JPH0591286U - Three-dimensional garden equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide a three-dimensional garden device so that even a house that can only take up space on a small land can fully enjoy a home garden using a small space. [Structure] An endless chain 9 is suspended on sprocket wheels 4 and 7 provided above and below the vertical formwork 3, respectively, and the lower sprocket wheel 7 is driven by an electric motor.
Rotate at extremely low speed via a variable speed reducer. A hanger 14 with a planter is suspended on a large number of suspension rods appropriately attached to the endless chain 9. The hanger turns by the rotation of the endless chain 9 at the upper and lower sprocket wheel parts and repeats ascending and descending. When it descends near the lower sprocket wheel 7, the limit switch 18 operates to open the water supply solenoid valve. The spray nozzle 19 sprays water into the planter.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a three-dimensional vegetable garden device that enables home gardening in a narrow space.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 In recent years, along with the aging of Japan, interest in growing vegetables and flowers at home has increased, but in many cities, etc., there are many small houses, so you can almost enjoy a garden. There is no such situation, and in many ordinary households, planting and other things are only enjoyed in small places where the sun is exposed.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 It provides a three-dimensional vegetable garden device so that even a house that can only take up a small space on a small land can fully enjoy a home garden using a small amount of space.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 Endless chains are suspended on the upper and lower facing sprocket wheels of a vertical form frame reinforced by horizontal members and diagonal members, and a planter is placed on the endless chains via suspension rods. Suspend the hanger.

By rotating the respective endless chains at the same speed at an extremely low speed, the planter is guided by the endless chains, and the sprocket wheel parts of the upper part and the lower part turn to repeatedly rise and descend. When the planter descends and comes close to the lower sprocket wheel, the solenoid valve operated by the limit switch opens the tap water valve, and tap water is ejected from the nozzle to spray water into the planter.

[0006]

[Operation] Even in a narrow place where there is almost no sunlight, such as near a building, the planters are guided to a higher place for better ventilation, and the sunlight is evenly applied to each planter. It is possible to grow vegetables and flowers without running out of food.

[0007]

【Example】

 FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of a three-dimensional vegetable gardening device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the three-dimensional vegetable gardening device, and FIG. 3 is a hanger on which a planter is placed suspended from an endless chain. It is a front view which shows a state. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a hanger on which a planter is placed.

In the vertical formwork 3 reinforced by the horizontal member 1 and the diagonal member 2, sprocket wheels 4 and 7 are provided at the upper and lower parts of the vertical formwork, respectively, and the lower sprocket wheel 7 is a variable speed reducer. The electric motor 6 is mounted on the shaft 8 to which the sprocket wheel is attached via the machine 5.

An endless chain 9 is suspended on each of the upper sprocket wheel 4 and the lower sprocket wheel 7, and as shown in FIG. 1, the endless chain 9 is rotated rightward at an extremely low speed.

A large number of suspension rods 10 are attached to the endless chain 9 in a horizontal state at appropriate intervals, and a hanger 14 on which a planter 16 is placed is suspended from the suspension rods 10. For this purpose, holes 11 to which the suspension rods 10 are attached are made in the endless chain 9 every two pitches, and the suspension rods 10 are inserted into the holes 11 as shown in the sectional display of FIG. , The donut plate 12 and the nut 13 hold the endless chain 9.

The suspension rod 10 is provided with a donut guide 15 for preventing the hanger 14 from shifting left and right, and the hook portion 23 of the hanger 14 is suspended at this portion. As shown in FIG. 4, the hanger 14 is a basket-shaped container in which steel bars are assembled by welding, and the basket-shaped container accommodates two left and right planters 16 as shown in FIG.

The planter 16 suspended from the endless chain 9 by the hanger 14 is rotated by the endless chain 9 to turn at the upper and lower sprocket wheel parts and repeats ascending and descending.

The endless chain 9 starts to rotate at dawn every day by starting and stopping the electric motor with an optical switch, and stops rotating at dusk. Generally, if the rotation speed of the variable speed reducer 5 is set so that the endless chain completes one revolution every three hours, the endless chain 9 will rotate about four times only in the daytime, so that all suspended The planters 16 can evenly obtain the same amount of solar radiation.

