KR20220147334A - Multi Function Vegetation Apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided in the present invention is a multifunctional vegetation apparatus, comprising: an inlet unit provided at a lower end of a main body to suck in external air; a growth unit provided in an upper part of the inlet unit to form an air flow path for the air sucked into the inlet unit, and in which a plurality of port modules planted with plants are placed in multiple rows and layers to grow plants; a discharge unit provided in an upper part of the growth unit and discharging the air, which is sucked into the inlet unit and passes through the air flow path of the growth unit, to the outside; and an irrigation unit located in a lower part of the growth unit to supply water supplied from the outside to the port modules of the growth unit, and to collect and circulate and supply water falling from the port modules of the growth unit, wherein the air flow path is provided with a partition wall that divides the air flow path into a first air flow path that induces the air sucked into the inlet unit to the growth unit of the plants and a second air flow path that induces the air to the discharge unit, and the second air flow path includes a first sterilization module for sterilizing the air discharged to the discharge unit. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is an effect of increasing air purification efficiency by removing air quality impediments through natural purification of the air discharged to the growth unit of the plants through the first air flow path and sterilization of the air discharged to an outlet through the second air flow path. In addition, there is an effect of maximizing the air purification efficiency by further installing a second sterilization module in an upper part of the growth unit to sterilize the air discharged to the growth unit through the first air flow path and further installing a third sterilization module in an upper part of a water tank to sterilize water in the water tank supplied to the port modules.

Description

Multi-Function Vegetation Apparatus

The present invention relates to a multi-functional vegetation device, and more particularly, to automatically supply water to plant pots arranged in multi-layered multi-rows to grow plants while sucking air in the installation area, inducing it to the plant growth part, and then purifying the air. It relates to a multifunctional vegetation device that combines the function of cleaning the air by sterilizing and discharging the inhaled air.

In general, since the interior wall of a building is finished with an interior finishing material, the interior gives a feeling of stuffiness or desolateness.

As such, when plants are grown indoors in pots, it is not enough to erase the feeling of stuffiness or desolateness, and the indoor space becomes narrower as the pots are installed, which interferes with movement, and requires constant watering of the pots. There was a very cumbersome problem because it had to be managed.

In addition, when plants are planted in such pots, they are limited in practicality because they only function as ornamentals.

In addition, as the number of concrete and steel structures and artificial structures that produce a cold feeling has increased significantly, special greening such as roof greening, wall greening, and shoreline greening to secure the maximum amount of green space in the city center by overcoming the limitation of securing green space in a limited space. There is a growing interest in the field, and the development of various special greening is urgently required to create an environment where people can enjoy while feeling green, comfortable and relaxing.

Accordingly, the present applicant has previously applied for Korean Patent Registration No. 10-2069737 "Multifunctional Vegetation Device".

The multifunctional vegetation device is a vegetation device that sucks air in the installation area in a state with the growth structure of ornamental plants and induces it to the growing part of the plant to purify and discharge it. Enclosure provided with a purification path to induce; a irrigation part connected to an external water supply path to supply water to the growing part; and an air circulation unit for sucking in external air into the housing and discharging it to the outside of the housing through the purification path.

Here, the purification path is a space formed inside the housing from the end where the air is sucked in to the end where the air is discharged through the growth part. It is discharged through the growth part provided in the front part of the purification path before being discharged.

At this time, the air discharged through the growing part is purified and discharged by the air purifying plant, but there is a problem in that the purification efficiency of the indoor air is lowered only by naturally purifying the air in the installation area by the air purifying plant.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0011757 (application date 2013.01.30) Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2016-0109661 (application date 2015.03.12)

The present invention has been devised to solve the problems of the prior art,

An object of the present invention is to divide the air flow path through which the air sucked into the suction unit moves into a first air flow path leading to a plant growth part and a second air flow path leading to an exhaust unit, and through the first air flow path. It is to provide a multifunctional vegetation device that improves air purification efficiency while removing air quality inhibitors through natural purification of the air discharged to the growth part of plants and sterilization of the air discharged to the outlet through the second air flow path. .

Another object of the present invention is to sterilize the air discharged to the growing part through the first air flow path, and to sterilize the water in the irrigation part that is stored for supply to the port module, thereby removing air quality detrimental factors and maximizing air purification efficiency. is to provide

A multifunctional vegetation device according to an embodiment of the present invention provided to achieve the above object is provided at the lower end of the main body, the suction unit for sucking the outside air; a growth unit provided above the suction unit to form a flow path of air sucked into the suction unit, and a plurality of port modules having plants planted on the front are mounted in multiple rows and multilayers to grow plants; a discharge unit provided on the upper portion of the growing unit and sucked into the suction unit to discharge air passing through the air flow path of the growing unit to the outside; and a irrigation unit located at the lower portion of the growing unit to supply water supplied from the outside to the port module of the growing unit, and recovering water falling from the port module of the growing unit and circulating and supplying it;

The air flow path is vertically provided with a partition wall dividing the air sucked into the suction unit into a first air flow path leading to the growing part of the plant and a second air flow path leading to the discharge unit, and the second air flow A first sterilization module for sterilizing the air discharged to the discharge unit is provided in the path.

