KR20190093023A - Plant cultivating apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A plant cultivation apparatus of the present invention comprises: a plurality of cultivation trays arranged in at least two stages or rows to cultivate plants; a support for supporting the plurality of cultivation trays and rotating the cultivation trays of each stage or row at a predetermined angle; a supply pipe connected to each of the plurality of cultivation trays to supply a culture solution; and a drain pipe connected to each of the plurality of cultivation trays and discharging the culture solution in a state in which the cultivation tray is rotated at a predetermined angle.

Description

Plant cultivation apparatus {PLANT CULTIVATING APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to a plant cultivation apparatus and method, and more particularly to a plant cultivation apparatus that can grow plants even in a small area.

In general, in order to increase productivity of plant cultivation, efforts have been made to efficiently use space by stacking a tray, which is a plant growth medium in multiple stages, in a sterile growing room. For example, Patent No. 10-0671469 discloses a configuration in which a tray, which is a plant growth medium, is disposed on a shelf of a plurality of layers inside a cultivation room where plants are grown.

However, in this prior art, since the tray must be moved for operations such as fertilization or watering, separate vertical and horizontal moving devices are required.

In addition, hydroponic cultivation, or spray cultivation for supplying cultivated plants to make a culture solution with mist to increase productivity of plant cultivation, etc. are used. In this case, since general water is used, cultivation of functional plants may be limited. In addition, if artificial nutrients are variously added to the culture, the cost is increased. Moreover, when the culture liquid is leaked out of the plant cultivation facility, the culture liquid contains a large amount of organic matter, and when these organic matter accumulates in the soil, it may be a cause of soil contamination. In addition, when the culture solution is introduced into the river, it can cause death of aquatic animals or aquatic plants due to the pollution of the river.

In addition, in the conventional plant cultivation apparatus, natural light does not find an attempt to optimize the growth conditions of plants by increasing the efficiency of illumination light.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, to provide a plant cultivation apparatus capable of cultivating a functional plant while improving the cultivation volume ratio without a separate moving device.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a plant cultivation apparatus capable of cultivating sprouts by periodically exchanging the culture solution.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a plant cultivation apparatus capable of cultivating plants using natural light or illumination light.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a plant cultivation apparatus capable of economically growing alkaline plants and vegetables that can prevent adult diseases and the like.

Plant cultivation apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is arranged in at least two or more stages or rows, a plurality of cultivation tray in which the plant is grown; A support for supporting a plurality of cultivation trays respectively, and rotating the cultivation trays of each stage or row at a predetermined angle; A supply pipe connected to each of the plurality of cultivation trays to supply a culture solution; And a drain pipe connected to each of the cultivation trays and discharging the culture liquid in a state in which the cultivation tray is rotated at a predetermined angle.

In this case, the drain pipe may include a connecting pipe that is stretchable in length, and may easily discharge the culture solution even when the cultivation tray is rotated at a predetermined angle.

The culture medium may be acidic or alkaline water of pH 5.8-9.2, depending on the type of crop.

The plant cultivation apparatus according to another feature of the present invention may include at least one first lighting device disposed above or on one side of the plurality of cultivation trays, and includes at least one mirror and an angle adjustment mechanism for adjusting the angle of the mirror. It can increase the efficiency of natural light or lighting devices.

Plant growing apparatus according to another feature of the present invention may include a bottom lighting device attached to the bottom of the cultivation tray.

The support includes a front horizontal frame and a rear horizontal frame for supporting a plurality of cultivation trays; First and second support rods respectively supported by the front horizontal frame and the rear horizontal frame to support the front and rear surfaces of the respective cultivation trays; It is attached to the first support rod is made of a sprocket used to adjust the rotation angle of the cultivation tray may be an endless belt chain operated by a drive motor to rotate the cultivation tray at a predetermined angle.

At this time, a part of the supply pipe may be disposed inside the first support rod.

When the culture medium is alkaline water, the culture medium supply unit is connected to an alkaline water fermentation tank for fermenting cereals to make alkaline water, and an alkaline water fermentation tank with a first delivery line, and supplies water to the alkaline water supplied from the alkaline water fermentation tank to dilute and store alkaline water. And a dilution tank connected to the cultivation tray with a second delivery line for supplying diluted alkaline water to the cultivation tray.