Next, as shown in FIG. 1, in order to prevent the suspended planter 16 from rolling laterally when the wind is strong, guides 17 are provided at the central portions of the hangers 14 on both the rising and falling sides of the hanger 14, respectively. To stand vertically. The respective guides 17 are held at the intersections of the diagonal members on the upper and lower parts of the vertical form via guide supports 24.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a limit switch 18 and a spray nozzle 19 which are held by a vertical frame are provided near the lower sprocket wheel 7 on the side where the endless chain 9 descends. Tap water introduced from a domestic water pipe is guided to the header 20 of the spray nozzle 19 via a solenoid valve 21. When the hanger 14 descends and comes close to the lower sprocket wheel 7, the limit switch 18 is actuated by pushing down the lever 22 of the limit switch 18, the solenoid valve 21 is opened, and water is sprayed into the planter 16.

The actuation circuit of the solenoid valve 21 is provided with respective actuation timers (not shown) that can be easily manufactured by the conventional technique and set the actuation start time and actuation time and the sprinkling time each time. Since it takes 3 hours from the start of the rotation of the endless chain every morning until the endless chain makes one round, if the operation start time setting timer is set to 0 hours and the operation time setting timer is set to 3 hours, it will be suspended. It can be sprayed on all planters that have done so. In the summertime, if you need watering twice in the morning and evening, set the operation start time setting timer to 0 hours and 9 hours, and water every day twice at dawn and around 4 pm. can do. The sprinkling time setting timer sets the sprinkling time for each planter. If it is set to 5 seconds in the summer, the watering required for each planter on the day will be performed.

By carrying out the present invention, it is possible to consistently grow from sowing seeds to harvesting with a planter containing culture soil. The fertilizer necessary for the vegetable garden is appropriately given to the planter. When liquid fertilizer is used, a fertilizer can be easily supplemented by providing a water tank containing the liquid fertilizer and guiding it to the spray nozzle 19 by a pump.

The vertical formwork has a width of 1.7 m, a depth of 1.5 m, and an upper and lower sprocket wheel shaft spacing of 5 m, so that a large number of planters of 36 or more can be suspended. It is possible to cultivate various vegetables with the planter.

The suspension bar 10 and the hanger 14 may be integrated, and the vertical formwork 3 is further raised to widen the space between the upper and lower sprockets, so that more planters can enjoy garden cultivation. By increasing the width and depth of the vertical formwork, vegetables with a wide range such as cabbage and Chinese cabbage can be easily grown. In addition, this method can also be used for rock wool cultivation.In winter, it is used as a greenhouse by covering the vertical formwork with a transparent material such as glass plate or vinyl sheet and installing a heater at the bottom. It is also easy to grow, and you can also enjoy growing pesticide-free vegetables.

[0020]

[Effect of the device]

 As explained above, the three-dimensional garden device of the present invention improves ventilation and automatically obtains necessary solar radiation and watering even in a narrow place where ventilation is poor and there is little solar radiation. It is possible to provide about 10 to 10 times more space in a narrow space. The production cost is relatively low and the economic effect is great.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a three-dimensional vegetable garden device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a three-dimensional vegetable garden device.

FIG. 3 is a front view in which a hanger on which a planter is placed is suspended from a chain, and a part thereof shows a cross section in which a suspension bar is assembled to the chain.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a hanger on which a planter is placed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 horizontal material 2 diagonal material 3 vertical formwork 4 upper sprocket wheel 5 variable speed reducer 6 electric motor 7 lower sprocket wheel 8 shaft 9 endless chain 10 suspension rod 11 hole 12 donut plate 13 nut 14 hanger 15 donut guide 16 planter 17 guide 18 limit Switch 19 Spray nozzle 20 Header 21 Solenoid valve 22 Lever 23 Hook 24 Guide support

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A large number of hangers containing a planter are suspended from endless chains suspended from sprocket wheels provided above and below a vertical formwork, respectively,
While rotating the endless chain at extremely low speed, the planter is turned by the upper and lower sprocket wheel parts, and by repeating ascending and descending, each suspended planter is configured to obtain solar radiation evenly. .