatus which can adjust the light intensity irradiated to a plant according to the kind of plant and the growth condition of a plant which solves the said problem.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises the following aspects.

1) In a plant cultivation apparatus provided with a cultivation rack having a mounting shelf on which a cultivation tank in which plants are planted and an LED lighting device arranged at an interval above the mounting shelf,
The cultivation rack includes a plurality of vertical frames arranged at intervals in the left-right direction and having a predetermined depth in the front-rear direction, and the vertical frames have a plurality of vertical columns arranged at intervals in the front-rear direction. A plurality of mounting shelves are provided in the vertical direction between adjacent vertical frames of the cultivation rack, and a cultivation tank is placed on each of the front and rear sides of the cultivation shelf. the opposing portion of the vertical frame fit, mounting shelf support for supporting the LED lighting device as may alter the height position of the LED illumination apparatus is provided et al is respect, the support portion, the distance in the vertical direction Hey provided, and a plurality of receiving portions for receiving the right and left side edge portions of the LED lighting device, receiving portion, Ri cotton in the longitudinal direction of the entire width of the vertical frame and fixed in a state of surface contact in vertical columns of the vertical frame Vertical section and Consists receiving rail having a horizontal portion protruding vertical frame side adjacent integrally formed on the lower end of the vertical portion, the receiving rail, two LED lighting devices plant cultivation device which are received side by side in the longitudinal direction.

According to the plant cultivation apparatus of 1) above, the cultivation rack is provided with a support portion that supports the LED illumination apparatus so that the height position of the LED illumination apparatus relative to the mounting shelf can be changed. By changing the height position of the LED lighting device with respect to the mounting shelf according to the growth status of the plant or the plant, it is possible to adjust the light intensity with which the plant is irradiated.

According to the plant cultivation apparatus of 1) above, it is possible to relatively easily provide the cultivation rack with a support portion that supports the LED illumination apparatus so that the height position of the LED illumination apparatus relative to the mounting shelf can be changed.

According to the plant cultivation device of the above 1) , even when the weight of the cultivation shelf is relatively large, the operation of placing the right and left side edges of the cultivation shelf on the rails, and pulling the cultivation shelf from the rails Work can be done with relatively little force.

It is a front view which shows the plant cultivation apparatus of this invention. It is an AA line expanded sectional view of FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows a part of cultivation rack of the plant cultivation apparatus of FIG. FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 2. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows a part of mounting shelf of the plant cultivation apparatus of FIG. It is a bottom view which shows the LED lighting apparatus of the plant cultivation apparatus of FIG. It is the BB line expanded sectional view of Drawing 6 which omitted some.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  1 and 2 show the overall configuration of the plant cultivation apparatus of the present invention, and FIGS. 3 to 7 show the configuration of the main part thereof.

  1 and 2, the plant cultivation apparatus (1) includes a cultivation rack (3) having a plurality of placement shelves (4) for placing a cultivation tank (2) in which plants are planted, and each placement shelf (4 ) And an LED lighting device (5) arranged at an interval above, and in the cultivation rack (3), the height position of the LED lighting device (5) relative to the mounting shelf (4) is changed. A support portion (6) for supporting the LED lighting device (5) is provided so that it can be obtained.

The cultivation rack (3) is provided with a plurality of, in this case, four vertical frames (7A) (7B) which are arranged at intervals in the left-right direction and have a predetermined depth in the front-rear direction, and are adjacent to each other in the left-right direction. Between the frames (7A) and (7B), a plurality of mounting shelves (4) are provided at intervals in the vertical direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the vertical frames (7 </ b> A and 7 </ b> B) have three vertical columns (8) made of extruded aluminum material spaced apart in the front-rear direction, and the vertical frames adjacent to each other in the front-rear direction. Between the upper ends of the columns (8), between the upper part of the middle in the vertical direction, between the middle part of the vertical direction and the portion near the lower end, and both front and rear ends are fixed to the vertical column (8) A plurality of, in this case, four aluminum extruded profile members 9 extending in the front-rear direction, and an aluminum base plate 11 fixed to the lower end of each vertical column 8 are provided.

  The mounting shelf (4) is provided at the same height as the horizontal member (9) excluding the horizontal member (9) at the upper end in the vertical frames (7A) (7B), and the mounting shelf (4 ) And the mounting shelf (4) in the middle in the vertical direction is larger than the spacing between the mounting shelf (4) in the middle in the vertical direction and the mounting shelf (4) in the upper part of the middle in the vertical direction. Is also getting bigger. The mounting shelf (4) is a rectangular tubular aluminum extruded shape with a transverse cross section that is long in the front-rear direction and disposed between the vertical support columns (8) in the vertical frames (7A) (7B) adjacent in the left-right direction. A rectangular tube with a horizontal cross section arranged between the first shelf component (12) and the central portion in the front-rear direction of the front and rear horizontal members (9) of the vertical frames (7A) (7B) adjacent in the left-right direction. It consists of a 2nd shelf structural member (13) made from an aluminum extrusion shape material. On the upper surface of the second shelf component member (13), a plurality of anti-slip ridges (13a) extending in the left-right direction are integrally provided at intervals in the front-rear direction.

