KR102038523B1 - Air purifying apparatus using plant - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an air purifying apparatus using a plant. In the present invention, a cup receiving portion (47) is provided in a housing (40), and an exchange cup (60) having a seedling pot shape is mounted in or separated from the cup receiving portion (47). The air purifying apparatus of the present invention comprises a substrate (70), wherein the substrate (70) includes: an upper connection piece (77) formed on an upper end thereof; and a lower connection piece (77′) formed on a lower end thereof. An upper stack hanger (30) and a lower stack hanger (32) are provided on a vertical wall (16) of a base (12) on which the substrate (70) is installed. The upper stack hanger (30) and the lower stack hanger (32) are used when the air purifying apparatuses are stacked in a vertical direction. When the air purifying apparatuses are stacked in the vertical direction, the upper connection piece (77) and the lower connection piece (77′) of the substrate (70) are electrically connected to each other so that the air purifying apparatuses stacked in the vertical direction are electrically connected to each other. In addition, a flexible hose (25) can be used to allow water to be delivered effectively between the air purifying apparatuses disposed in the vertical direction. In this case, a drain pipe (24′) is provided in the base (12), and a communication hole (46′) is provided in an upper surface of the housing (40), so that the drain pipe (24′) and the connection hole (46′) are connected to each other through the flexible hose (25). According to the present invention, it is possible to effectively supply water to plant ports without an additional water supply facility.

Description

Air purifying apparatus using plant

The present invention relates to an air purifier using a plant, and relates to an air purifier using a plant that can purify polluted air in a room and remove fine dust by utilizing an air purifying action formed at the root of the plant.

As people spend more time indoors, indoor air pollution becomes a concern.

In the building materials forming the interior space, gaseous harmful substances such as volatile organic compounds come out, especially in newly constructed buildings.

In recent years, the air quality may be deteriorated due to fine dust, etc., and in some cases, windows may not be opened and ventilated.

In order to solve this problem, air purifiers are widely used, but it is also important to remove fine dust contained in the air, but it is possible to remove gaseous harmful substances from building materials and carbon dioxide generated by human breathing. An air purifier is needed.

To meet this need, many air purifiers using plants have been developed. This is because plants can remove gaseous harmful substances and carbon dioxide. For reference, the plant's air purification ability has been scientifically proven through plant experiments. The plant absorbs volatile organic compounds and harmful gases such as formaldehyde, ozone, and nitrogen compounds to clear the air, Anions have been found to neutralize fine dust and cation contaminants in the air.

The air purification ability of plants is also achieved through the respiration of photosynthesis and photosynthesis, and the air purification by the decomposition of soil microorganisms in the vicinity of roots is also very large. In addition, the voids in the soil can act as a filter to filter foreign matter and fine dust in the air.

As such, plants play a large role in air purification. Since plants are living organisms, they need to be managed continuously. The biggest problem with air purifiers that use plants is that they grow beyond a certain size and die from various causes. Therefore, it is necessary to create an environment in which plants can grow well without dying.

In addition, the size of the indoor space is varied, the amount of plants required for purification depending on the size of the indoor space. However, in the conventional air purifier using plants, there is a problem in that it is not easy to make an air purifier suitable for indoor spaces of various sizes because unit plants are installed in a frame having a specific capacity.

In addition, in the air purifier using a plant, water must be continuously supplied to the plant, and this watering structure also becomes one of the factors limiting the capacity of the air purifier. In other words, the watering system of the type of supplying water directly to each of the unit plants is used a lot, such a watering system is an obstacle to the formation of air purifiers of various capacities.

Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-1738033 Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2017-0001487 Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2017-0004190 Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-1441040

An object of the present invention is to solve the conventional problems as described above, to create an environment in which plants can grow well in the air purifier using the plant.

Another object of the present invention is to connect a plurality of air purification apparatus using a plant to determine the capacity of the air purification apparatus.

Still another object of the present invention is to more reliably transfer water between the air purifiers connected to each other.

