JPH0898633A - Plant cultivating panel - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To facilitate the handling in installing a plant cultivating panel while enhancing the utilization efficiency of the plant cultivating area. CONSTITUTION: This plant cultivation panel is obtained by engaging a sliding plate 12, comprising a flexible material and having one end thereof fixed to the side of a plant support located on one lateral side, with an engaging part 10 provided in at least one end in the longitudinal direction of each plant support 2 so as to enable the sliding and installing a housing part 15 enabling a free end 12a of the sliding plate 12 to freely enter and leave therefrom in the lateral part of the plant support 2 located at the other lateral end in the plant cultivation panel provided by arranging the plural plant supports 2 having holes 4 for supporting plants bored in a row side by side in the width direction thereof, mutually connecting the plant supports with connecting sheets 3 comprising a foldable sheet material and thereby making the overall width freely expandable and contractible.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a plant cultivation panel for hydroponics of plants.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, hydroponics of plants have been generally carried out by floating a board having plant supporting holes at regular intervals on a plate-like styrofoam, etc. In addition, a hydroponic cultivation device is used in which the boards are arranged so as to lean diagonally, and water is sprayed from below to perform cultivation. However, in these hydroponic cultivation apparatus, the intervals between the plants to be planted on the board are expected to grow to a desired size, and the intervals between the holes are set to be large so as to correspond to the size. Therefore, the utilization efficiency of the cultivated area becomes extremely low at the beginning of planting seedlings and seeds.

Therefore, the inventors of the present invention arranged a large number of elongated strip-shaped plant supports in parallel in the width direction, and connected the plant supports with a flexible sheet material made of vinyl chloride or the like, so that the length of each plant support was long. A plant cultivation panel (actually open flat plate 5-) that can be expanded and contracted by engaging the engaging portion provided at the end of the direction with a slide rod extending in the arrangement direction of the plant supports so that the interval between the plant supports can be varied. No. 74252).

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned plant cultivation panel, one end side of the slide rod slidably supporting the supports is laterally moved when the respective supports are brought close to each other to reduce the total width. There is a problem that the projecting shape becomes large, and the slide bar projecting to the side during installation of the plant cultivation panel becomes an obstacle, which not only makes the work difficult but also dangerous.

In order to avoid interference with adjacent plant cultivation panels, it is necessary to form upper and lower engaging portions provided at the end of the plant support at different positions in the thickness direction of the plant support. Therefore, when installing the plant cultivation panel, it has to be arranged in consideration of the vertical direction, and there is a difficulty that the assembly work takes time.

[0006] In view of this, the present invention facilitates the installation work without considering the directionality at the time of installing the panel while increasing the utilization efficiency of the plant cultivation area, and in particular, there is no protrusion protruding laterally when the panel is reduced. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a plant cultivation panel that is easy to handle and safe.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems As a means for solving the problems of the above-mentioned conventional techniques, the present invention provides a plurality of plant supports in which holes for supporting plants are arranged in parallel in the width direction thereof. In a plant cultivation panel which is made expandable and contractable in its entire width by connecting with each other by a connecting sheet made of a foldable sheet material, an engaging portion provided at least at one end in the longitudinal direction of each plant support has one end. Is slidably engaged with a slide plate made of a flexible material fixed to the side of the plant support located at one end, and the free side of the slide plate on the side of the plant support located at the other end. It is characterized in that a storage portion is provided which has a storage portion whose end can be freely moved in and out.

[0008]

[Operation] At the time of sowing and seedling of plants, each plant support is brought close to reduce the total width. At this time, the engaging portion of each plant support moves along the slide plate and can be moved smoothly, and the free end of the slide plate, which is left at one end due to the reduction of the overall width, bends into the storage part. It enters and is stored outside the plant cultivation panel without protruding.

When the space between the plant supports is expanded, the slide plate is gradually pulled out from the inside of the accommodating portion and can be expanded to a predetermined expansion width.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which the entire width of the plant cultivation panel 1 according to the present invention is reduced to the minimum width, and FIG. 2 is a state in which it is expanded to the maximum width.