Alkaline water fermentation tank is fermented by putting a plurality of grains and microorganisms in the water supplied to the first water supply pipe to make alkaline water of pH 9.8, and supply the alkaline water to the dilution tank with a first delivery pump provided in the first delivery line do.

The dilution tank supplies water to the second water supply pipe to the alkaline water supplied to the first delivery line to make alkaline water diluted to pH 8.8-9.2, and supplies the diluted alkali water to the cultivation tray with the second delivery pump provided in the supply pipe.

Plant cultivation apparatus according to another feature of the present invention may be provided with an outer casing in which the temperature and humidity therein is appropriately adjusted for plant growth.

Thus, the plant cultivation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention can efficiently use natural light or artificial lighting by rotating the cultivation tray left and right at a predetermined angle. That is, the light can be evenly distributed to each cultivated plant, thereby improving economic efficiency by improving the cultivation volume ratio while using a small area.

In addition, the plant cultivation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention can efficiently natural light or artificial lighting by adjusting the reflection angle of the mirror using a mirror.

Plant cultivation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention can control the left and right rotation of the cultivation tray to supply or discharge the culture solution, it is easy to replace the culture solution supplied to the plants cultivated in the cultivation tray periodically. Therefore, the present invention can be usefully used even when hydroponic cultivation.

The plant cultivation apparatus of the present invention can cultivate the culture using acidic or alkaline water at pH 5.8-9.2, depending on the type of plant.

One embodiment of the present invention can be made by supplying the alkaline water to the culture medium to cultivate functional plants and realize 100% organic, it is possible to cultivate winter plants in the summer and to cultivate the summer plants in winter. In addition, since plants are grown using alkaline water as a culture, it is possible to grow plants that serve as supplements for the treatment of cancer and adult diseases of modern people. For example, in the case of broccoli sprouts, sulforaphane, an anticancer substance, has a component content of 50 times that of adults.

1 is a block diagram of a plant cultivation apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a perspective view of a part of the cultivation tray and the support;
3 is a side cross-sectional view of FIG. 2.
4A and 4B are diagrams illustrating the rotation of the cultivation tray in order to increase the efficiency of natural light.
5A and 5B are diagrams illustrating the supply and discharge of the culture solution.
6 is a block diagram of a plant cultivation apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a block diagram of a plant cultivation apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a side view of a cultivation tray of a plant cultivation apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
9A and 9B illustrate a plant cultivation apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention may be easily implemented by those skilled in the art with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a plant cultivation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a plant cultivation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of cultivation trays 100 in which plants are grown, a support 200 supporting a cultivation tray, an outer casing 500, and a culture solution. It is made of a supply unit 300.

The plurality of cultivation trays 100 may be arranged in at least two stages or rows. In FIG. 1, for the convenience of description, it is illustrated as being arranged in five rows and five stages, but the number of columns and stages may be selected as necessary. In the present invention, the cultivation space of the plant can be efficiently used by arranging the plural cultivation trays 100 in plural stages and rows.

Support 200 is composed of a vertical frame 290 and a horizontal frame (210, 220 of Figure 2), and supports a plurality of cultivation tray, respectively. The support 200 can support each of the cultivation trays, in particular, by rotating them at a predetermined angle to the left or the right. By cultivating the cultivation tray to the left or right by a predetermined angle, the efficiency of mining or lighting can be enhanced, and the culture medium can be easily exchanged.

The culture solution supply unit 300 prepares alkaline water as a culture solution and supplies alkaline water to each cultivation tray 100 through a supply pipe 310. In this embodiment, the culture solution supply unit 300 has been described focusing on producing alkaline water as a culture solution, but is not limited thereto. That is, depending on the type of plant to be grown, the culture solution supply unit 300 may supply a weakly acidic culture solution having a pH of about 5.8-7. For example, when growing strawberries, a weakly acidic water having a pH of about 6.0 is suitable.

The outer casing 500 is a casing for forming a cultivation space, and the plurality of cultivation trays 100 and the support stand 200 are disposed therein. The outer casing 500 may be made of a transparent material to enable natural light by sunlight. The temperature and humidity inside the outer casing can be adjusted appropriately to plant growth using an air conditioner, cooler and boiler, humidity control device or ventilator, not shown, and this plant growth environment can be controlled automatically or manually.