  At the height position where the mounting shelf (4) is provided, the vertical struts (8B) of the vertical struts (8) of the vertical frames (7A) at both left and right ends, and the vertical struts of the vertical frame (7B) of the middle portion in the left-right direction ( 8) on the left and right sides of the vertical column (8), which are in contact with the vertical column (8), respectively, and integrally provided at the upper end of the vertical portion (14a) and projecting to the adjacent vertical frame (7A) (7B) side An L-shaped bracket (14) composed of a horizontal portion (14b) is fixed by appropriate means such as screwing, riveting, or welding. Then, both end portions of the first shelf component member (12) are fitted on the L-shaped metal fitting (14) from the outside, and the upper wall of the first shelf component member (12) from above the first shelf component member (12) By riveting the horizontal portion (14b) of the L-shaped bracket, the first shelf component member (12) and the vertical support column (8) are fixed via the L-shaped bracket (14). Further, at the height position where the mounting shelf (4) is provided, the left and right inner surfaces of the horizontal members (9) in the vertical frame (7B) at the left and right ends, and the vertical frames of the left and right intermediate portions On the left and right sides of the front-rear direction intermediate portion of the transverse member (9) in (7B), the vertical portion (15a) in surface contact with the transverse member (9) and the upper end of the vertical portion (15a) are integrally provided and adjacent to each other. An L-shaped bracket (15) composed of a horizontal portion (15b) protruding toward the vertical frames (7A) and (7B) is fixed by appropriate means such as screwing, riveting, or welding. Then, both ends of the second shelf component (13) are placed on the horizontal portion (15b) of the L-shaped bracket (15), and the L-shaped bracket (15) is secured by appropriate means such as screwing, riveting, or welding. The second shelf component member (13) and the lateral member (9) are fixed via an L-shaped metal fitting (15). The first and second shelf constituting members (12), (13) connect the vertical frames (7A), (7B) adjacent in the left-right direction, and also serve to improve the strength of the cultivation rack (3).

  The front and rear first shelf components (12) located at the left and right ends and the front and rear vertical columns (8) of the vertical frames (7A) at the left and right ends are the front and rear sides of the front first shelf components (12). Made of aluminum, which is arranged across the rear surface of the first shelf component (12) and the front and rear outer surfaces of both the front and rear vertical columns (8) and is riveted to the first shelf component (12) and the vertical columns (8) They are connected by a vertical connecting plate (16). Furthermore, both the front and rear vertical struts of the middle vertical frame (7B) located between the front and rear first shelf components (12) adjacent in the left-right direction and the first shelf component (12) adjacent in the left-right direction ( 8) is arranged across the front and rear outer surfaces of both front and rear first shelf components (12) adjacent in the left and right direction with the vertical column (8) in between, and the first shelf component (12) and the vertical column They are connected by an aluminum vertical connecting plate (17) riveted to (8).

  Between the upper ends of the vertical columns (8) of the vertical frames (7A) and (7B) adjacent in the left-right direction, a rectangular tubular aluminum extruded member (18) extending in the left-right direction is arranged and connected. The left and right ends of the member are fixed to the vertical column (8). That is, the upper end of the vertical strut (8) in the left and right ends of the vertical frame (7A) at the left and right ends, and the upper end of the left and right sides of the vertical strut (8) in the middle vertical frame (7B), respectively. An L-shaped bracket (14) similar to the L-shaped bracket (14) for fixing the first shelf component (12) to the vertical column (8) is fixed by appropriate means such as screwing, riveting, or welding. The both ends of the connecting member (18) are fitted from the outside of the L-shaped bracket (14), and the upper wall of the connecting member (18) and the horizontal portion of the L-shaped bracket (14) from above the connecting member (18). By riveting (14b), the connecting member (18) and the vertical column (8) are fixed via the L-shaped bracket (14).

  As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the LED lighting device (5) is detachably attached to the lower surface of the aluminum mounting frame (21) and the mounting frame (21) in the front-rear direction and in the left-right direction. A plurality of straight tube LED lamps (22) extending. The mounting frame (21) is provided with a mounting member (25) extending in the front-rear direction and arranged on the right side of the left and right frame members (23) (24) and the left frame member (23). The LED lamp (22) is detachably attached to the mounting bracket (26) whose left end is fixed to the mounting member (24), and the right end is attached to the mounting bracket (26) fixed to the right frame member (24). It is detachably attached. A reinforcing member may be disposed so as to straddle the left frame member (23) and the attachment member (25). The energization pin (22a) provided at the left end of the straight tube type LED lamp (22) is connected to a connector (28) attached to the power supply wiring (27). The power supply wiring (27) of all the connectors (28) is extended upward through one through hole (29) formed in the left frame member (23) of the mounting frame (21) and connected to a power source (not shown). Has been. The gap (31) formed between the left frame member (23) and the mounting member (25) of the mounting frame (21) is used when attaching / detaching the straight tube type LED lamp (22) and wiring work. Used.