According to a feature of the present invention for achieving the object as described above, the present invention is a housing having a cup receiving portion is formed in the vegetation soil space therein and the opening is formed therein, and the cup in a plant planted therein An exchange cup positioned at the receiving portion to position the plant in the housing and separated from the cup receiving portion so as to exchange the plants, and a bottom plate positioned at the lower portion of the housing and coupled to the housing to form a lower portion of the vegetation soil space; And a base including a vertical wall upright from the bottom plate, an upper stacking hook provided at an upper end of the vertical wall to be coupled to an air purifying device at an upper portion thereof, and an air purification provided at a lower end of the vertical wall. A lower stackable hook which can be combined with the device, the upper wall of which is mounted on the vertical wall and corresponding to the upper stacking hook, for electrical connection A substrate for electrically connecting an air purifying apparatus, in which an upper connection piece is installed at an upper end and a lower end is located at a position corresponding to the lower lamination hanger, and a lower connection piece for electrical connection is installed at a lower part, and is stacked up and down; A duct for directing the airflow formed by the fan assembly installed on the rear surface of the vertical wall and the one side of the housing to the front of the housing, and at least one of the upper connection piece and the lower connection piece is elastically deformed. In addition, the upper connection piece and the lower connection piece is elastically deformed when coupled to the upper connection piece and the lower connection piece to be in close contact with each other.

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A through-hole is formed in a predetermined area on the vertical wall of the base to discharge the purified air from the vegetation soil space to the outside, and a fan assembly is installed in the area corresponding to the through-hole.

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The substrate is installed across the fan assembly and the aperture.

The substrate is provided with a connection connector for connection to the outside.

A mounting hanger is further provided on the top rear surface of the vertical wall.

The base plate of the base is inclined downward toward the tip, the guide inclined portion is at the tip and the drain is formed in the guide slope.

A drain pipe is provided at the tip of the bottom plate of the base, and one end of a hose made of a flexible material is coupled to the drain pipe, and the other end of the hose is connected to a communication hole formed in the housing of the air purifier.

Water received through the inside and outside of the housing is collected in the drip tray mounted on the bottom plate of the base, a drain pipe extends from the bottom of the drip tray to the bottom, and one end of the hose made of a flexible material is coupled to the drain pipe. The other end is connected to the communication hole formed in the housing of the air purifier at the bottom.

In the air purifying apparatus using the plant according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

In the air purifying apparatus of the present invention, a substrate is installed on the base of the plant port, and connecting pieces are mounted on the top and bottom of the substrate, respectively, so that the power connection is made by stacking the plant ports in the vertical direction. Therefore, in the air purifying apparatus of the present invention, when a plurality of plant ports are stacked and connected to each other, power is supplied and controlled as a whole, so that the total air purification capacity can be determined according to the number of connected plant ports. In this way, the plant ports can be easily electrically connected to each other, so that the capacity of the air purifier can be set as desired.

In the present invention, the water delivered from the upper is collected in the vegetation soil space along the bottom plate slope of the base to the lower tip of the base and the water dropped to the outer surface of the plant port of the plant port is transferred to the lower outer surface of the plant port along the housing surface Gathered outside the lower tip of the plant and delivered to the bottom with water from the vegetation soil space through the drainage hole, it is transferred to the plant port at the bottom of the stacked plant ports to supply water to the entire plant ports without a separate watering facility. Can be.

In addition, in the present invention, when installing a plurality of air purifiers on the wall surface, even if the air purifiers are not necessarily installed in a straight line up and down so that the water in the planting space of the air purifier can be sent to the lower air purifier using a flexible hose It was. Therefore, there is an effect that the water transfer between the air purifier is surely made, there is no need for a separate watering facilities.

1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a preferred embodiment of an air purifier using a plant according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the main parts of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1; FIG.
Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the plant pot of the embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the exchange cup separated from the plant port of the embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the front side configuration of the base constituting the embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 6 is a perspective view showing the back side configuration of the base constituting the embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which a substrate is installed on the back of the base of the embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 8 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the exchange cup constituting an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration in which the housing cutting rib in the housing and the cup cutting rib in the exchange cup abut on the embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 10 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention from the back.
Figure 11 is a use state showing a state in which a plurality of plant ports of the embodiment of the present invention are stacked.
12 is a perspective view showing the configuration of another embodiment of the present invention.
13 is a perspective view showing a modification of the present invention.
14 is an exploded perspective view showing the use of the modification shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail through exemplary drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In addition, in describing an embodiment of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known configuration or function is to interfere with the understanding of the embodiment of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, in explaining the component of the Example of this invention, terms, such as 1st, 2nd, A, B, (a), (b), can be used. These terms are only for distinguishing the components from other components, and the nature, order or order of the components are not limited by the terms. If a component is described as being "connected", "coupled" or "connected" to another component, that component may be directly connected or connected to that other component, but between components It will be understood that may be "connected", "coupled" or "connected".

As shown in the drawings, there is a plant port 10 in the air purifying apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention. The plant port 10 includes a base 12, a housing 40, and an exchange cup 60. The plant port 10 may be used independently of the drawings shown herein. That is, using only the plant pot 10 is to use like a kind of pot.

