JPH0441566B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION "Field of Industrial Application" The present invention relates to a three-dimensional mobile cultivation device for cultivating plants.

"Prior Art" Conventionally, a method for cultivating plant seedlings that effectively utilizes cultivation space involves arranging a large number of pots on plates and stacking the plates in the form of shelves. However, with this method, the seedlings on the lower plates stacked like shelves do not receive sufficient light, resulting in poor growth of the seedlings. In addition, there was an inconvenient problem in that it took time and effort to spray water and nutrient water.

"Problems to be Solved by the Invention" Therefore, the present invention was made to solve the above problems, and it provides uniform and sufficient lighting to seedlings while effectively utilizing the cultivation area, and also provides water and water. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a three-dimensional mobile cultivation device that can automatically apply water.

``Means for Solving the Problems'' Therefore, the present invention provides a chain consisting of a pot having an opening in which a pot for cultivating seedlings is placed, and a connecting plate that also serves as a rotation axis of the pot. a body, a guide means for guiding the chain body in a meandering manner, an inclined base, a rotary plate for driving the chain body through the pot, and a rotating plate for rotating the pot in conjunction with the rotary plate; To provide a three-dimensional mobile cultivation device, characterized in that it is equipped with a rotating means for rotating the pot, and a water tank provided at the lower part of the base so that the pot placed in the pot is submerged during circulation.

"Function" According to the above configuration, the chain body is slowly circulated by the rotary plate, and the pots placed in the pots in the chain body are circulated and automatically soaked in the water tank. Furthermore, due to the meandering of the chain body and the means for rotating the pot via the rotating plate,
Seedlings planted in pots are turned around during circulation, allowing sunlight to enter from all directions, allowing them to grow up straight and strong. Furthermore, by intermittently driving the chain body, the pot can be stopped at a normal position, and the pot can be replaced automatically.

"Example" Next, an example of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 1 to 4.

As shown in FIG. 1, the main body base 1 includes a support part 1a and a leg part 1b assembled with an inclination.
It's getting more familiar. This support part 1a is assembled to the leg part 1b by a rotation shaft and a bolt, and the inclination angle can be changed within a range of approximately 45° to 60°. A chain body 2 is attached to the support portion 1a of the main body base 1.
A large number of guide pulleys 20 as guide means for meanderingly guiding the motor and one rotary plate 30 as a manual drive are provided. Furthermore, the main body base 1
A water nutrient tank 3 is disposed at the bottom of the tank 3, the height of which is adjusted so that the chain body 2, which circulates in a meandering manner, is automatically immersed in the water during circulation. As shown in FIG. 2, the chain body 2 includes a pot 12 into which the pot 11 is removably fitted, a connecting plate 13,
It is composed of a retaining ring 14. The pot 12 is made of a material such as nylon resin, and has a hollow cylindrical shape provided at a flange portion. moreover,
A rotating gear portion 12c having a triangular tooth shape is provided on the outer periphery of the flange portion of the pot 12. Pot 1
In this embodiment, the inner wall 12a in No. 2 is sloped so that the diameter continuously decreases from the upper side where the flange portion is provided to the lower side, corresponding to a commercially available pot. However, the inner wall 12a may be straight. The outer wall 12 in this pot 12
Two connecting plates 13 are rotatably attached to b with the pot 12 as an axis of rotation. The connecting plate 13 made of nylon resin or the like has an oval outer shape and is provided with two connecting holes 13a to be fitted into the outer wall 12b of the pot 12. In the chain body 2, connecting plates 13 are fitted into a large number of pots 12, one by one, while being shifted one by one, and retaining rings 14 are fitted into grooves formed in the pots 12. As shown in Figure 3,
The guide means for guiding the chain body 2 includes an idler shaft 22 attached to a bracket 21 provided on the support portion 1a of the main body base 1, and a guide pulley 20 inserted into the idler shaft 22. A connecting plate presser 23 is provided on the side surface of the guide pulley 20 in order to prevent the chain body 2 from coming off the guide pulley 20.
The connecting plate holder 23 has a bottomless cup shape with a flange, and is connected to the connecting plate 1 by the guide pulley 20.
Hold 3. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the drive means for the chain body 2 includes a rotating plate 30, a rotating plate shaft 31, and sprockets 32a, 32.
b. It consists of a motor 33 for speed control, etc. The rotating plate 30 is attached to the outer wall 1 of the pot 12.
Approximately semicircular engagement grooves 30a that engage with the coupling holes 2b are bored on the outer periphery at intervals corresponding to the distance between the centers of the two coupling holes 13a of the coupling plate 13. This rotating plate 31 is locked to the rotating plate shaft 31 by a groove key, and is rotated via a sprocket 32a locked to the rotating plate shaft 31 and a sprocket 32b locked to a motor 33. . The speed control motor 33 rotates the rotating plate 3 in response to changes in sunlight conditions, seedling types, etc.
The rotational speed of 0 can be changed steplessly and continuously from an intermittent feeding state. The speed control motor 33 can be realized, for example, by coupling an AC commutator motor with a power supply circuit whose output frequency is variable and which can operate intermittently. As shown in FIG. 3, the rotating means for rotating the chain body 2 via the rotating plate 30 is a first rotating gear 41 that is engaged with the rotating plate shaft 31, and meshes with this first gear 41. A second rotating gear 42, a rotating shaft 43 to which this second gear is locked, and this rotating shaft 43
The third rotating gear 44 has a triangular tooth shape and is engaged with the rotating gear 12c provided on the flange of the pot 12.