In addition, a second sterilization module for sterilizing the air discharged through the first air flow path is further provided at the upper portion of the growing part, and the irrigation water supplied from the outside is stored at the lower end of the growing part and recovered from the port module. A third sterilization module for sterilizing negative water is further provided.

The growth part is installed in the horizontal direction on the front part of the main body and is characterized in that it is configured to include a port fixing bar arranged in multiple layers, and a port module in which plants are planted and mounted on the port fixing bar.

And, the water irrigation unit is provided inside the main body and includes a water tank for storing water supplied from the outside, a pump for circulating the water in the water tank, and a water supply pipe for supplying the water circulated by the pump to the port module. It is characterized in that it is configured.

Here, the water tank of the water irrigation unit is located at the lower part of the suction unit so as not to interfere with the air intake of the suction unit, and on the inner wall of the housing at a position opposite to the suction unit, the air sucked into the suction unit is guided to the second flow path. It is characterized in that the guide plate is provided to be inclined downward.

In another embodiment, the water tank of the water irrigation unit is located above the suction unit so as not to obstruct the air intake of the suction unit, and the air flow path connected to the suction unit is connected to one side of the water tank, and the upper end of one side of the water tank has a guide plate connected to the lower end of the port fixing bar to guide the air sucked into the suction unit to the first air flow path.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first air flow path leading to the growth part of the plant and the second air flow path leading to the exhaust part are partitioned into the first air flow path leading to the air flow path through which the air sucked into the suction unit moves, and the second flow By installing the first sterilization module in the path, natural purification of the air discharged to the growth part of the plant through the first air flow path and sterilization of the air discharged to the outlet through the second air flow path are removed by removing air quality impeding factors. It has the effect of increasing the air purification efficiency.

In addition, a second sterilization module is further installed in the upper part of the growing part to sterilize the air discharged to the growing part through the first air flow path, and a third sterilization module is further installed in the upper part of the water tank to supply the water in the water tank to the port module. By sterilizing air quality, it has the effect of removing air quality inhibitors such as bacteria and viruses and maximizing air purification efficiency.

1 is a perspective view showing a multifunctional vegetation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of a multifunctional vegetation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 and 4 show the flow of air discharged through the first air flow path and the second air flow path partitioned by the partition wall in the multifunctional vegetation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, depending on the position of the water tank A front view and a cross-sectional view showing the structure of a different air flow path.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The following detailed description of the present invention is an embodiment in which the present invention may be practiced, and reference is made to the accompanying drawings shown by way of example for the embodiment. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the present invention. It should be understood that various embodiments of the present invention are different but need not be mutually exclusive. For example, certain shapes, structures, and characteristics described herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention with respect to one embodiment. It should also be understood that the position or arrangement of individual components in each described embodiment may be changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Accordingly, the detailed description set forth below is not intended to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention, if properly described, is limited only by the appended claims, along with all scopes equivalent to those claimed by the claims. Like reference numerals in the drawings refer to the same or similar functions throughout the various aspects.

The terms used in the present invention have been selected as currently widely used general terms as possible while considering the functions in the present invention, but these may vary depending on the intention or precedent of a person skilled in the art, the emergence of new technology, and the like. In addition, in specific cases, there are also terms arbitrarily selected by the applicant, and in this case, the meaning will be described in detail in the description of the corresponding invention. Therefore, the term used in the present invention should be defined based on the meaning of the term and the overall content of the present invention, rather than the name of a simple term.

In the whole of the invention, when a part "includes" a certain element, this means that other elements may be further included, not excluding other elements, unless otherwise stated. In addition, terms such as “…unit”, “…module”, etc. described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented as hardware or software, or a combination of hardware and software.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 , the multifunctional vegetation device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a suction unit 110 provided in the main body 100 , a growth unit 120 , and an air flow path 130 and , a discharge unit 140 , a water irrigation unit 150 , and first, second, and third sterilization modules 161 , 162 , 163 .

The main body 100 has an open front center, a suction unit 110 for sucking external air is provided at the lower end of the front side, and an exhaust unit for discharging the air sucked into the suction unit 110 to the outside at the upper end of the front side ( 140) is provided. And, in the open front central portion of the main body 100, a plurality of port modules 122 on which plants are planted are provided in multi-row and multi-layered growth units 120 are provided, and the air inside the growth unit 120 is provided. The air flow path 130 through which it passes is formed.