The base 12 forms the skeleton of the lower part and the rear end of the plant pot 10. The base 12 is well illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6. The base 12 has a bottom plate 14. The bottom plate 14 forms a lower portion of the plant pot 10. Standing vertically at the rear end of the bottom plate 14 there is a vertical wall 16. Sidewalls 18 are formed along the edges of the bottom plate 14 and the vertical wall 16. The side wall 18 is protruded according to the position. The side wall 18 cooperates with the housing side wall 42 of the housing 40 to form the outer surface of the plant port 10. The side wall 18 is formed to protrude to both front and rear sides of the vertical wall 16.

The bottom plate 14 is an inclined surface 20 whose upper surface is inclined. The inclined surface 20 is made lower toward the tip of the bottom plate (14). A guide inclined portion 22 is formed at a portion of the side wall 18 corresponding to the tip of the bottom plate 14. The guide inclined portion 22 has the same slope as the inclined curved surface 58 formed on the outer surface of the housing 40. The guide slope 22 is made more inclined than the adjacent side wall 18. A drain hole 24 is formed in the guide slope 22. The drain hole 24 serves to discharge the water in the plant port 10 to the outside. Since the inclined surface 20 is formed such that the bottom plate 14 is lowered toward the tip, most of the water is discharged through the drain hole 24. The drain hole 24 is positioned at the lowest position in the bottom plate 14 so that water does not remain in the bottom plate 14 and is smoothly discharged. The location of the drain hole 24 is preferably formed at a position equal to or lower than the horizontal leg 38 to be described below.

Through holes 26 are formed in the vertical wall 16. The through part 26 is formed over an area having a predetermined area about the middle part of the height direction of the vertical wall 16. The air flow formed by the fan assembly (not shown) passes through the through part 26.

The vertical wall 16 of the base 12 has a mounting hanger 28. The mounting hook 28 is located on both sides of the upper end of the vertical wall 16, and is made substantially in the shape of a rod, and has a hook disk at its tip to allow it to be hooked to a hook rail (not shown) mounted on the wall. The mounting hangers 28 are two side by side in the illustrated embodiment. The mounting hook 28 may not be present depending on the configuration of the plant pot 10. In other words, if the plant pot 10 is used in the form of laying on the floor, it does not matter.

At the top of the vertical wall 16 there is an upper stack hanger (30). The upper stacking hanger 30 is a cross-section of the 'b' shape of the two sides facing each other. The upper stacking hook 30 is for coupling with the plant port 10 located in the upper case when the plant pot 10 is stacked. The upper stacking hook 30 is formed to protrude an upper hook chin (30 '). The upper hanger jaw 30 'has a steep inclination at the rear end of the vertical wall 16 and a gentle inclination as it goes to the front end toward the front of the vertical wall 16. The abrupt inclined portion is a portion that is hooked on the lower hooking jaw 32 'of the lower stacking hook 32 to be described below, and the gentle inclined portion is a portion on which the lower hooking jaw 32' is guided.

At the bottom of the rear surface of the vertical wall 16, there is a lower stacking hook 32, as shown in FIG. There is also a pair of the lower stacking hanger 32, the upper stacking hanger 30 of the plant port 10 is installed on the bottom is hanged. The lower stacking hook 32 has a cross-sectional shape of the front end of the 'c' shape, the lower stacking hook 32 on both sides is formed to open toward the top. There is a lower hook jaw 32 ′ in the lower stacking hook 32. The upper hanger jaw 30 'is hanged on the lower hanger jaw 32'.

There is a fan mounting portion 34 on the rear surface of the vertical wall 16, the through hole 26 is formed. The fan installation unit 34 is installed with a fan assembly (not shown). Of course, a plurality of filters may be installed between the fan assembly and the rear surface of the vertical wall 16 of the fan installation part 34. This filter serves to filter foreign matter coming from the vegetation soil space (44).

There are horizontal ribs 36 on both lower ends of the base 12. The horizontal ribs 36 allow the entire plant port 10 to stand without falling when the plant port 10 is installed on the floor. The horizontal ribs 36 are necessary to make the base plate 14 have a constant thickness, but the horizontal ribs 36 are thicker at the rear end and thinner at the tip end thereof. ) Is not required. The horizontal ribs 36 may be viewed as extending from the side wall 18.

Horizontal legs 38 are provided at both ends of the bottom plate 14. The bottom of the horizontal leg 38 is on the same plane as the bottom of the horizontal rib 36. Accordingly, the horizontal leg 38 and the horizontal rib 36 cooperate to cause the base 12, that is, the plant pot 10, to stand horizontally.