2 and 3, the culture tray 100 and the support 200 will be described in detail.

The cultivation tray 100 is supported by a supporter 200 and includes a supporter 110 to which alkaline water is supplied, and a supporter 120 which is supported at a predetermined height from the bottom of the supporter 100 and in which plants are grown. The cradle 110 has a latching jaw 111 formed at a predetermined height from the bottom thereof to support the tray 120. Inlet 112 is formed in the center portion of the height of the same or slightly lower than the engaging jaw 111 on the front of the cradle 110, two outlets 113 are formed on both sides at the same height as the bottom of the cradle. It is.

The collection plate 120 is provided with a plurality of holes 121, the size and spacing of these holes 121 can be appropriately selected according to the size of the seed to be grown. As an example, the size of the hole 121 may be selected from about 0.9 to 10mm, the interval between the holes 121 may be selected to about 5mm. The size of the hole 121 is set differently depending on the type of seed, and about 20 kinds of seeds may be set to about 20 kinds. The seed of the plant is placed on the tray 120 to cultivate the plant, and the alkaline water necessary for the cultivation of the plant is supplied to the bottom of the tray.

The collection plate 120 may be selected according to the type of seed and installed in the holder 110. That is, even if the seed to be cultivated is replaced by only replacing the tray 120 is installed on the holder (110).

The support 200 is a front horizontal frame 210 and a rear horizontal frame 220 installed in the horizontal direction on the front and rear of the holder 110 at each end of each cultivation tray 100, and such a front horizontal frame ( 210 and a vertical frame (290 of FIG. 1) connected to the rear horizontal frame 220. 2 and 3, the supply pipe 310 is shown to be disposed in front of the front horizontal frame 210, but is not limited thereto. That is, the front horizontal frame 210 may be formed in a cylindrical or square cylindrical shape, and a supply pipe may be disposed therein, or a supply pipe may be disposed below the front horizontal frame. In FIG. 1, the supply pipe 310 in front of the front horizontal frame 210 is omitted for convenience of illustration.

The first support rod 230 fixed to the front center portion of the cradle 110 is rotatably connected to the front horizontal frame 210. That is, the first support rod 230 is rotatably connected to the front horizontal frame 210 by the fastener 232, and is fixed to the front center portion of the cradle 110 by the fastener 231. An individual supply pipe 311 branched from the supply pipe 310 is disposed in the first support rod 230, and the branched individual supply pipe 311 is connected to the inlet 112 of the holder 110 to be connected to the inside of the holder 110. Alkaline water can be supplied.

The second support rod 240 fixed to the rear center portion of the cradle 110 is rotatably connected to the rear horizontal frame 220. That is, the second support rod 240 is rotatably connected to the rear horizontal frame 220 by the fastener 242, and is fixed to the rear center portion of the cradle 110 by the fastener 241.

In addition, in Figures 2 and 3 was described as a configuration in which a separate individual supply pipe 311 is disposed inside the first support rod 230, the first support rod itself can be used as a supply pipe. In this case, the first support rod 230 and the supply pipe 310 disposed on the front side of the front horizontal frame 210 may be connected by a suitable rotatable connecting means.

The sprocket 250 is fixed to the first support rod 230, and as can be seen in FIG. 1, the sprockets of the cradles of one row are connected to one endless chain belt 260. It may include a drive motor 530 for driving the drive sprocket 520 connected to the endless chain belt 260. In this case, one row of cradles may be rotated left and right at the same angle by the driving of each driving motor 530.

Meanwhile, in FIG. 1, sprockets of the cradles of each row are connected to one endless chain belt, and the endless chain belt is driven by one driving motor, but is not limited thereto. That is, the sprockets of each stage rather than each row may be horizontally connected by one endless chain belt so that the stages of each stage may rotate side to side in the same manner. In addition, although FIG. 1 shows that each row of endless chain belts is driven by one drive motor, all of the rows of endless chain belts are properly connected by using sprockets and chain belts mediated by the endless chain belts of all rows, so that the whole is connected to one drive motor. It is also possible to drive.

