JPH1023A - Artificial ground for vegetation - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an artificial ground for vegetation, capable of easily maintaining a vegetation soil layer formed on the ground in a state suitable for the growth of plants, low in the construction cost of the facility, and not affecting building concrete slabs, etc., constituting the ground. SOLUTION: This artificial ground for vegetation is manufactured by charging a water-permeable material 5 into plural tray-like pallets disposed on a base ground 1 in parallel to each other, disposing water supply pipes 6 for supplying water into the pallets 4 and water drainage pipes 7 for draining the water from the pallets 4, and forming a vegetation soil layer 3 on the base ground 1 including the upper surfaces of the pallets 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an artificial ground for vegetation provided for the purpose of greening a roof of a building, a courtyard or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a vegetation soil layer is formed on a foundation (hereinafter, simply referred to as a "base") such as a concrete slab of a building for the purpose of greening a roof or a courtyard of the building. Trees and flowers are planted in this vegetation soil layer. By the way, when a vegetation soil layer is formed on a base, water supply from the base is generally not expected, so frequent irrigation must be performed especially during high-temperature drying in the summer, and it takes time to manage irrigation. There was a problem. To cope with this, a method of laying a sprinkler pipe on the ground or in the vegetation soil layer and spraying water from this sprinkler pipe has been put into practical use. Even if water is sprayed, water cannot be uniformly distributed to the vegetation soil layer, and it is difficult to maintain the vegetation soil layer in a state suitable for plant growth, and a large amount of water is partially generated. If supplied, not only against plants,
There is also a possibility that the concrete slab of the building constituting the base may be adversely affected.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a vegetation soil layer formed on a base can be easily maintained in a state suitable for plant growth, the construction cost of equipment is low, and
An object of the present invention is to provide an artificial ground for vegetation that does not adversely affect a concrete slab or the like of a building constituting a base.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the artificial ground for vegetation of the present invention fills a plurality of tray-shaped pallets arranged side by side on a base with a water-permeable material and places the pallets in the pallets. A water supply pipe for supplying water and a drain pipe for discharging water in the pallet are provided, and a vegetation soil layer is formed on a base including an upper surface of the pallet.

By supplying water from a water supply pipe to a pallet filled with a permeable material, an appropriate amount of water is stored over the entire surface of the pallet, and is uniformly distributed on a vegetation soil layer formed on the upper surface of the pallet. Water can be distributed and excess water in the pallets can be drained from drains.

In this case, a plurality of pallets are arranged side by side with a difference in height, a water supply pipe is connected to the pallet provided at the highest position, and an overflow pipe of the pallet provided at the highest position is provided at a lower position. Can be connected to a pallet provided in the pallet.

Thus, the water supplied to the pallet provided at the highest position is sequentially supplied to the pallets provided at a lower position through the overflow pipe provided at the pallet provided at the highest position. Thereby, an appropriate amount of water can be stored over the entire surface of each pallet.

In addition, a granular material can be used as the water-permeable material to be filled in the pallet, and a water-permeable sheet can be provided between the water-permeable material and the vegetation soil layer.

[0009] This prevents the soil constituting the vegetation soil layer from entering the water-permeable pores of the permeable material, and the water supplied from the water supply pipe is formed on the upper surface of the pallet for a long period of time. It can be spread over the entire surface of the pallet without being affected by layers.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the artificial ground for vegetation of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3 show a first embodiment of the artificial ground for vegetation according to the present invention. The artificial ground for vegetation is provided with a plurality of tray-shaped pallets 4 (4a, 4a, 4b) on the upper surface of a sand layer 2 laid to a required thickness on a base 1 such as a concrete slab of a building.
4b, 4c, 4d, 4e) are arranged side by side, and a permeable material 5 is filled in the pallet 4 and a water supply pipe 6 for supplying water to the pallet 4 and a drain pipe 7 for discharging water from the pallet 4 are provided. And the vegetation soil layer 3 is formed on the upper surface of the pallet 4 and the sand layer 2.