The housing 40 is combined with the base 12 to form an appearance of the plant pot 10. The housing 40 may be coupled to the base 12 in various ways. The base 12 and the housing 40 are made of synthetic resin and may be coupled to each other by a hook hook or hook jaw having elasticity. In this embodiment, a detailed description of the configuration in which the base 12 and the housing 40 are coupled will be omitted.

The housing 40 has a substantially cylindrical shape in this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the housing 40 has a cylindrical configuration inclined at a predetermined angle.

The outer side surface of the housing 40 constitutes the housing side wall 42. The housing side wall 42 is generally cylindrical in shape, and cooperates with the bottom plate 14 of the base 12 to form a vegetation soil space 44 inside the plant port 10. The vegetation soil space 44 is filled with vegetation soil for planting plants. The front part of the housing 40 of the housing side wall 42 has an acute inclination with respect to the horizontal plane. The inclination of the front portion of the housing 40 of the housing side wall 42 is set such that water flows along the outer surface of the housing 40. This can be seen well in FIG.

An opening 46 is formed on an upper surface of the housing 40. The opening 46 communicates the vegetation soil space 44 with the outside. The opening 46 has a predetermined inclination with respect to the horizontal plane. When the housing 40 is viewed from the side as shown in FIG. 2, the angle formed by the opening 46 with respect to the ground is such that vegetation soil does not flow down. It is good to have a repose angle.

There is a cup accommodating portion 47 inside the opening 46 of the housing 40. The cup accommodating part 47 is a portion where the exchange cup 60 is seated. Look at the configuration of the cup receiving portion 47. The upper connection border 48 is formed in a circular shape at the top of the cup receiving portion 47. The threaded portion 50 is formed on the inner surface of the upper connecting edge 48.

There are a plurality of housing cutting ribs 52 extending from the upper connecting edge 48. The housing cutting rib 52 serves to cut the root of the plant when the plant is removed from the vegetation soil space 44 by rotating the exchange cup 60. As shown in FIG. 4 and the like, the housing cutting ribs 52 have a plurality of predetermined intervals. The housing cutting rib 52 extends in the vegetation soil space 44 inclined from the upper connecting edge 48 in the present embodiment and inclined in the opposite direction. Accordingly, the housing cutting ribs 52 each have a 'V' shape. The shape of the housing cutting ribs 52 as a whole is the same as the appearance of the seedlings.

Ends of the housing cutting ribs 52 are connected to each other by a lower connecting edge 54. The diameter of the lower connecting border 54 is smaller than the diameter of the upper connecting border 48. By such a configuration, the cup accommodating portion 47 is the same shape as the seedling pollen, which is called a four tooth pot, and is slightly larger in size. The exchange cup 60 seated on the cup accommodating portion 47 has the same shape and size as the seedling pot.

At the tip of the housing 40 is a tip piece 56. The tip piece 56 is a part of the edge of the opening 46 to further protrude so that the soil of the vegetation soil space 44 does not fall through the upper tip of the housing 40. Starting from the tip piece 56, an inclined curved surface 58 is formed below the housing 40. The inclined curved surface 58 is the same curved surface as the outer surface of the housing side wall 42, and is a curved surface continuous with the guide inclined portion 22 of the base 12.

The exchange cup 60 is accommodated in the cup accommodating portion 47 of the housing 40, the plant is located with the vegetation soil. Here, the plant is grown by being planted in seedling pots, and placed in the exchange cup 60 together with the vegetation soil in the seedling pots to rotate the exchange cup 60 in the cup accommodating part 47.

The shape of the exchange cup 60 is the same as the shape of the seedling pot. The shape of the exchange cup 60 is shown well in FIG. 8. The cup body 62 forms the skeleton of the exchange cup 60. There is an entrance border 64 surrounding the upper end of the cup body 62. The inlet edge 64 has a ring shape and has a threaded portion 66 on its outer surface. The threaded portion 66 of the inlet edge 64 is coupled to the threaded portion 50 of the cup receiving portion 47.

There is a cup cutting rib 68 extending from the inlet edge 64. The cup cutting rib 68 extends inclined in one direction starting from the inlet edge 64 and inclined in the opposite direction in the middle portion. Opposite ends of the cup cutting rib 68 are connected to each other by a base border 69. The base border 69 is also shaped like the inlet border 64, but with a small inner diameter.