2 and 3 again, the two outlets 113 at the lower rear portion of the cradle 110 are connected to the drain pipe 400. The drain pipe 400 is preferably formed in parallel with the rear horizontal frame 220, the drain pipe 400 and the outlet 113 is connected by a flexible connecting pipe 410, such as corrugated pipe type pipe. Therefore, even when the holder 110 is rotated at a predetermined angle, the connection pipe 410 is stretched and contracted, so that the connection state between the connection pipe 410 and the drain pipe 400 is maintained.

The left and right rotation operation of the holder 110 is as follows. The driving motor 530 shown in FIG. 1 is a bidirectional motor, and the endless chain belt 260 also proceeds in one direction by driving in one direction to rotate the driving sprocket 520 in one direction. The sprocket 250 fixed to each of the first supporting rods 230 rotates in one direction, for example, to the right according to the movement of the endless chain belt 260, and the holder 110 rotates to the right by a predetermined angle. Similarly, the drive motor 530 is driven in the opposite direction to the above direction so that the sprocket 250 fixed to each of the first supporting rods 230 is rotated to the left by the operation of the drive sprocket 520 and the endless chain belt 260. As the holder 110 is also rotated to the left by a predetermined angle.

Rotation of the holder 110 is made when the culture tray needs to be tilted from side to side toward the sunlight or the lighting device to increase the efficiency of natural light or the lighting device, and when the culture medium is discharged for the exchange of the culture solution.

4A and 4B are diagrams for explaining the inclination of the cultivation tray 100 to increase the efficiency of natural light. That is, as the sun moves, the left and right rotation angles of the cultivation tray 100 may be adjusted to adjust the direction of the cultivation tray 100 in a state where the cultivated plant may receive the most sunlight.

5a and 5b is a view for explaining the adjustment of the left and right rotation angle of the culture tray 100 for the culture medium exchange of the culture tray 100. The supply of the culture solution is performed in a state where the culture tray 100 is horizontal as shown in FIG. 5A. That is, in the state in which the culture tray 100 is horizontal, the supply valve V1 of the culture medium supply unit 300 is opened, and the culture medium passes through the supply pipe 310 in the dilution tank 340 of the culture medium supply unit 300, and the culture medium is grown in the culture tray ( 100). In the culture tray 100 in which the culture solution is supplied, the cultivated plants absorb and grow the culture solution.

The discharge of the culture solution is to discharge the culture solution by opening the discharge valve (V2 of FIG. 1) of the drain pipe 400 in a state in which the culture tray 100 is rotated a predetermined angle to the left side (or the right side), as shown in FIG. 5B. . At this time, because the culture medium is discharged by tilting the holder 110, the culture solution is almost completely discharged without remaining in the holder 110. Even when the holder 110 is rotated at a predetermined angle, the flexible connection pipe 410 is connected between the discharge port 113 and the drain pipe 400 so that drainage is possible and the discharge of the culture solution becomes easy.

Thereafter, in order to supply the culture solution, the supply valve V1 of FIG. 1 is opened in the state of restoring the culture tray 100 horizontally as shown in FIG. 5A to supply the culture solution to the culture tray 100.

According to the present invention, in order to supply moisture and nutrients to the cultivated plants, it is preferable to supply a culture solution such as alkaline water or weakly acidic water to the cultivation tray 100, and discharge the supplied culture solution at regular intervals and supply a new culture solution. . For example, if the shoots are grown hydroponically, it is good to change the culture solution every day. Exchanging the culture solution can prevent such contamination when the supplied culture solution is contaminated according to the growth of the cultivated plant, and it is possible to grow sprouts cleanly because a culture solution such as fresh alkaline water is always supplied. The replacement cycle of the culture medium may be appropriately selected depending on the type of planting plant, season or other growth conditions.

Next, the culture medium supply unit 300 of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1 again. The culture solution supply unit 300 includes an alkaline water fermentation tank 320 for making alkaline water, and a dilution tank 340 connected to the alkaline water fermentation tank 320 by a delivery line L10.

