JP6404786B2 - Planting shelf - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a planting shelf used in a plant factory.

  In recent years, plant factories that grow plants indoors where the amount of light and water is controlled have become widespread. In such a plant factory, conventionally, a planting shelf as shown in FIG. 6 is used. This planting shelf is obtained by connecting and supporting the upper and lower frame bodies 105 on which the cultivation tray 108 is placed by the pillar material 101. Each stage is provided with a lighting device 109 and a water supply pipe 110, and the amount of light and water can be adjusted according to the stage of plant growth.

  In such a conventional planting shelf, the wiring 106 for supplying electric power to the lighting fixture 109 is tied to the pillar material 101 with a binding band 121. The pipe 107 for water supply / drainage connected to the water supply pipe 110 extends vertically at a position different from that of the column member 101, and is U-shaped that is screwed to the side surface of the frame 105 as shown in FIG. It was fixed by a saddle band 122. However, attachment of the binding band 121 and screwing of the saddle band 122 are time-consuming and have poor workability.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a planting shelf in which wiring and piping are easily fixed and workability is good.

  The present invention comprises a column member, a horizontal member extending in the left-right direction, a crosspiece extending in the front-rear direction, and a stopper, and the frame member is configured by connecting the horizontal members arranged in the front-rear direction with the cross-pieces arranged in the left-right direction. Has a fixing piece extending in the left-right direction, and the fixing piece is bolted to the cross member of each frame body arranged vertically, and the stopper is engaged with the fixing piece of the column member and the side surface of the column member. A wiring and / or piping insertion space is formed between the column member and the wiring member, and the wiring and / or piping is provided along the column member. It is characterized by being stopped by.

  According to the present invention, the wiring and / or the piping is fixed to the pillar material by the stopper, and it is not necessary to use a binding band, a saddle band, or the like, so that the workability is good. In addition, by attaching the stopper to the same vertical position as the cross member, the head of the bolt that fixes the column member and the cross member can be covered by the stop member, improving the design and improving the operator's gloves, etc. To prevent it from getting caught and damaged.

It is a partially expanded front view of the planting shelf of this invention. It is a three-view figure of a planting shelf, (a) is a top view, (b) is a front view, (c) is a side view. It is a cross-sectional view of the column material part of an intermediate part. It is a cross-sectional view of the column material portion at the end. It is a perspective view of a column material part, (a) shows a state where nothing is stopped, (b) shows a state where wiring is stopped, and (c) shows a state where piping is stopped. The conventional planting shelf is shown, (a) is a partially enlarged front view, (b) is an overall front view. It is a perspective view of the fixed part of piping of the conventional planting shelf.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 2, this planting shelf is configured by assembling column members 1, 1 a, a cross member 2 that extends to the left and right, and a crosspiece 3 that extends to the front and rear. Each of the column members 1 and 1a, the cross member 2 and the crosspiece 3 is made of an aluminum extruded shape. The column members 1 and 1a are substantially rectangular in cross section, the cross member 2 is substantially U-shaped in cross section, and the crosspiece 3 is The cross section is substantially rectangular. The two cross members 2 are arranged in parallel in the front and rear direction with the U-shaped opening sides facing each other, and these two cross members 2 are arranged by four crosspieces 3 arranged in parallel in the right and left and at equal intervals. They are connected to form a rectangular frame 5 as viewed from above. At this time, the end portions of the crosspieces 3 are accommodated in the U-shaped openings of the front and rear crosspieces 2, and the bolts are positioned at positions corresponding to the crosspieces 3 on the finding surface (front side surface or rear side face) of the crosspiece 2. A hole is formed, the bolt 31 is inserted into the bolt hole, and the cross member 2 and the crosspiece 3 are bolted. Two auxiliary bars 32 are provided between the adjacent bars 3. Auxiliary bars 32 are made of extruded aluminum material having a substantially rectangular cross section smaller than that of the bars 3, and are arranged in parallel and at equal intervals to the bars 3. Bolt holes are formed at positions corresponding to the auxiliary bars 32 on the finding surface (front side surface or rear side surface) of the cross member 2, and the bolts are inserted into the bolt holes to form the cross member 2. Auxiliary bar 32 is bolted. And the frame body 5 comprised in this way is arranged in six steps up and down, and the column materials 1 and 1a are connected with the cross member 2 before and behind each frame body 5. As shown in FIG. Four column members 1, 1 a are provided before and after the frame 5, and the left and right positions of the column members 1, 1 a coincide with the left and right positions of the crosspiece 3. In addition, the frame 5 other than the uppermost and lowermost stages is such that the crosspiece 2 and the crosspiece 3 are thinner than the crosspiece 2 and the crosspiece 3 of the uppermost lower frame 5. The same shape as the auxiliary bar 32 is used. In addition, the pillar materials 1 and 1a have different shapes between the pillar material 1 located at the middle portion in the left-right direction and the pillar material 1a located at the end, and will be described in detail later.