Here, the plurality of cup cutting ribs 68 are arranged at regular intervals, and have a 'V' shape as in the configuration of the housing cutting ribs 52. However, the extending direction of the cup cutting rib 68 and the housing cutting rib 52 is reversed. In other words, the cup cutting rib 68 and the housing cutting rib 52 are made to cross each other at a predetermined angle. The shape of the cup cutting ribs 68 as a whole is the same as the appearance of the seedlings.

For reference, the cup cutting rib 68 and the housing cutting rib 52 may be formed to extend in a straight line to be inclined in one direction without being shaped as 'V'. Also in this case, the cup cutting rib 68 and the housing cutting rib 52 may be intersected at the contact portion. To this end, the cup cutting ribs 68 and the housing cutting ribs 52 may be extended in different directions.

9 illustrates a cross-sectional shape of the housing cutting rib 52 and the cup cutting rib 68. One side surface of the housing cutting rib 52 and a corresponding side surface of the cup cutting rib 60 are formed with plane cutting surfaces 52 'and 68', respectively, and are in close contact with each other. As the cutting surfaces 52 ′ and 68 ′ are in close contact with each other, the roots of the plants extending between the inside and the outside of the exchange cup 60 may be cut well while contact occurs on a wider surface. Opposite sides of the cutting surfaces 52 'and 68' may be to increase the strength of the housing cutting ribs 52 and the cup cutting ribs 68 so that the cross section is an arcuate curved surface.

The housing cutting rib 52 is formed in a plurality at a predetermined interval in the cup receiving portion 47 of the housing 40, whereby the root can be freely extended through the cup receiving portion 47 and also the passage of water Free The cup cutting ribs 68 are also provided in the exchange cup 60 so that a plurality of them have a predetermined interval, whereby the root can freely extend into and out of the exchange cup 60 and the passage of water is also free.

The substrate 70 is installed on the rear surface of the vertical wall 16 of the base 12. The substrate 70 extends long from the top to the bottom of the vertical wall 16 and passes between the through part 26 and the fan mounting part 34. An upper end of the substrate 70 is between the upper lamination hangers 30, and a lower end of the substrate 70 is between the lower lamination hangers 32.

Various components are installed on the substrate 70 to supply power and control necessary for the apparatus of the present invention. One side of the substrate 70 is a usb connector 72. The usb connection connector 72 may be connected to a lamp (not shown) that provides the light required by the device of the present invention. The substrate 70 also has a power jack connection connector 74. The power jack connection connector 74 is used when DC power distribution is necessary. The power jack connection connector 74 is used when the device of the present invention distributes DC power in vertically stacked rows. The substrate 70 also has a fan motor connector 76 for supplying power to the fan assembly.

An upper connection piece 77 is located at an upper end of the substrate 70, and a lower connection piece 78 is located at a lower end of the substrate 70. The upper connection piece 77 is in contact with the lower connection piece 78 of the plant port 10 which is relatively stacked on the top to perform electrical connection. That is, the electrical connection is performed between the plant ports 10 stacked vertically through the upper connection piece 77 and the lower connection piece 78. The upper connection piece 77 and the lower connection piece 78 are both made of a conductive metal and have at least one elastically deformable portion at one side thereof to be in close contact with each other to perform electrical connection. At least one side of the upper connection piece 77 or the lower connection piece 78 has an elastic deformation portion, when the upper connection piece 77 and the lower connection piece 78 are coupled to each other in close contact with the other side in an elastically deformed state to be electrically connected. Do this.

The drip tray 80 may be positioned below the base 12 of the plant port 10. The drip tray 80 is not necessarily used, but may be used for the plant pot 10 placed at the bottom. In particular, when using the plant port 10 seated on the floor it is preferable to use the water tray 80 so that water is not transferred to the surroundings.

The guide duct 82 is installed to cover the rear surface of the vertical wall 16 of the base 12 and one side of the housing 40. The guide duct 82 serves to deliver the air flow generated by the fan assembly in the fan installation part 34 to the front of the plant port 10. The guide duct 82 has a base seating portion 84. The base seating part 84 is mounted on the rear surface of the vertical wall 16 of the base 12 so that the air exiting the through part 26 is guided without leakage. The base seating portion 84 covers the fan seating portion 34 to allow air to flow in a predetermined direction.

The guide blade portion 86 is formed integrally with the base mounting portion 84 and faces the housing side wall 42 of the housing 40 at a predetermined distance. The guide blade 86 is formed extending from the base mounting portion 84. The purified air in the vegetation soil space by the guide blade portion 86 is delivered to the front of the plant port (10).

In the present invention, each air purifier is stacked or used on a wall. The irrigation water is drip irrigated to the upper air purifier so that water can be transferred to the lower air purifier in turn. However, when the air purifiers that are positioned up and down are not arranged in a straight line, water is not properly supplied to the lower air purifiers.