"Operation" Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained. In the chain body 2, in which the pot 11 in which the seedling is planted is fitted into the pot 12, the drive of the speed controller 33 is transmitted to the rotating plate 30 via the sprockets 32b, 32a and the rotating shaft 31, and the rotating plate 30 is rotated. By rotating, the rotating plate 3
The feeding is applied through the engagement between the engagement groove 30a of the pot 12 and the outer wall 12b of the pot 12. At the same time as the chain body 2 is fed, the first rotating gear 41 locked to the rotating shaft 31 rotates, and the third rotating gear 44 is rotated via the second rotating gear 42 and the rotating shaft 43. Rotate. Since the pot 12 is fed as a chain body 2 while meshing with the third gear 44, the rotation of the third gear 44 is transmitted via the rotation gear 12c provided on the flange, and the pot 12 rotates from 90° to 180°. Rotation is applied within the range of °. The chain body 2 runs on the support part 1a of the main body base 1,
It snakes along the guide pulley 20, is fed and rotated by the rotating plate 30, and slowly circulates while meandering. At this time, the pot 11 fitted into the pot 12 of the chain body 2 is always sent in an inclined state (5).Furthermore, the chain body 2 is immersed in the water tank 3 during the circulation, and the pot 12 is about half full. The pot 11 that is submerged in water and fitted into the pot 12 is automatically replenished with nutrient water.In addition, the seedling in the pot 11 placed on the chain body 2 is provided with a meandering path following the guide pulley 20 and a rotating plate 30. Due to the rotation of the frame, light is evenly illuminated from all directions.

"Other Embodiments" The present invention is not limited to the details of the above-mentioned embodiments. For example, a plurality of water tanks 3 may be arranged, or a water tank 3 may be arranged at the rotary plate 30. However, it may be rotated while immersed in nutrient water. Furthermore, the rotation angle of the pot 12 is also determined by the gear 41,
It can be changed by a combination of 42 and 44.

"Effects" As described above, since the three-dimensional mobile cultivation device of the present invention has the above configuration, it can effectively utilize the cultivation space, change the direction of seedlings planted in pots relative to sunlight, etc. , water, etc. can be supplied automatically, and strong, straight seedlings can be grown without any manual effort. Furthermore, by intermittently driving the chain body, it is possible to automatically replace pots using a robot or the like, which has the excellent effect of making it possible to create a fully automatic plant factory.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of an embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the chain body to explain the coupling relationship between the pot and the connecting plate, Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view to explain the drive mechanism and guide mechanism of the chain body and the rotating mechanism of the pot, and Fig. 4 is a rotational view. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing engagement between the plate, the pot, and the connecting plate. 1... Body base, 2... Chain body, 3...
Water tank, 12...pot, 12c...rotating gear section, 13...connecting plate, 20...guide pulley, 23
... Connecting plate holder, 30 ... Rotating plate, 33 ... Speed controller, 41 ... First rotating gear, 4
4...Third gear for rotation.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A chain body consisting of a pot with an opening in which a pot for cultivating seedlings is to be placed, a connecting plate that also serves as a rotation axis, and a guide means for guiding this chain body in a meandering manner. a rotating plate for driving the chain body through the pot; a rotating means for rotating the pot in conjunction with the rotating plate; A three-dimensional mobile cultivation device characterized by comprising: a water tank provided so that a pot placed in the water tank is submerged during circulation.