JPH0892A - Cultivation container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable uniform watering even to a container body in the lowermost stage even in stacking container bodies in many stages by surely causing water overflowed from overflowing window parts to flow down into a container in the lower stage so as to make water fed to the container body in the topmost stage successively flow down. CONSTITUTION:This cultivating container has a container body 1 capable of being vertically stacked and comprises overflowing window parts 3 formed in one or more places of a surrounding wall 2 and receiving gradient surfaces 5 formed in the top edge parts 4 and used to make water overflowed from the overflowing window parts 3 descend on an outside surface 6 for flowing down and flow down thereto. The receiving gradient surfaces 5 have an inward descending slope so as to facilitate the flow of the flowed down water into the container.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container for cultivating vegetables such as sprouts and sprouts.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, sprouts are sprouting while being whitened in a dark place under high temperature and high humidity. The conventional production method of this kind is to lay a floor plate for cultivation in a dark room and The seeds of beans were sown to a height of 3 cm to 7 cm (thickly stacked), germinated and grown to a height of about 1 m to 1 m 50 cm, and then taken out. It was difficult or impossible to root the sprouts.

There are also cases where a large number of boxes are placed on a shelf and cultivated in the boxes, and there are cases in which cultivation containers are piled up in multiple stages, but the number of the containers is small. If it is tilted, the water will be biased to the tilt side, and there is a problem that it is difficult to irrigate it uniformly.

[0004]

In the conventional manufacturing method,
As mentioned above, root cutting is extremely difficult with sprouts, and
The method of using another support shelf requires a support shelf and a large space, and consumes a lot of water. In addition, the stacking cultivation method has a drawback that uneven irrigation is likely to occur.

Therefore, according to the present invention, by stacking boxes in a multi-stage manner, a limited work area can be effectively used, and the amount of water used can be kept as small as possible to remove roots of sprouts. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cultivating container which is easy to handle and handle, and is free from uneven irrigation and easy to supply water.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a plurality of upper open container bodies that can be stacked vertically, and the container bodies are provided at one or more locations on the peripheral wall. Even if the main body is inclined to some extent, an overflow window is opened at a height position where the seeds sown on the entire bottom surface of the container can be watered evenly, and the upper edge is located above the overflow window. The part is formed with an inward downward inclined slope.

Further, the water overflowing from the overflow window is formed such that the outer edge of the receiving sloped surface is located outwardly in plan view, as compared with the downstream side surface on which the water flows down.

Further, the width dimension of the receiving slope surface is set to be larger than the width dimension of the overflow window portion, and further, the width dimension is the same as or slightly larger than the width dimension of the overflow window portion. Also, the lower outer surface was cut out to form a flow-down recess.

[0009]

Since the present cultivation container can be stacked vertically, many plants can be cultivated without taking up a working space. In addition, roots such as sprouts sprouted and bred are evenly arranged on the same plane.

Further, since the overflow window is provided, water can be supplied to a proper depth. Further, it is possible to reduce the water consumption without worrying about giving too much water than necessary.

(According to the second and third aspects), the excess water overflowing from the overflow window portion is transmitted to the outer surface of the cultivation container and flows into the container from the receiving slope surface of the upper edge portion of the container.
Moreover, since the receiving slope surface is set to be larger than the overflow window portion, the surplus water that overflows can be reliably received by the receiving slope surface of the lower container, and wasteful water is not generated.

(According to the fourth aspect) Since the flow-down concave portion provided on the outer surface of the container forms the flow path of the overflowed water, it can be accurately flowed into the lower container.

[0013]

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings illustrating the embodiments.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a cultivation container according to the present invention. This cultivation container is for cultivating vegetables such as bean sprouts and sprouts.

Further, the container body 1 is provided with an overflow window portion 3 in a character shape at one or more locations on the peripheral wall 2 so that excess water overflows from the overflow window portion 3.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the container body 1 can be vertically stacked.

3 to 6, details of each part will be illustrated. As shown in FIG. 4, the peripheral walls 2 and 2 of the container body 1 are provided with two overflow windows 3 and 3. Further, at the upper position of the overflow windows 3 and 3, the upper edge portions 4 and 4 are bent outward in the lateral direction, and the outer collar portion 10 and
10 are formed.

However, the outer flange portions 10 and 10 have the same number of receiving slope surfaces 5 and 5 as the overflow window portions 3 and 3, and excess water overflowing from the overflow window portions 3 and 3 is formed. I'm taking it.

Further, the receiving slope surfaces 5 and 5 are inclined inward and downward so that excess water that has flowed down easily flows into the container. That is, from the inner bottom surface 11 of the container body 1 to the overflow window portion 3,
When the water level in the container exceeds the height up to 3, that is,
When surplus water is generated, the surplus water overflows from the overflow windows 3 and 3, propagates down the outer side surfaces 6 and 6, and flows down on the receiving slope surfaces 5 and 5 of the lower container body 1.

