JPH05331958A - Vegetable block and its manufacture - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a vegetative block capable of cleaning the environments by a method in which an unglazed block having many small holes leading to the surface and the inside is provided with the spores or pieces of moss and nutriments for moss. CONSTITUTION:Given amounts of naturalzeolite, dry powder, and chaff, together with water, and the mixture is dried and baked to form an unglazed block A having many recessions 1. A suspension liquid obtained by mixing given amounts of rice bran, oil cake, water, and a coarse dry powder of moss is applied to the surface of the block A in such a way as to enable the moss to germinate and grow under a given environment, or to enable mosses to grow on one block A. By controlling properly the formation of small holes in the block A, the absorption capacity and holding capacity of the nutriments are adjusted for the block A. The vegetative blocks A can thus be produced on an industrial mass production basis.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a greening brick as a material for forming a cityscape that is earth-friendly and has both landscape beautification and environmental purification, and a method for producing the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, there has been no prior art about a greening brick as a material for forming a cityscape and a method for producing the same, but it is a natural stone in which green synthetic fiber hair is planted for appreciation. No. 58-51199) and a method for forming a moss garden by directly forming a hole in the ground surface and introducing a water retention material to plant a moss (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 50-75810). It was

However, these conventional inventions have the following drawbacks. That is, in the former, not only is it not suitable for use as a landscape material for outdoor installation in streets, parks, etc., because the green synthetic fiber hair that has been transplanted is fading due to ultraviolet rays or peels off on the adhesive surface, Since it is an artificial green, there was no hope for CO ₂ absorption, and it was of no use for environmental purification. Moreover, in the latter method, it was necessary to dig holes one by one in the ground and plant moss, which was a very troublesome work.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention provides the earth where the landscape beautification and environmental purification can be achieved at the same time by growing moss on the surface. The technical issue is to provide a greening brick as a material for forming a gentle urban landscape.

Another technical object of the present invention is to provide a new method for industrially mass-producing greenery bricks capable of simultaneously achieving landscape beautification and environmental purification.

[0006]

Means adopted for solving the problems In the present invention, as a result of intensive studies for solving the above technical problems, as a result, a large number of pores communicating with the surface and inside are provided, and the pores are moss-covered. The above problem was solved by using a greening brick in which the spores of the genus Oryza or the slices of bryophytes and nutrients are retained.

Further, the present invention provides a pore forming treatment for producing a large number of pores suitable for germination and growth of moss on a brick, and spores of moss or slices of moss and nutrients on the pores. It is said that a greening brick can be efficiently produced by sequentially performing a permeation treatment in which it is permeated and held by capillarity with water, and, if necessary, a development treatment that allows the moss to sprout and grow by preparing an environment suitable for development. The point is the gist of the manufacturing method.

[0008]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described below based on examples.
1 is a perspective view showing Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

[0009] Regarding Example 1, dry clay for roof tiles from Fukui Prefecture
After thoroughly mixing 3.5 kg, 1.5 kg of natural zeolite dry powder, and 100 g of rice husks roughly crushed to a diameter of 3 mm or less, water is added and kneaded, and hemispherical convex surfaces having a diameter of 10 mm are arranged at equal intervals. The obtained bottom plate was put in a wooden frame, manually molded, dried, and then fired at 700 ° C. to obtain a biscuit brick A having a large number of depressions 1 having a diameter of 10 mm on the upper surface. The unglazed brick A has a porosity of 60% and a size of 2
It was 00 × 200 × 30 mm.

50 g of rice bran on top of this unglazed brick A
, 50 g of oil dregs, 5 liters of water, and a suspension obtained by mixing finely chopped Giboshi moss (a typical green moss from Kyoto Mosque) and dried in the shade. After allowing it to infiltrate, it was placed in a laboratory at an average room temperature of 20 ° C., and water was sprayed every morning and evening. As a result, germination began in about January and a half, and light green Giboshi moss grew in about February and a half.

About Example 2, Fukui Prefecture tile roof clay dry powder
4.5 kg and granular calcium silicate hydrate 0.5 kg
And 100 g of rice husks roughly crushed to a diameter of 3 mm or less are thoroughly mixed, and then water is added and kneaded, and this is put into a wooden frame incorporating a bottom plate having hemispherical convex surfaces of 10 mm in diameter arranged at equal intervals and hand-molded Then, it was dried and fired at 1100 ° C. to obtain a biscuit brick B having a large number of depressions 2 having a diameter of 10 mm on the upper surface. The biscuit brick B had a porosity of 40% and a size of 200 × 200 × 30 mm.