  In the LED lighting device (5), the mounting position and the number of mounting of the straight tube type LED lamp (22) with respect to the mounting frame (21) can be appropriately changed. Moreover, although the straight tube type LED lamp (22) is used for the said LED illuminating device (5), it is not limited to this, It can change suitably. For example, it is also possible to use various LED lamps using LEDs such as an LED unit having a substrate and an LED chip, and other types of LED lamps, and screwing, riveting, welding to the mounting frame (21). It attaches by suitable means, such as. Further, the configuration of the mounting frame (21) is appropriately changed according to the type of LED lamp using the LED used.

  The support portion (6) that supports the LED lighting device (5) is provided in the cultivation rack (3) and supports the LED lighting device (5) so that the height position of the LED lighting device (5) relative to the mounting shelf (4) can be changed. Above the mounting shelf (4), the vertical frames (7A) (7B) adjacent to each other in the left-right direction are provided at opposing portions. The support portion (6) is fixed to the vertical column (8) of the vertical frame (7A) (7B) with an interval in the vertical direction, and extends from the front end to the rear end of the vertical frame (7A) (7B). It comprises a plurality of receiving rails (32) (receiving portions) for receiving left and right side edges of the lighting device (5). The receiving rail (32) is integrally formed at the lower end of the vertical portion (32a) and the vertical portion (32a) that are in surface contact with the vertical column (8) of the vertical frame (7A) (7B) and adjacent to the vertical frame (7A). ) (7B) is made of extruded aluminum with a horizontal section (32b) protruding to the side and an L-shaped cross section, and the vertical section (32a) is a vertical strut by appropriate means such as screwing, riveting or welding. It is fixed to (8).

  A plurality of cultivation tanks (2) are placed side by side in the left-right direction on both front and rear sides of each placement shelf (4). That is, the front cultivation tank (2) is placed on the first shelf constituting member (12) and the front second shelf constituting member (13) in the front and front and rear direction center portions of the respective placement shelves (4). The side cultivation tank (2) is placed on the first shelf component (12) and the rear second shelf component (13) on the rear side and in the center in the front-rear direction of each mounting shelf (4). .

  The left and right frame members (23), (24) of the mounting frame (21) of the LED lighting device (5) are mounted on each mounting shelf according to the type of plant planted in the cultivation tank (2) and the growth status of the plant. The support portion (6) provided above (4) is placed on the horizontal portion (32b) of the receiving rail (32) at any height position. And by changing the height position of the LED lighting device (5) relative to the plant in the cultivation tank (2) placed on the mounting shelf (4), depending on the type of plant and the growth status of the plant, the plant It is possible to adjust the light intensity irradiated to the.

  In addition, in the above, by changing the attachment position and the number of attachments of the straight tube type LED lamp (22) to the attachment frame (21), the light irradiated to the plant according to the kind of plant and the growth condition of the plant. The intensity can be adjusted.

  The plant cultivation device according to the present invention is suitably used in plant factories, vegetable factories, seedling raising devices and the like using LED lighting devices as artificial light sources.

(1): Plant cultivation equipment
(2): Cultivation tank
(3): cultivation rack
(4): Loading shelf
(5): LED lighting device
(6): Support part
(7A) (7B): Vertical frame
(32): Receiving rail (receiving part)

Claims (1)

In the plant cultivation apparatus provided with the cultivation rack which has the mounting shelf which mounts the cultivation tank in which the plant was planted, and the LED lighting device arranged at intervals above the mounting shelf,
The cultivation rack includes a plurality of vertical frames arranged at intervals in the left-right direction and having a predetermined depth in the front-rear direction, and the vertical frames have a plurality of vertical columns arranged at intervals in the front-rear direction. A plurality of mounting shelves are provided in the vertical direction between adjacent vertical frames of the cultivation rack, and a cultivation tank is placed on each of the front and rear sides of the cultivation shelf. Supporting portions for supporting the LED lighting device are provided at opposite portions of the matching vertical frame so that the height position of the LED lighting device with respect to the mounting shelf can be changed, and the supporting portions are spaced apart in the vertical direction. And a plurality of receiving portions that receive left and right side edge portions of the LED lighting device, and the receiving portions are fixed to the vertical pillars of the vertical frame in a surface contact state over the entire width in the front-rear direction of the vertical frame. Department and Consists receiving rail having a horizontal portion protruding vertical frame side adjacent integrally formed on the lower end of the vertical portion, the receiving rail, two LED lighting devices plant cultivation device which are received side by side in the longitudinal direction.

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