Here, the suction unit 110 includes a hole 111 formed at the lower end of the main body, an intake fan 112 for forcibly sucking in external air, and a filter 113 for filtering the air sucked by the driving of the intake fan 112 . is comprised of At this time, the filter 113 has a pre-filter that filters out foreign substances with large particles from the air inflow direction toward the inside, a deodorization filter that absorbs odor particles, and a HEPA filter that filters out foreign substances with relatively small particles in sequence. The filter 113 stacked in this way adsorbs and filters out foreign substances ranging from large particles to small particles layer by layer, and filters out unpleasant odor particles.

In addition, the growing part 120 provided on the upper part of the suction part 110 is provided with a port fixing bar 121 with a space apart so that the air flow path 130 is formed inside the open central part of the main body 100 . . The port fixing bar 121 is installed in the horizontal direction and arranged to be multi-layered in the vertical direction so that the port module 122 mounted on the port fixing bar 121 can be arranged in multiple rows and multi-layers. In addition, various air purifying plants are planted and grown in the port module 122 .

Here, the air flow path 130 is a first air flow path 132 in which a partition wall 131 is installed vertically in the center to guide the air sucked into the suction unit 110 to the plant growth unit 120, and, It is divided into a second air flow path 133 leading to the discharge unit 140 . That is, the first air flow path 132 induces a portion of the air sucked into the suction unit 110 to be discharged to the plant growth unit 120 , and the second air flow path 133 is the suction unit 110 . A part of the air sucked into the furnace is induced to be discharged to the discharge unit 140 .

And, the discharge unit 140 provided on the upper portion of the growth unit 120 is configured to include a hole 141 formed at the upper end of the main body 100 and an exhaust fan 142 for forcibly discharging the air therein. , is connected to the second air flow path (133).

A first sterilization module 161 for sterilizing the air discharged to the discharge unit 140 is provided in the second air flow path 133 .

The first sterilization module 161 sterilizes the air before it is discharged to the discharge unit 140 via the second air flow path 133 to remove air quality inhibitors such as bacteria and viruses, and also purifies the circulating air.

In addition, a second sterilization module 162 for sterilizing the air discharged through the first air flow path 132 is provided on the upper portion of the growth unit 120 .

The second sterilization module 162 sterilizes the air discharged to the growth unit 120 through the first air flow path 132 to remove air quality impeding factors and maximize air purification efficiency.

On the other hand, the water irrigation unit 150 is provided inside the main body 100, is located in the lower portion of the growth unit 120, the water tank 151 to store water supplied from the outside, and the water in the water tank 151 circulates. It is configured to include a pump 152 and a water supply pipe 153 for supplying water circulated by the pump 152 to the port module 122 .

Here, the water supply pipe 153 may be provided so that the water of the water tank 151 is supplied from the uppermost part of the growing part 120 to be supplied to the plants of the growing part 120 by natural dripping water, and in the water supply pipe 153 . It may be provided to supply water to each of the port modules 122 through a branching pipe (not shown).

In addition, water falling from the port module 122 of the growth unit 120 is recovered in the water tank 151, and the water tank 151 may be provided with a water level maintaining unit 154 for always maintaining a constant water level.

In this case, the water tank 151 preferably has a structure located at the lower portion of the suction unit 110 or above the suction unit 110 so as not to obstruct the air intake of the suction unit 110 .

As shown in FIG. 3 , when the water tank 151 is located at the lower portion of the suction unit 110 so as not to obstruct the air intake of the suction unit 110 , it is an upper point of the water tank 151 and the suction unit 110 and A guide plate 170 for guiding the air sucked into the suction unit 110 to the second air flow path 133 is provided on the inner wall of the body 100 at the opposite position to be inclined downward.

And, as shown in FIG. 4 , when the water tank 151 is positioned above the suction unit 110 so as not to obstruct the air intake of the suction unit 110 , the suction unit 110 to one side of the water tank 151 . The air flow path 130 connected to is connected, and the upper end of one side of the water tank 151 adjacent to the air flow path 130 is connected to the lowest end of the port fixing bar 121 and sucked air into the suction unit 110. A guide plate 170 for guiding the first air flow path 132 is provided.

Here, the guide plate 170 distributes an appropriate amount of air that can be biased toward one of the first and second air flow paths 132 and 133 due to the internal structure that varies depending on the position of the water tank 151 . induce to be

In addition, a third sterilization module 163 for sterilizing water in the water tank 151 that is supplied from the outside and stored and recovered from the port module 122 may be further provided at the lower end of the growth unit 120 .

The third sterilization module 163 is detachably coupled to the bottom of the bottom port fixing bar 121 of the growing part 120 to sterilize the water in the water tank 151 so that the water is not polluted and the air quality impeding element is removed.