  And as shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2, the rectangular cultivation tray 8 is mounted side by side on the upper surface of the frame 5 of each step (except for the uppermost step). Cultivate plants. Moreover, the lighting fixture 9 which consists of LED is suspended on the lower side of the frame 5 of each step (except the lowest step) so that light can be irradiated toward the cultivation tray 8. Each lighting fixture 9 is connected to a wiring 6 for supplying power. In each of the upper and lower stages, the wiring 6 extends from each lighting device 9 toward the column material 1 in the middle portion, gathers at the position of the column material 1, and extends upward along the column material 1. Connected to a supply source (not shown). Further, a water supply pipe 10 is provided at each of the upper and lower stages so that water can be supplied to the cultivation tray 8. The water supply pipe 10 branches from a pipe 7 that extends vertically along the columnar material 1a at the end, and the pipe 7 has an upper end connected to a water supply source (not shown).

  Next, the column members 1 and 1a will be described in detail. First, the intermediate column material 1 will be described (here, based on the column material 1 located on the front side of the frame 5). As shown in FIG. 3, the intermediate column 1 has a hollow rectangular portion 11. A fixing piece 12 extending from the rear end portion of the rectangular portion 11 toward the left and right sides is provided, and a locking portion 13 extending from the front end of the fixing piece 12 toward the front side is provided. Further, a substantially L-shaped engaging portion 14 is provided at the front end portion of the rectangular portion 11 and extends toward the left and right sides and has a tip bent toward the rear side. Further, a concave portion 15 having a substantially U-shaped cross section is formed on the rear side of the rectangular portion 11, that is, on the contact surface with the cross member 2. Then, the rear side surface of the rectangular portion 11 and the fixing piece 12 of the column member 1 configured as described above are brought into contact with the front side surface of the cross member 2. At this time, the head of the bolt 31 that fixes the cross member 2 and the crosspiece 3 is squeezed into the recess 15 of the pillar member 1 to prevent interference, and the bolt 31 is not visible from the outside. Bolt holes are formed in the upper and lower positions corresponding to the cross member 2 of the fixed piece 12, and bolts 16 are inserted into the bolt holes, and the column material 1 (fixed piece 12) and the cross member 2 are bolted. is there. In addition, a leg 17 that can be adjusted in height is provided at the lower end of the column member 1.