Thus, a modified embodiment is shown in FIGS. 13 and 14. This is to be used in such a case because the water can not go properly from the upper air purifier to the lower air purifier when the air purifier arranged up and down is not exactly straight up and down. Of course, you may use when it arrange | positions up and down in a straight line.

13 and 14, a drain pipe 24 ′ is integrally formed in the base 12 at a position corresponding to the drain hole 24. One end of the flexible hose 25 is fitted into the drain pipe 24 '. A communication hole 46 'is formed at the rear end of the opening 46, that is, adjacent to the vertical wall 16, of the upper surface of the housing 40. The number of communication holes 46 'is made equal to the number of the hoses 25. The communication hole 46 ′ communicates with the vegetation soil space 44 so that water from the hose 25 may be directly transferred to the vegetation soil space 44.

On the other hand, instead of integrally forming the drain pipe 24 ′ on the base 12, a component (substantially drip tray) similar to the drip tray 80 but having a relatively small size is mounted at the bottom of the base 12. In this case, the hose 25 may be provided with a drain pipe 24 ′. In this way, the water passing through the upper air purifier in the configuration similar to the drip tray 80 collects and the water communicates with the drain pipe 23 'and the hose 25 through the bottom of the communication hole 46'. ) Can be entered. This ensures the water transfer between the air purifiers installed up and down.

Hereinafter, the air purifier using the plant having the configuration as described above is used in detail.

First, planting plants in the plant port 10 will be described. The vegetation soil space 44 of the plant pot 10 is filled with vegetation soil. In the vegetation soil space 44, the vegetation soil is mainly filled in an area except the inside of the cup receiving portion 47.

In this state, the vegetation soil and plants in the seedling pot are taken out so that the vegetation soil is positioned in the exchange cup 60 and the plants protrude outward. The exchange cup 60 in which the plant is planted is put into the cup accommodating part 47 in this state. The exchange cup 60 almost enters into the cup receiving portion 47 so that the threaded portion 66 of the inlet edge 64 is located on the upper connecting edge 48 of the cup receiving portion 47. When it meets with) rotates the exchange cup (60). As the exchange cup 60 is rotated, the screw portions 50 and 66 are coupled to each other and fastened. The exchange cup 60 is pushed into the cup accommodating part 47 by the interlocking between the screw parts 50 and 66, and the vegetation soil in the cup accommodating part 47 is moved out of the cup accommodating part 47. Push it up. In this way, the exchange cup 60 is coupled to the housing 40 in a state seated in the cup receiving portion 47.

Plants planted in the plant pot 10 initially have roots only in the exchange cup 60, but as time passes, the plant is extended to the outside of the exchange cup 60 and the cup receiving portion 47. 44) into the vegetation soil within.

If the plant becomes too large or the plant dies, the exchange cup 60 may be removed from the cup accommodating part 47 of the housing 40. At this time, the exchange cup 60 should be rotated in the cup receiving portion 47. This is because the screw parts 50 and 66 are coupled to each other. When the exchange cup 60 is rotated in the direction in which the screw portions 50 and 66 are loosened, the exchange cup 60 is pushed out of the cup receiving portion 47 and protrudes out of the cup receiving portion 47. .

Meanwhile, in the process of rotating the exchange cup 60 in the cup receiving portion 47, the exchange cup 60 extends inside the vegetation soil space 44 through the cup receiving portion 47 in the exchange cup 60. The roots are cut by the relative movement of the housing cutting rib 52 and the cup cutting rib 68. In particular, the cutting surfaces 52 'and 68' of the housing cutting rib 52 and the cup cutting rib 68 are in close contact with each other and the roots are cut.

When the roots extending through the exchange cup 60 and the cup accommodating part 47 are cut, the work of separating the exchange cup 60 from the cup accommodating part 47 becomes very easy. This is because the roots of vegetation soil and plants in the exchange cup 60 are separated from the vegetation soil and roots outside the cup accommodating portion 47. Vegetation soil and roots in the exchange cup 60 are rotated by the operation of rotating the exchange cup 60 so that the coupling between the screw portions 50 and 66 is outside the cup receiving portion 47. And the housing cutting rib 52 and the cup cutting rib 68 are separated by relative movement.

In this manner, after separating the exchange cup 60 from the housing 40, the vegetation soil and plants in the exchange cup 60 are removed, and the new plant in the seedling pot is placed in the exchange cup 60, and the cup receiving portion Placing the exchange cup 60 in the (47) is a replacement of the plant.