Then, as shown in FIG.
The outer edges 7, 7 of the receiving slope surfaces 5, 5 are located laterally outward from the downstream outer surfaces 6, 6 of the container body 1 through which the excess water overflowing from the overflow window portions 3, 3 is transmitted.

On the outer side surface 8 below the overflow window portion 3, there is formed a flow-down concave portion 9 which is cut out in a concave shape. The bottom surface of the flow-down concave portion 9 corresponds to the flow-down outer side surface 6 and The outer side surface 6 serves to accurately guide the excess water overflowing from the overflow window portion 3 to the lower container body 1 (reception slope surface 5).

Furthermore, the overflow window portions 3 and 3 are inclined inwardly in the cross-sectional shape so that the receiving slope surface 5 is formed.
Water flowing down from the inside of the container to the inside bottom surface 11 is surely flowed down (without flowing out to the outside again and again).

Further, the width dimension W of the overflow window portion 3
_Since the width W ₁ of the receiving slope surface 5 is set to be larger than that of ₂ (see FIG. 6), the excess water reliably flows down into the lower container without polluting the periphery of the container.

As described above, when the present cultivation container is used, the water irrigated in the uppermost stage can flow down to the lower stage even if they are stacked in multiple layers, and can be uniformly irrigated to the lowermost stage.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the container bottom 12 is provided with small holes 13 for draining water, so that the seeds that have been soaked in the container for a long time and seeded It prevents it from corrupting. On the inner bottom surface of the container body 1 (not shown), for example, a floor plate made of stainless steel or the like,
A medium of foamed plastic (urethane foam, etc.) overlaid thereon is spread and seeded. (Therefore, it is easy to take out vegetables, cut roots, and process and handle them.)

If the container body 1 is made of styrofoam resin, it can be manufactured at low cost and has a heat insulating function. Although it is expensive and increases in volume, it looks good,
It is also preferable to integrally mold the other plastic having high durability.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the container body 1 has a locking recess 15, which is formed by cutting out a recess in the container bottom 12.
An abutting mutual surface 1 of the container body 1 is provided with 15 and locking projections 16 and 16 formed by cutting out in a convex shape on the upper edge portion 4 of the container body 1.
It has a concave-convex locking mechanism A which is provided on the Nos. 4 and 14 and prevents the positional displacement when stacked vertically.

In the illustrated example, the overflow window portion 3,
Although 3 is formed at two places, it may be one or three or more. Further, the overflow windows 3 and 3 are not limited to one character, but may be circular or polygonal.

Further, in the drawing, although it is rectangular in a plan view, it may be circular or any other polygonal shape.

[0030]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

Since the container bodies 1 are piled up in multiple stages for cultivation, a large amount of cultivation can be carried out in a small space. Also,
There is no need to create a dark place. When the bean sprouts are cultivated, the roots are arranged in the same plane, so that the cut vegetables are easy to cut and the subsequent processing and handling of the harvested vegetables are significantly facilitated.

(According to the second and third aspects), the water overflowing from the overflow window portion 3 can be surely introduced into the lower container. In other words, even if the water is piled up in multiple layers, the water irrigated in the uppermost layer flows down to the lower layer in sequence and evenly irrigates to the lowermost layer. Therefore, the water supply device and piping can be simplified. Also, the conventional shelves become unnecessary.

Since the flow of overflowed water can be limited (according to claim 4), it can be accurately flowed into the lower container.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a stacked state.

FIG. 3 is a plan view.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3;

5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a side view.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Container Main Body 2 Surrounding Wall 3 Overflow Window 4 Upper Edge 5 Receiving Gradient Surface 6 Downflow Outer Surface 7 Outer Edge 8 Outer Side 9 Downflow Recess W ₁ Width of Receiving Gradient Surface W ₂ Width of Overflow Window

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An upper opening container body 1 that can be stacked vertically is provided, and the container body 1 is provided with an overflow window portion 3 having an intermediate depth at one or more locations on a peripheral wall 2.
In addition, a cultivation container characterized in that a receiving slope surface 5 which is inclined inward and downward is formed at an upper edge portion 4 at a position above the overflow window portion 3. 2. The outer edge 7 of the receiving sloped surface 5 is formed so as to be located outward in a plan view, rather than the downstream side surface 6 through which water overflowing from the overflow window portion 3 is transmitted and flows down. The cultivating container according to claim 1. 3. The cultivation container according to claim ₁ , wherein the width dimension W ₁ of the receiving slope surface 5 is set larger than the width dimension W ₂ of the overflow window portion 3. 4. The downflow recess 9 is formed by notching the outer side surface 8 below the overflow window 3 with a width that is the same as or slightly larger than the width W _{2 of the} overflow window 3. Or the cultivation container described in 3.