The above-mentioned plant cultivation panel 1 has a plurality of plant supports 2, 2, ... And connecting sheets 3, 3, ... Connecting the side parts of these supports 2, 2 ,. A long and narrow rectangular tube made of an appropriate material such as urethane foam, styrofoam, and other synthetic resin, and the plant vegetation surface on the upper surface thereof has plant supporting holes 2, 4, ...
The holes are laid out in a staggered arrangement. The connecting sheet 3 is made of a flexible material such as polyethylene, polypropylene or vinyl chloride and has a thickness of 0.5 mm to 1 mm.
The width is thin, and is set to a width that can correspond to the size at the time of plant growth when the space between the plant supports 2, 2, ... Is widened. The width is set to be about twice the width at the minimum reduction. The connection sheet 3 is provided with a folding curve 5 in advance at the center position in the longitudinal direction to facilitate folding.

In the illustrated embodiment, the plant support 2 and the connecting sheet 3 are separable from each other, which facilitates the production and assembly of the plant cultivation panel 1. That is, as shown in FIG. 3 (A), holes 7, 7 having slits 6 in part in the longitudinal direction of both side corners on the surface side of the plant support 2 are formed, and both side portions in the longitudinal direction of the connecting sheet 3 are formed. As shown in FIG. 3B, the shaft-shaped portions 8 and 8 which can be inserted into the holes 7 and 7 as closely as possible
Is formed, and the axial portion 8 is inserted into the hole 7 so that the sheet portion of the connecting sheet 3 is passed through the slit 6, so that the adjacent plant supports 2, 2 as shown in FIGS. Are connected. By forming in this way, even if the connecting sheet 3 has a cut line during repeated expansion and contraction of the plant cultivation panel, it can be reused by simply changing the connecting sheet 3, which is economically excellent. It becomes a thing.

Engaging portions 10 and 10 are provided at both ends of the plant support 2 in the longitudinal direction so as to project. The engagement portion 10 is formed by fitting the engagement member 11 as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 showing the enlarged plane and front surface of the portion, FIG. This engaging member 1 is configured.
The plate-shaped engaging portions 10 and 10 are provided so as to face each other on both sides of the outer end portion of the slide plate 1.
Flat slide holes 13, 13 through which 2 is inserted are formed.

The slide plate 12 is a belt-like member made of a flexible material, for example, a material made of stainless steel and having a thickness of about 0.4 to 1.0 mm. Has a length slightly longer than the width, one end of which is fixed to the plant support 2 on one side of the plant cultivation panel 1 by a stopper 14, and the side of the plant support 2 on the other side has the above-mentioned structure. A cylindrical storage portion 15 is provided in which the free end 12a of the slide plate 12 can freely move in and out, so that the free end 12a of the slide plate 12 is always placed inside the storage portion 15. Reference numeral 16 in FIG. 6 is a slide plate stopper attached to the end of the plant support body 2 in which the storage section 15 is provided, and has a protrusion 17 on the outer surface of the tip thereof so that the plant cultivation panel 1 can be maximized in width. Stopper holes 18 ₁ formed in the slide plate 12 at positions corresponding to expansion and minimum contraction,
It is for fitting into 18 ₂ to more firmly maintain the state at the time of expansion and minimum contraction. 10 and 11 show the side surface and the planar shape of the stopper 16.

FIG. 12 shows a cylindrical body 20 in the hole 4 of the plant support 2.
FIG. 13 shows an embodiment in which a plant seedling is supported on the cylindrical body 20 by inserting the cylindrical body 20 into the cylindrical body 20.
A flange having a front surface in (A) and an outer diameter capable of fitting as tightly as possible into the hole 4 as shown in the plan view in FIG. 13 (B), and engaging the upper surface of the plant support 2 at the upper end. 21 has retaining nails 22 formed at the lower end thereof, respectively. The plant support 2 is formed by wrapping the roots of plant seedlings with urethane foam or the like and inserting them into the tubular body 20 so that the roots penetrate. The seedlings are adapted to be planted by being fitted into the holes 4 of the. By doing so, the seedlings planted in the tubular body 20 can be inserted into the holes 4 of the plant support 2, and thus the seedling work can be facilitated. Further, even when the hole 4 of the plant support body 2 becomes large, it can be dealt with by exchanging it with the cylindrical body 20 corresponding thereto.

FIG. 14 shows a frame body 23 in which the plant cultivation panel 1 is fitted and used. This frame body 23 is formed by four peripheral frame portions 24 and reinforcing ribs 25 and 26 that connect between these frame portions, and has an inner dimension that allows the plant cultivation panel 1 to be expanded to the maximum width, and the minimum reduction Sometimes 2
The size is set so that the set of plant cultivation panels 1 can be accommodated.
Casters 27, 27 are attached to the lower end to facilitate movement. By using this frame 23, it is possible to easily handle and move the plant cultivation panel 1 at the time of cultivation when the spray type hydroponic cultivation apparatus has a tilted panel. In addition, since the spray nutrient solution can be prevented from jumping out from the upper and lower ends of the plant cultivation panel 1, and the pressing force when the plurality of plant cultivation panels 1 are lined up and pushed out can be received by the frame body 23, It is possible to prevent damage.