  A plurality of stoppers 4 are attached to the pillar member 1 at intervals in the vertical direction, and the wiring 6 extending along the pillar member 1 is stopped by the pillar member 1 by the stoppers 4. The stoppers 4 are respectively attached to the left and right sides of the column member 1, and the both stoppers 4 have a bilaterally symmetrical shape. Here, the description will be made based on the left side stopper 4. The stopper 4 is formed by bending a thin aluminum plate, and includes a front side surface 41 extending in the left-right direction, a prospecting surface 42 extending from the left end of the front side surface 41 toward the rear side, and a rear end of the expectation surface 42. A rear side surface 43 extending toward the right side is provided, and the rear side surface 43 is approximately half the length of the front side surface 41. The right end (column material 1 side end) of the front side surface 41 is curved toward the rear side, and the front end portion is bent substantially toward the front side and further bent toward the rear side. A joint portion 44 is formed. In addition, the right end (column material 1 side end) of the rear side surface 43 is curved toward the front side, and the front end portion is bent toward the right side and further bent toward the rear side. A locking portion 45 is formed. In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the vertical length of the stopper 4 is adjusted to the vertical width of the cross member 2 at each stage, and is about 50 mm. Since the stopper 4 formed in this way is made of a thin aluminum plate, it has elasticity, and after locking the rear locked portion 45 to the locking portion 13 of the column 1, it is rotated counterclockwise. The engaged portion 44 on the front side is engaged with the engaging portion 14 of the column member 1 or the whole is pressed and contracted so that the engaged portion 45 and the engaged portion 44 are simultaneously moved. It can be attached by engaging with the engaging portion 13 and the engaging portion 14 of the column 1 respectively. By attaching the stopper 4 in this way, a substantially rectangular insertion space S surrounded by the left side surface and the fixing piece 12 of the rectangular portion 11 of the pillar 1 and the front side surface 41, the prospective surface 42 and the rear side surface 43 of the stopper 4. The wiring 6 gathered in the insertion space S is accommodated, and the wiring 6 is fixed to the pillar material 1. Further, the front side surface 41 of the stopper 4 is flush with the front side surface of the rectangular portion 11 of the column member 1, and the rear side surface 43 of the stopper 4 is flush with the rear side surface of the rectangular portion 11 of the column member 1. By attaching the stoppers 4 to the left and right sides of the pillar material 1 respectively, the cross section becomes substantially rectangular as a whole. The stopper 4 can be attached to any vertical position of the column 1, but here it is attached in accordance with the position of the cross member 2. By doing in this way, the head of the bolt 16 for fixing the column 1 to the cross member 2 is covered with the stopper 4 and cannot be seen from the outside.

  Next, the end column member 1a will be described, but the end column member 1a is different from the intermediate column member 1 in that the fixed piece 12 and the engaging portion 14 are provided only on the left and right sides. (Here, based on the column material 1a located at the front left end of the frame 5). As shown in FIG. 4, the column material 1 a at the left end has a hollow rectangular portion 11. And the fixing piece 12 extended toward the right side from the rear-end part of the rectangular part 11 is provided, and also the latching | locking part 13 extended toward the front side from the front-end | tip of the fixing piece 12 is provided. In addition, a substantially L-shaped engagement portion 14 that extends toward the right side and has a tip bent toward the rear side is provided at the front end portion of the rectangular portion 11. Further, a concave portion 15 having a substantially U-shaped cross section is formed on the rear side of the rectangular portion 11, that is, the contact surface with the cross member 2. Then, the rear side surface of the rectangular portion 11 and the fixing piece 12 of the column member 1 a configured as described above are brought into contact with the front side surface of the left end portion of the cross member 2. At this time, the head of the bolt 31 that fixes the cross member 2 and the crosspiece 3 is caught in the concave portion 15 of the pillar member 1a to prevent interference, and the bolt 31 is not visible from the outside. Bolt holes are formed in the upper and lower positions corresponding to the cross member 2 of the fixed piece 12, and the bolts 16 are inserted into the bolt holes, and the column material 1 a (fixed piece 12) and the cross member 2 are bolted. is there. Further, similarly to the column material 1 at the intermediate portion, a leg portion 17 capable of height adjustment is also provided at the lower end of the column material 1a at the end portion. Further, as shown in FIGS. 2C and 4, plates 51 are attached from the left and right sides across the uppermost and lowermost frames 5 and the columnar material 1 a at the end. The plate 51 is bolted to the pillar 1a and the crosspiece 3 at two locations, and reinforces the planting shelf.