A suspension obtained by mixing the same nutrients as in Example 1 and the crude powder of Giboshi moss was applied to the upper surface of the unglazed brick B, and the suspension was permeated and retained in the pores by utilizing the capillary phenomenon. It was placed in a laboratory at room temperature of 20 ° C. and sprinkled with water every morning and evening. As a result, germination began in about January and a half, and light green Giboshi moss flourished in about March and a half.

Zeolite, calcium silicate hydrate, and rice husk in the above-mentioned examples are for enhancing the formation of pores for retaining nutrients, water and the like. As a substitute for them, diatomaceous earth, sawdust, etc. Flammable organics,
Also, a meltable inorganic substance such as perlite may be used.
In particular, the above zeolite is useful for forming fine pores having a diameter of 1 μm or less, which may be natural or synthetic, but a natural product is cheaper, and in the present embodiment,
The natural zeolite mainly composed of clinoptilolite and mordenite produced in the green tough area in the Honshu arc inner zone is used.

In addition, clay and zeolite in the low temperature region of 900 ° C. or below release only their structural water and hardly sinter, but reach a high temperature region of 900 ° C. or higher, and the sintering progresses gradually. Therefore, the 700 ° C. fired brick of Example 1, which was hardly sintered, is decomposed by outdoor installation and returns to soil. In addition, zeolite having excellent adsorptivity is present in this brick, which promotes absorption and retention of nutrients.

Although the embodiment of the present invention is configured as described above, it can be modified within the scope of the claims.

For example, although the tile dry clay powder was used as a raw material in the examples, the present invention is not limited to this, and economical low grade miscellaneous clay may be used. As for the molding method, various methods such as extrusion molding are possible.

In the embodiment, Giboshi moss was used, but moss of other species or a plurality of species may be grown in one brick. Therefore, in order to obtain a brick having the optimum porosity and pore diameter for the growth of various bryophytes, the above-mentioned zeolite, the crushed size of the pore-forming material such as rice husk, and the amount mixed with clay may be changed. ..

[0018]

As described above with reference to the examples, the green brick of the present invention retains slices of bryophytes, nutrients, water, etc. in a large number of communicating pores. It is possible to obtain moss greens that are useful for landscape beautification and environmental purification simply by installing them directly on the ground of a park or the like.

Furthermore, since it is possible to grow the target moss on each brick, it is possible to install it on the balcony of an apartment or condominium, and to easily enjoy the desired moss. In addition, in a relatively wide area such as a park, not only can desired moss be proliferated uniformly, but by arranging bricks where different types of moss grow properly, a pattern can be created there. You can even draw.

Further, in the method for producing a greened brick of the present invention, since the formation of the pores of the brick can be controlled, it becomes possible to adjust the absorption capacity and the retention capacity of nutrients,
Further, by utilizing the capillarity, nutrients and the like can be absorbed and retained inside the brick by a simple treatment of simply applying a suspension containing the nutrients and the like to the surface of the porous brick. Efficient mass production is possible without the need for human intervention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a green brick according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 dent A A unglazed brick

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A unglazed brick having a large number of pores on the surface and inside thereof, wherein the pores retain spores of moss or slices of moss and nutrients. .. 2. A unglazed brick having a large number of pores on its surface and inside, wherein spores of bryophytes or slices of bryophytes and nutrients are retained in the pores, and the unglazed bricks are installed outdoors. The greened brick according to claim 1, wherein the brick is decomposed into soil. 3. A method for producing a greening brick, which comprises calcination of a unglazed brick having a large number of pores, and allowing the pores to permeate and retain spores of moss or slices of moss and nutrients together with water. .. 4. A bisque-fired brick having a large number of pores is used.
The method for producing a greened brick according to claim 3, wherein calcination is performed at 0 ° C or less to allow spores of moss or moss slices and nutrients to permeate and be retained in the pores together with water. 5. A bryophyte is prepared by firing a bismuth brick having a large number of pores, allowing the pores to infiltrate and retain spores of moss or slices of moss and nutrients together with water, and then adjusting the growth environment. A method for producing a greening brick characterized by sprouting and growing.