Plants planted in the housing 40 of the plant port 10 will grow inclined upward toward the front. Plants need water to grow, which can be supplied in a variety of ways. When water is supplied from the plurality of plant ports 10 or the top of the air purifier having the plant ports 10, the water is transferred to the vegetation soil space 44, and the vegetation is in the vegetation soil space 44. Water flows in the soil along the bottom plate 14 of the base 12 and exits through the drain hole 24. Water exiting through the drain hole 24 is delivered to the plant of the other plant port 10 in the lower portion. In this manner, water may be transferred from the uppermost plant port 10 to the lowermost plant port.

Meanwhile, the plant may be buried in the supplied water and transferred to the outer surface of the housing 40, that is, the housing side wall 42. When water is transferred to the housing side wall 42 of the housing 40, the water flows along the inclined curved surface 58 due to the inclination of the housing 40, or when the amount of water is large, the plant or plant port may fall down. 10) is delivered.

The air purification occurs by the action of the roots of the plant in the vegetation soil in the vegetation soil space 44, the purified air is a hole (26) in the vegetation soil space 44 by the operation of the fan assembly It is guided by the guide wing 86 passing through the front of the plant port 10.

In the present invention, the plant pot 10 may be used by stacking a plurality of plants in sequence. This can be maintained in a stacked state by the lower stacking hanger 32 of the plant pot 10 in the upper portion and the upper stacking hanger 30 of the plant pot 10 in the lower portion is coupled to each other. The gentle inclined portion of the upper hanger jaw 30 'of the upper stacked hanger 30 is guided along the lower hanger jaw 32' of the lower stacked hanger 32 and the upper stacked hanger 30 is elastically deformed. When the most protruding portion of the upper hanger jaw 30 'passes through the lower hanger jaw 32', an abrupt inclined portion hangs on the lower hanger jaw 32 'and the upper stacked hanger 30 and the lower portion. Bonding between the stacking hooks 32 is completed. The state in which a plurality of plant pots 10 are stacked is well illustrated in FIG. 11.

When the plant pots 10 are stacked in the vertical direction, the substrate 70 is electrically connected to the stacked plant pots 10 in turn. The substrate 70 has an upper connection piece 77 and a lower connection piece 78, so that the upper substrate 70 and the lower substrate 70 are connected to each other by the upper connection piece 77 and the lower connection piece 78. Because it is contacted. That is, the substrate 70 may be brought into close contact with the upper connection piece 77 and the lower connection piece 78 while the elastically deformable portion of at least one of the upper connection piece 77 and the lower connection piece 78 is elastically deformed. Make electrical connections. Such a connection is performed by electrical connection between the air purifiers connected up and down, and when only one substrate 70 is supplied with power, power is supplied to the entire substrate 70.

The USB connection connector 72 on the substrate 70 may use various accessories that can be connected using the USB connector. Representatively, a lamp may be used by connecting to the USB connection connector 72. A DC jack connector for electrical connection with another air purifier may be connected to the DC jack connection connector at left and right positions of one air purifier. As such, the presence of the DC jack connection connector facilitates electrical connection between adjacent air purifiers. The fan motor connection unit 76 may connect the connector of the fan assembly in each air purifier to drive the fan assembly.

12 illustrates another embodiment of the present invention, in which two exchange cups 60 are used in one plant port 10. Of course, the number of exchange cups 60 may be more. In this case, the substrate 70 may be installed at positions corresponding to the exchange cups 60 so that the substrate 70 does not cover the through hole 26. For reference, although two exchange cups 60 are used in FIG. 12, a plurality of exchange cups 60 may be used in one air purifier.

In addition, in the modified example shown in FIG. 13, when water purifying arrangement | positioning up and down does not form a straight line, reliable watering can be performed. This is because the hose 25 is used as a flexible material and water can be delivered to the hose 25 without draining out through the drain pipe 24 'of the air purifier in the upper portion. Of course, even when the air purifier is disposed in a straight line in the vertical direction, water can be drained using the drain pipe 24 ', the hose 25, the communication hole 46'.

In the above description, it is described that all the components constituting the embodiments of the present invention are combined or operated in one, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to these embodiments. In other words, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively operated in combination with one or more. In addition, the terms "comprise", "comprise" or "having" described above mean that the corresponding component may be inherent unless specifically stated otherwise, and thus excludes other components. It should be construed that it may further include other components instead. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined. Terms used generally, such as terms defined in a dictionary, should be interpreted to coincide with the contextual meaning of the related art, and shall not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal sense unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

For reference, the plant port 10 may be configured by changing the configuration of the base 12. That is, the base 12 has only a configuration corresponding to the bottom plate 14, so as to configure the lower portion of the housing 40. When the base 12 is separated from the housing 40, the vegetation soil in the cup receiving portion 47 outside of the vegetation soil space 44 in the housing 40 is relatively easy.