  Further, similarly to the intermediate column material 1, a plurality of stoppers 4 are attached to the end column material 1 a at intervals in the vertical direction, and the pipes extending along the column material 1 a by the stoppers 4. 7 is fixed to the pillar material 1a. The stopper 4 is the same as that attached to the column member 1 at the intermediate portion, and engages the locked portion 45 and the engaged portion 44 with the locking portion 13 and the engaging portion 14 of the column member 1a, respectively. The column material 1a and the stopper 4 are generally rectangular in cross section. The pipe 7 is housed in a substantially rectangular insertion space S surrounded by the pillar material 1 a and the stopper 4. As in the case of the column member 1 at the intermediate portion, the stopper 4 can be attached to any vertical position of the column member 1a at the end, but here it is attached in accordance with the position of the cross member 2. . By doing in this way, the head of the bolt 16 for fixing the column 1a to the cross member 2 is covered with the stopper 4, and cannot be visually recognized from the outside.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a state in which the stopper 4 is attached to the pillar material 1a. As shown in FIG. 5A, the pillar material can be obtained by attaching the stopper 4 even when the wiring 6 and the pipe 7 are not provided. The head of the bolt 16 for fixing 1a to the cross member 2 can be covered up. Further, when the wiring 6 and the piping 7 are stopped, the state shown in (b) and (c) is obtained.

  According to the planting shelf of this invention comprised in this way, the wiring 6 and the piping 7 are stopped to the pillar materials 1 and 1a with the stopper 4, and it is not necessary to use a binding band, a saddle band, etc. The stopper 4 itself has elasticity, and the engaging portion 45 and the engaged portion 44 are merely engaged with the engaging portion 13 and the engaging portion 14 of the column members 1 and 1a, respectively. Since it can be attached and no tools are required, the workability is good. Further, the column members 1 and 1a have a fixing piece 12 extending in the left-right direction, the fixing piece 12 is bolted to the cross member 2, and the stopper 4 is locked to the tip of the fixing piece 12 and attached. Therefore, by attaching the stopper 4 to the same vertical position as the cross member 2, the head of the bolt 16 that fixes the column members 1 and 1a and the cross member 2 can be covered by the stopper 4, and the design property is improved. In addition to improving, it prevents the operator's gloves from getting caught and damaged. Further, the column members 1 and 1 a are provided at the same left and right positions as the crosspiece 3, and a concave portion 15 is formed on the horizontal member abutting surface of the column members 1 and 1 a, and the horizontal member 2 and the crosspiece 3 are formed in the concave portion 15. Since the bolt 31 to be fixed is swallowed, the head of the bolt 31 can be concealed, the design is improved, and the operator's gloves and the like are prevented from being caught and damaged. Further, the stopper 4 is not attached over the entire length of the column members 1 and 1a, but can be attached at an arbitrary vertical position, so that it is easy to avoid interference with the wiring 6 and the branch portion of the pipe 7.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the wiring and the piping may have only one of them, and the piping may be used for supplying air in addition to water. Furthermore, the wiring and the piping may be provided along either the intermediate column material or the end column material, and the wiring and piping may be stopped by the right and left stoppers of the intermediate column material, You may stop both wiring and piping together with one stopper. Further, the pillar material and the stopper may have any shape as long as the stopper can be easily engaged and the wiring and piping can be stopped.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,1a Column material 2 Cross member 3 Crosspiece 4 Stopper 5 Frame body 6 Wiring 7 Piping 12 Fixed piece S Insertion space

Claims (1)

  It is equipped with a pillar, a horizontal member extending in the left and right direction, a crosspiece extending in the front-rear direction, and a stopper, and a frame body is formed by connecting the horizontal members arranged in the front and rear direction with a crosspiece arranged in the left and right direction. The fixing pieces are bolted to the horizontal members of the frame bodies arranged vertically, and the stoppers are attached by engaging with the fixing pieces of the column members and the side surfaces of the column members. An insertion space for wiring and / or piping is formed between the material and the wiring and / or piping is provided along the column material, and the wiring and / or piping is fixed to the column material with a stopper. Planting shelf characterized by that.

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