In this case, the base 1 is preferably provided with a slight inclination (approximately 1/100) as shown in the present embodiment, and if necessary, is provided at the lowermost position of the inclination. A drainage facility (not shown) can be provided, and the base 1 can be appropriately waterproofed.

The sand layer 2 is laid to stably install the pallet 4, and vegetation soil can be used instead of sand.

As the vegetation soil layer 3, any soil which satisfies the conditions suitable for plant growth in terms of drainage, air permeability and water retention can be used. The vegetation soil layer 3 has a natural texture by providing undulations along the slope of the base 1 as necessary, and vegetates trees and flowers. A soil retaining panel 31 is provided around the vegetation soil layer 3 to prevent the soil constituting the vegetation soil layer 3 from flowing out.

The pallet 4 is formed in a tray shape having a relatively low rising edge formed around a flat bottom plate, so that the pallet 4 is filled with the water-permeable material 5 and extends over the entire surface of the pallet 4. So that an appropriate amount of water can be stored.

The permeable material 5 filled in the pallet 4 is provided so that the water supplied from the water supply pipe 6 spreads over the entire surface of the pallet 4 without being affected by the vegetation soil layer 3 formed on the upper surface of the pallet 4. Preferably, a granular material such as pearlite or obsidian, which can maintain a water-permeable void for a long period of time, is used.
A permeable sheet 9 such as a nonwoven fabric is disposed between the vegetation soil layer 3 and the vegetation soil layer 3 to prevent the soil constituting the vegetation soil layer 3 from entering the water-permeable gap of the permeable material 5.

The water supply pipe 6 is disposed along the pallet 4,
The pallet 4 is connected above the pallet 4 via a water supply branch pipe 61, and an electric water supply valve 62 is provided in the water supply pipe 6 so that the amount of water supplied into the pallet 4 can be adjusted by remote control.

The drain pipe 7 is arranged along the pallet 4 and
The drainage pipe 7 is connected to the bottom of the pallet 4 via a drainage branch pipe 71, and the drainage pipe 7 is provided with a motorized drainage valve 72 so that the amount of water discharged from the pallet 4 can be adjusted by remote control.

In the present embodiment, a plurality of pallets 4 are arranged side by side with a height difference, and the water supply branch pipe 61 of the water supply pipe 6 is connected to the pallets 4a and 4d provided at the highest positions. The overflow pipes 8 provided on the pallets 4a and 4d are connected to the pallets 4b and 4e provided at lower positions, respectively, and the overflow pipes 8 provided on the pallets 4b are provided at the lowest position. Connected to the pallet 4c. And FIG.
As shown in (a), the water supply electric valve 62 is opened (at this time, the drainage electric valve 72 is closed.), So that the water supply pipe 6 reaches the highest position through the water supply branch pipe 61. Is supplied to the pallet 4a provided at the pallet 4a, and the supplied water is further supplied to the pallet 4b provided at a lower position through the overflow pipe 8 provided at the pallet 4a.
The pallet 4b is configured to supply the pallet 4b provided at a lower position through an overflow pipe 8 provided to the pallet 4b in order. Thereby, the number of pallets 4 connecting the water supply branch pipes 61 of the water supply pipes 6 can be reduced, the construction cost of the equipment can be reduced, and the amount of water supplied into the pallets 4 can be easily adjusted. it can.

In this case, each pallet 4 is desirably provided along the slope of the base 1, that is, along the undulation of the vegetation soil layer 3, whereby the water supplied and stored on the pallet 4 is transferred to the pallet 4. Vegetation soil layer 3 formed on the upper surface
Can be evenly distributed.

An overflow pipe (not shown) is provided on the pallets 4c and 4e provided at the lowest position, and the overflow pipe is located at a position lower than the position where the electric drain valve 72 of the drain pipe 7 is provided. A water level gauge (not shown) is provided at an appropriate position on the pallets 4c and 4e, and the electric water supply valve 62 is controlled based on an output signal of the water level meter. Accordingly, overflow of water from the pallets 4c and 4e can be prevented.