The alkaline water fermentation tank 320 is fermented by putting a plurality of kinds of cereals and microorganisms in the water supplied to the first water supply pipe 321 to make alkaline water of pH 9.8. More than 18 cereals can be used. The first delivery pump P10 provided in the delivery line L10 supplies alkaline water fermented in the alkaline water fermentation tank 320 to the dilution tank 340. The alkaline water fermentation tank 320 includes a pressure cover 322 to maintain the internal pressure of the alkaline water fermentation tank 320 in a safe state.

The dilution tank 340 further supplies water to the second water supply pipe 341 to alkaline water having a pH of about 9.8 supplied to the delivery line L10 to make alkaline water diluted to about 8.8 to 9.2. The second delivery pump P20 provided in the supply pipe 310 supplies alkaline water diluted in the dilution tank 340 to the cultivation tray 100. The dilution tank 340 includes a pressure cover 342 to maintain the internal pressure of the dilution tank 340 in a safe state.

On the other hand, the dilution tank 340 is provided with a circulation line (L30) for circulating alkaline water, the circulation line (L30) in the oxygen supply pipe 344 and the dilution tank 340 exposed to the outside of the dilution tank (340). Are connected to each other. The vacuum pressure pump P30 installed in the circulation line L30 is mixed with oxygen sucked into the oxygen supply pipe 344 while circulating alkaline water in the dilution tank 340. Thus, the diluted alkaline water supplied from the dilution tank 340 to the cultivation tray 100 contains a large amount of oxygen.

Alternatively, instead of the circulation line L309 and the oxygen supply pipe 344 to supply oxygen to the dilution tank 340, an oxidizing flotation may be used. The oxidative flotation device is provided with an impeller driven by a motor and an air inlet pipe disposed around the impeller to pressurize and supply air from the outside.

In addition, a heat exchanger (not shown) may be connected to the dilution tank 340 to properly raise or cool the alkaline water. In this case, since alkaline water at an appropriate temperature can be supplied, it is possible to optimize the growing environment of the plant to be grown. Alternatively, the dilution tank 230 may add various nutrients or microorganisms to assist the growth of the plant as needed.

Alternatively, the dilution tank 340 may be formed of a plurality of tanks and supplied to each dilution tank at different dilution levels. That is, when the dilution tank 340 is used as two dilution tanks, one dilution tank supplies alkaline water diluted to pH 7.8 and the other supplies alkaline water diluted to pH 9.2. Alkaline water diluted to have different pH may be supplied to grow plants for each.

The dilution tank 340 and the cultivation tray 100 are connected to the supply pipe 310, and the second delivery pump P20 provided in the supply pipe 310 receives the alkaline water diluted in the dilution tank 340. To feed. Supply pipe 310 is provided with a valve (V1), it can be opened for alkaline water supply when the cultivation tray 100 is in a horizontal state.

Each cultivation tray 100 grows a plant using alkaline water supplied from the dilution tank 340 of the culture solution supply unit 300. The culture solution supply unit 300 makes and supplies alkaline water, thereby cultivating functional plants in the cultivation tray 100 and realizing 100% organic, cultivating winter plants in summer and cultivating summer plants in winter. .

In addition, since the cultivation tray 100 cultivates various kinds of plants using alkaline water, the cultivation tray 100 may cultivate plants that serve as supplements for the treatment of cancer and adult diseases of modern people. For example, in the case of broccoli sprouts, sulforaphane, an anticancer substance, has a component content of 50 times that of adults.

Plant cultivation apparatus of the first embodiment of the present invention as described above can maximize the efficiency of natural light because it can irradiate as much sunlight as possible by rotating the cultivation tray 100 a predetermined angle from side to side.

In addition, the plant cultivation apparatus of the first embodiment of the present invention can grow plants even in a stacked state without moving the cultivation tray separately. That is, since alkaline water can be used as a culture medium, the alkaline water can be completely exchanged at regular intervals, for example, once a day, so that plants can be grown with clean and fresh alkaline water. It is especially useful for hydroponic cultivation of sprout plants.

Therefore, in the first embodiment of the present invention, natural light can be evenly distributed to each cultivated plant, and the exchange of alkaline water is easy, so that the economic efficiency can be improved by improving the cultivation volume ratio while using a small area.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be described. Compared to the first embodiment, a description of the same configuration will be omitted, and different configurations will be described.