Next, the operation will be described.

When sowing and planting plants, the stopper holes 18 ₁ of the slide plate 12 are removed from the projections 17 of the stoppers 16 and then the plant supports 2, 2 ... The connecting sheets 3, 3 connecting the 2 ... are folded into a mountain shape by the folding curve 5 (FIG. 5),
Moreover, the slide holes 13, 13 of the engaging portions 10, 10 of the plant supports 2, 2, ... Slid against the slide plate 12 to reduce the entire width of the plant cultivation panel 1 to the minimum width as shown in FIG. It is possible to germinate and grow in this state. At this time, since the free end 12a of the slide plate 12 enters the storage portion 15 while being bent, the slide plate 12 does not project outside and become an obstacle even if the overall width is reduced. Further, by fitting the protrusion 17 of the stopper 16 into the stopper hole 18 ₂ of the slide plate 12, it can be fixed in a contracted state.

When the plants grow and the distance between the plant supports 2, 2 ... Is narrowed, the stopper 16 is removed and then the plant supports 2, 2 ...
3 extends, and the engaging portions 10 and 10 extend toward the slide plate 1.
The space between the plant supports 2, 2 ... Is expanded by sliding with respect to 2, 12. At this time, the free end 12a of the slide plate 12 is gradually pulled out from the storage portion 15 and follows the expansion.

When the plant cultivation panel 1 is expanded to the maximum width, the projection 17 of the stopper 16 can be fitted into the stopper hole 18 ₁ of the slide plate 12 to keep the expanded state.

In the illustrated embodiment, the case where the engaging portions 10 and the slide plates 12 are provided at the upper and lower ends of the plant support 2 is shown, but it is also possible to provide them at only one end.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, the utilization efficiency of the cultivated area can be improved by expanding the interval between the plant supports depending on the condition of the plants growing in the holes of the plant supports. Of course, when the space between each plant support is narrowed, the free end of the slide plate bends into the storage part and is stored, so the slide plate does not project to the side and is easy and safe to handle. It can be anything. Furthermore, since the slide plate does not protrude, it is not necessary to give directionality when installing the plant cultivation panel, and it is not necessary to consider the orientation of each one during the installation work, so that the installation work can be performed easily and efficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a reduced state of an embodiment of a plant cultivation panel according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an expanded state of the same.

3A and 3B are end views of a plant support and a connecting sheet.

FIG. 4 is an end view showing a state in which plant supports are connected by a connecting sheet.

5 is an end view showing a state in which the connecting sheet in FIG. 4 is folded and contracted.

6 is a partially enlarged plan view of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a top view of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a plan view in which a half portion of an engaging member forming the engaging portion is taken as a cross section.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing a half section of the same.

FIG. 10 is a side view showing a stopper of the slide plate.

FIG. 11 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 12 is an end view showing a modified example of the present invention.

13A and 13B are a front view and a plan view of the cylindrical body of FIG.

FIG. 14 is a front view of a frame body on which a plant cultivation panel is set.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Plant cultivation panel 2 Plant support 3 Connection sheet 4 Hole 5 Folding curve 8 Shaft-shaped part 10 Engagement part 11 Engagement member 12 Slide plate 12a Free end 13 Slide hole 15 Storage part 16 Stopper 181, 182 Stopper hole 20 Cylindrical body 23 Frame 27 Casters

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. The entire width can be expanded and contracted by connecting a plurality of plant supports, each having a row of holes for supporting plants, in parallel to each other by a connecting sheet made of a foldable sheet material. In the plant cultivating panel, the engaging portion provided at least at one end in the longitudinal direction of each plant support is made of a flexible material fixed to the side of the plant support having one end located at one end. A plant cultivation panel, wherein a slide plate is slidably engaged, and a storage portion is provided at a side portion of a plant support located at the other side end, the storage portion allowing the free end of the slide plate to be put in and out. 2. The plant cultivation panel according to claim 1, further comprising a stopper for fixing the slide plate at the time of maximum expansion and minimum contraction to the plant support located at the side end on the free end side of the slide plate.