The extra water in the pallet 4 is
As shown in (b), by opening the electric valve 72 for drainage (at this time, the electric valve 62 for water supply is closed), each pallet 4a, 4b, 4c is connected via the drain branch pipe 71. It is configured to simultaneously discharge to the drain pipe 7. A water level gauge (not shown) is provided at an appropriate position on the pallet 4, usually, the pallets 4c and 4e provided at the lowest position.
And the drainage motorized valve 72 can be controlled based on the output signal of the water level gauge.

In the first embodiment, FIGS. 1 and 2
As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of pallets 4 are arranged side by side in three rows and two rows with a height difference, but the arrangement method of the pallets 4 is not limited to this, and the artificial vegetation It can be arbitrarily selected according to the size, shape, etc. of the ground. For example, as in the second embodiment of the artificial vegetation ground of the present invention shown in FIG. Large pallets 4f and 4g each having the valve 62 and the like provided independently can be provided.

In the second embodiment, the base 1 is constructed horizontally, and a block 11 made of styrene foam or the like is provided on the base 1, so that the vegetation soil layer 3 formed on the upper surface of the pallet 4f is raised and lowered. To be able to have. Also, instead of the large pallets 4f and 4g used in the present embodiment, a plurality of small pallets are juxtaposed at the same level, and the pallets are connected to each other by a water pipe. May be cut out so that water flows between the pallets via the notch (not shown). Other configurations of the artificial ground for vegetation of this embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment.

[0025]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, an appropriate amount of water is stored over the entire surface of the pallet by supplying water from the water supply pipe to the pallet filled with the water-permeable material, and Water can be evenly distributed to the vegetated soil layer formed in the pallet, and excess water in the pallet can be discharged from the drain pipe, so that the vegetated soil layer formed on the base can be used for plant growth. It can be easily maintained in a suitable state, can reduce the construction cost of facilities including water supply and drainage facilities, and can evenly distribute an appropriate amount of water to the vegetation soil layer. It does not adversely affect the concrete slab of the object.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the water supplied to the pallet provided at the highest position is provided at a lower position through the overflow pipe provided at the pallet provided at the highest position. By supplying the pallets in order, it is possible to store an appropriate amount of water over the entire surface of each pallet, so that the number of pallets connecting the water supply branch pipes of the water supply pipe can be reduced, The construction cost can be reduced and the amount of water supplied into the pallet can be easily adjusted.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the soil constituting the vegetation soil layer is prevented from entering the water-permeable gap of the water-permeable material, and the water supplied from the water supply pipe can be supplied for a long period of time. Thus, it can be spread over the entire surface of the pallet without being affected by the vegetation soil layer formed on the upper surface of the pallet.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a first embodiment of an artificial ground for vegetation according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a method of arranging the pallets.

FIG. 3 shows the same water supply and drainage equipment, wherein (a) shows water supply and (b)
Is a sectional view at the time of drainage.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a second embodiment of the artificial ground for vegetation of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Base 2 Sand layer 3 Vegetation soil layer 4 Pallet 5 Water permeable material 6 Water supply pipe 7 Drain pipe 8 Overflow pipe 9 Water permeable sheet

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A water supply pipe for filling a permeable material into a plurality of tray-shaped pallets arranged side by side on a base and supplying water to the pallet, and a drain pipe for discharging water from the pallet are provided. An artificial ground for vegetation, wherein a vegetation soil layer is formed on a base including a top surface of a pallet. 2. A plurality of pallets are arranged side by side with a height difference, a water supply pipe is connected to the pallet provided at the highest position, and an overflow pipe of the pallet provided at the highest position is provided at a lower position. The artificial ground for vegetation according to claim 1, wherein the artificial ground is connected to a pallet provided. 3. The artificial vegetation for vegetation according to claim 1, wherein a granular material is used as the permeable material to be filled in the pallet, and a permeable sheet is disposed between the permeable material and the vegetation soil layer. ground.