Here, the first, second, and third sterilization modules 161, 162, and 163 are configured to include ultraviolet light emitting diodes (UV LEDs, Ultra Violet Light Emitting Diode) for irradiating ultraviolet rays.

In addition, a heater (not shown) for cooling or heating for cooling or heating the internal air may be provided inside the main body 100 . Here, the heater for heating and cooling may be composed of a heating unit that functions as a heating function by increasing the temperature of the purified air, or may be composed of a cooling module that functions as a cooling function by lowering the temperature of the purified air, but is not limited thereto.

In addition, the LED lighting 180 for illuminating the growing part to produce an interior effect may be further provided at the upper end of the front part of the main body.

As described above, the present invention provides a nature-friendly green space through the growth part for growing plants by mounting the port module in which the plants are planted on the pot fixing bar arranged in multi-layers, sucking air in the installation area, and then guiding it to the plant growth part It has a function of purifying the air discharged afterward, but divides the air flow path through which the air sucked into the suction part moves into the first air flow path leading to the growth part of the plant and the second air flow path leading to the discharge part, 2 By installing the first sterilization module in the flow path, natural purification of the air discharged to the plant growth section through the first air flow path and sterilization of the air discharged to the outlet through the second air flow path By removing it, the air purification efficiency is increased.

In addition, the second sterilization module is installed in the upper part of the growing part to sterilize the air discharged to the growing part through the first air flow path, and a third sterilization module is installed in the upper part of the water tank to sterilize the water in the water tank supplied to the port module. By doing so, air quality detrimental factors such as bacteria and viruses are removed, and air purification efficiency is maximized.

Although preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above. That is, those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can make numerous changes and modifications to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims, and all such appropriate changes and modifications are Equivalents are to be considered as falling within the scope of the present invention.

100: body 110: suction unit
111: hole 112: intake fan
113: filter 120: growth part
121: port fixing bar 122: port module
130: air flow path 131: bulkhead
132: first air flow path 133: second air flow path
140: discharge unit 141: hole
142: exhaust fan 150: water irrigation unit
151: water tank 152: pump
153: water supply pipe 154: water level maintenance unit
161: first sterilization module 162: second sterilization module
163: third sterilization module 170: guide plate
180: LED light

Claims (7)

a suction unit provided at the lower end of the body to suck outside air;
a growth unit provided above the suction unit to form a flow path of air sucked into the suction unit, and a plurality of port modules having plants planted on the front are mounted in multiple rows and multilayers to grow plants;
a discharge unit provided on the upper portion of the growing unit and sucked into the suction unit to discharge air passing through the air flow path of the growing unit to the outside; and
It is located in the lower part of the growing part and supplies water supplied from the outside to the port module of the growing part, and a irrigation part for collecting and circulating water falling from the port module of the growing part;
The air flow path is vertically provided with a partition wall dividing the air sucked into the suction unit into a first air flow path leading to the growing part of the plant and a second air flow path leading to the discharge unit, and the second air flow A multifunctional vegetation device, characterized in that the path is provided with a first sterilization module for sterilizing the air discharged to the discharge unit.
The method of claim 1,
Multifunctional vegetation device, characterized in that the second sterilization module for sterilizing the air discharged through the first air flow path is further provided on the upper portion of the growing part.
The method of claim 1,
A third sterilization module for sterilizing the water supplied from the outside and stored at the lower end of the growing part and recovered from the port module is further provided.
The method of claim 1,
The growing part is a multifunctional vegetation device, characterized in that it is installed in the horizontal direction on the front part of the main body and is configured to include a port fixing bar arranged in multi-layers, and a port module in which plants are planted and mounted on the port fixing bar.
5. The method of claim 4,
The water irrigation unit is provided inside the main body and includes a water tank for storing water supplied from the outside, a pump for circulating the water in the water tank, and a water supply pipe for supplying the water circulated by the pump to the port module. Multifunctional vegetation device, characterized in that it becomes.
6. The method of claim 5,
The water tank of the water irrigation part is located at the lower part of the suction part so as not to obstruct the intake of the air of the suction part, and on the inner wall of the housing at a position opposite to the suction part, an induction for guiding the air sucked into the suction part to the second flow path Multifunctional vegetation device, characterized in that the plate is provided inclined downward.
6. The method of claim 5,
The water tank of the water irrigation unit is located on the upper part of the suction unit so as not to interfere with the air intake of the suction unit, and the air flow path connected to the suction unit is connected to one side of the water tank, and the port fixing bar is at the upper end of one side of the water tank. Multifunctional vegetation device, characterized in that it is connected to the lowermost end of the guiding plate is provided for guiding the air sucked into the suction unit to the first air flow path.

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