In the illustrated embodiment, the cup receiving portion 47 is integral with the housing 40, but may be made separately and coupled to the housing 40.

 In the illustrated embodiment, when the exchange cup 60 is mounted to and removed from the cup receiving portion 47 of the housing 40, the screw portions 50 and 66 are used, but the screw portions 50 and 66 must be used. Instead, the locking cups are rotated at an angle in a state where the exchange cup 60 is inserted into the cup receiving portion 47 so that the locking structures at the corresponding positions of the exchange cup 60 and the cup receiving portion 47 are walked. It can also be mounted and detached. The locking structures serve to hang the exchange cup 60 so as not to be separated from the cup receiving portion 47.

10: plant pot 12: base
14: bottom plate 16: vertical wall
18: side wall 20: slope
22: guide slope 24: drain hole
24 ': drain pipe 25: hose
26: through hole 28: mounting hook
30: upper laminated hanger 30 ': upper hanger jaw
32: lower stacking hook 32 ': lower stacking jaw
34: fan mounting part 36: horizontal rib
38: horizontal leg 40: housing
42: housing side wall 44: vegetation soil space
46: opening 46 ': communication hole
47: cup receiving portion 48: upper border
50: thread 52: housing cutting rib
52 ': Cutting surface 54: Bottom connection frame
56: tip 58: sloped surface
60: exchange cup 62: cup body
64: entrance border 66: thread
68: cup cutting rib 68 ': cutting surface
69: base border 70: substrate
72: USB connector 74: DC jack connector
76: fan motor connector 77: upper connecting piece
78: lower connecting piece 80: drip tray
82: duct 84: base mounting portion
86: guide wing

Claims (10)

A housing having a cup receiving portion having a vegetation soil space formed therein and an opening formed thereon;
An exchange cup which is located in the cup receiving part while the plant is planted therein so that the plant is placed in the housing and separated from the cup receiving part so as to exchange plants;
A base including a bottom plate positioned at a lower portion of the housing and coupled to the housing to form a lower portion of the vegetation soil space, and a vertical wall standing upright from the bottom plate;
An upper lamination hanger provided at an upper end of the vertical wall to be coupled to an air purifying device at an upper portion thereof;
A lower lamination hanger provided at a lower end of the vertical wall to be able to be combined with an air purifying device at a lower part thereof;
It is installed on the vertical wall and the upper end is in the position corresponding to the upper laminated hanger, the upper connecting piece for the electrical connection is installed at the top, the lower end is in the position corresponding to the lower laminated hanger, and the lower connecting piece for the electrical connection is at the bottom A substrate which is installed to electrically connect the air purifiers stacked up and down,
A duct installed to face the vertical wall rear surface of the base and one side surface of the housing to guide air flow formed by a fan assembly installed on the rear surface of the vertical wall to the front of the housing,
At least one side of the upper connection piece and the lower connection piece has an elastic deformation portion when the upper connection piece and the lower connection piece is elastically deformed so that the upper connection piece and the lower connection piece using the plant in close contact with each other.
delete The air of claim 1, wherein a through-hole is formed in a predetermined area on a vertical wall of the base to discharge the purified air from the vegetation soil space to the outside, and a fan assembly is installed in a region corresponding to the through-hole. Purifier.
delete The air purifier of claim 3, wherein the substrate is installed between the fan assembly and the through hole.
The air purifier of claim 5, wherein the substrate is provided with a connection connector for connection to the outside.
The air purifying apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the upper rear surface of the vertical wall further includes a mounting hook.
The air purifying apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the bottom plate of the base is inclined downward toward the tip, and a guide slope is formed at the tip and a drain hole is formed at the guide slope.
According to any one of claims 1, 3, 5 to 8, the bottom end of the bottom plate of the base is provided with a drain pipe, the drain pipe is coupled to one end of the hose made of a flexible material, The other end of the air purifier using a plant connected to the communication hole formed in the housing of the air purifier in the lower portion.
According to any one of claims 1, 3, 5 to 8, the drip tray mounted on the bottom plate of the base collects the water delivered through the inside and outside of the housing, the drain pipe from the bottom of the drip tray to the bottom The extended, the drain pipe is coupled to one end of the hose made of a flexible material, the other end of the hose air purification device using a plant connected to the communication hole formed in the housing of the air purification device at the bottom.

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