6 is a block diagram of a plant cultivation apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The plant cultivation apparatus according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 6 is similar to the configuration of the plant cultivation apparatus of FIG. 1, and has a difference in that the first lighting apparatus 550 is provided on one side of the outer casing 500. The first lighting device 550 may be used to assist natural light, or alternatively, may be used as artificial light regardless of natural light to create a cultivation environment. The first lighting device 550 may be installed in one or plural as necessary.

Since the first lighting device 550 is formed on one side of the outer casing 500, preferably at the upper end, even in this case, the direction of the cultivation tray is rotated left and right by a predetermined angle as described with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B. It is possible to accommodate the light of the first lighting device as much as possible. The first lighting device 550 may preferably emit light of a wavelength most suitable for growth of cultivated plants as well as white light using LEDs or fluorescent lamps for plant cultivation.

7 is a configuration diagram of a plant cultivation apparatus according to a third embodiment.

The plant cultivation apparatus of the third embodiment shown in FIG. 7 uses a mirror 560 to increase the light efficiency of the lighting apparatus. In this case, the second lighting device 580 may be used together with natural light or the first lighting device 550. That is, by using the mirror 560 to reflect the light from the natural light, the first lighting device 550 or the second lighting device 580 to the cultivation tray to increase the light efficiency of the lighting device. Although FIG. 7 illustrates that the second lighting device 580 is installed, a mirror may be used even when only the first lighting device 550 is installed.

As shown in FIG. 7, the first lighting device 550 and / or the second lighting device 580 is installed on one side of the outer casing 500, and the first lighting device 550 is provided on the cultivation tray of each stage. And / or a plurality of mirrors 560 are installed to evenly illuminate the light of the second lighting device 580. At this time, the mirror 560 is supported by the angle adjustment mechanism 561, preferably, the support 561 is connected to an actuator (not shown) to adjust the angle of the mirror 560 automatically or manually. Therefore, according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the illumination light emitted from the first lighting device 550 and / or the second lighting device 580 is reflected by the respective mirror 560 to allow the plant of the cultivation tray 100 to grow. Irradiated evenly at this time, it is possible to maximize the efficiency of lighting by optimizing the angle of each mirror according to the position of each stage.

In addition, although the mirror 560 is illustrated as being disposed on the side of the cultivation tray 100 in FIG. 7, the mirror 560 may be disposed on the front or rear side of the cultivation tray 100 as necessary. .

8 and 9A-9B are side and front views of a cultivation tray of the plant cultivation apparatus according to the fourth embodiment.

The plant cultivation apparatus of the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 8 is similar in configuration to the plant cultivation apparatus of FIG. 1, in that it has a bottom lighting device 570 at the bottom of the holder 110 of each cultivation tray 100. There is a difference. The bottom lighting device 570 is preferably a rod-shaped LED light or a fluorescent lamp, and is suspended from the hook 571 fixed to the bottom of the holder.

In addition, the lower lighting device 570 may be used together with natural light, the first lighting device 550, or the second lighting device.

As illustrated in FIG. 9A, when the lower lighting device 570 is disposed at the bottom of the cradle 110 of one stage, the plant may be illuminated on the cultivation tray 100 of the lower stage. Even when the cultivation tray is tilted from side to side for alkaline water exchange or mining as shown in FIG. 9B, since the lower lighting device 570 is suspended from the hook 571, the direction is always directed to the cultivation tray 100 at the lower end thereof. It is possible to increase the efficiency of lighting.

In the first to fourth embodiments as described above, the culture medium supply unit may supply alkaline water or alternatively weakly acidic water. The pH of the culture solution can be optimally adapted to the growth environment of the plant by adjusting the pH criteria for various plants to grow best.

As such, since plants are grown in the cultivation tray 100 in which the culture solution is exchanged at regular intervals, the cultivation volume ratio is greatly improved while using a narrow area, thereby improving economic efficiency. In addition, the plant cultivation apparatus of the present invention can efficiently use natural light or artificial lighting by rotating the cultivation tray left and right at a predetermined angle.

Moreover, the plant cultivation apparatus of some embodiments of the present invention can optimally create a photosynthetic environment of plants by using additional artificial lights or mirrors and the like to efficiently use natural light or artificial light.

The plant cultivation apparatus of the present invention can supply or discharge the culture solution by adjusting the left and right rotation of the cultivation tray, so that it is easy to exchange the culture solution supplied to the plants grown in the cultivation tray periodically. Therefore, the present invention can be usefully used even when hydroponic cultivation.

In addition, especially when alkaline water is used as a culture medium, functional plants can be grown and 100% organic can be realized, winter plants can be grown in summer, and summer plants can be grown in winter. In particular, alkaline water of pH 8.8-9.2 can effectively cultivate sprouts having an alkalinity of pH 8.1, and plants and vegetables grown with such alkaline water can change the acidic constitution of a person into an alkaline constitution. Plants can be grown that serve as an adjuvant for treatment and cancer treatment.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications or changes can be made within the scope of the claims and the detailed description of the invention and the accompanying drawings. It goes without saying that it belongs to the scope of the present invention.

100: cultivation tray
110: holder 111: jamming jaw
112 inlet 113: outlet
120: group 121: hall
200: support
210: front horizontal frame 220: rear horizontal frame
230: first support rod 240: second support rod
232, 233, 242, 244: Fastener 250: Sprocket
260: endless chain belt 290: vertical frame
300: culture medium supply unit
310: supply pipe 311: individual supply pipe
320: alkaline water fermentation tank 340: dilution tank
400: drain pipe
410: connector
500: outer casing
520: drive sprocket 530: drive motor
550: first lighting device 560: mirror
561: angle adjustment mechanism 570: lower lighting device
571: hook 580: second lighting device

Claims (11)

A plurality of cultivation trays arranged in at least two stages or rows, in which plants are grown;
A support for supporting the plurality of cultivation trays respectively, and rotating the cultivation trays of each stage or row at a predetermined angle;
A supply pipe connected to each of the plurality of cultivation trays to supply a culture solution; And
A drain pipe connected to each of the plurality of cultivation trays and discharging the culture solution in a state where the cultivation tray is rotated at a predetermined angle;
Plant cultivation apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 1,
The drain pipe is a plant cultivation apparatus comprising a flexible pipe length. The method of claim 1,
At least one lighting device disposed above or on one side of the plurality of cultivation trays
Plant cultivation apparatus further comprising. The method according to claim 1 or 3,
At least one mirror reflecting light to irradiate light to the cultivation tray;
Angle adjusting mechanism for adjusting the angle of the mirror
Plant cultivation apparatus further comprising. The method of claim 1,
Bottom lighting device attached to the bottom of the cultivation tray
Plant cultivation apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 1,
The support is
A front horizontal frame and a rear horizontal frame supporting the plurality of cultivation trays;
First and second support rods respectively supported by the front horizontal frame and the rear horizontal frame to support the front and rear surfaces of the respective cultivation trays;
Sprocket attached to the first support rod and used to adjust the rotation angle of the culture tray
Plant cultivation apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 6,
And a part of the supply pipe is disposed inside the first support rod. The method of claim 1,
The cultivation apparatus further includes a culture medium supply unit,
The culture solution supply unit
Alkaline water fermentation tank for fermenting cereals to make alkaline water, and
The alkaline water fermentation tank is connected to the first delivery line to supply water to the alkaline water supplied from the alkaline water fermentation tank to store and dilute the alkaline water, and the diluted alkali water is connected to the cultivation tray to the second delivery line to the cultivation tray. At least one dilution tank to feed into
Plant cultivation apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 8,
The alkaline water fermentation tank
A plurality of kinds of grains and microorganisms are put into the water supplied to the first water supply line and fermented to make alkaline alkaline water.
Plant cultivation apparatus for supplying the alkaline water to the dilution tank with a first delivery pump provided in the first delivery line. The method of claim 8,
The dilution tank
By supplying water to the second water supply pipe to the alkaline water supplied to the first delivery line to make alkaline water diluted to pH 8.8 ~ 9.2,
Plant cultivation apparatus for supplying the alkaline water diluted with the second delivery pump provided in the supply pipe to the cultivation tray. The method of claim 1,
The plant cultivation apparatus further comprises an outer casing,
Plant cultivation apparatus is controlled temperature and humidity inside the outer casing.

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