TWI784802B - Trough for drip irrigation and its use method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a trough for drip irrigation, which comprises a bottom plate, two side plates and at least one water supply trough. The two side plates are respectively connected to two sides of the bottom plate, and form a containing space with the bottom plate for carrying at least one medium. The at least one water supply tank is horizontally arranged on the other side of the side plate opposite to the containing space, and the at least one water supply tank is used for carrying at least one liquid. Each of the at least one water supply tank includes a plurality of sub-drip regions arranged from bottom to top in a vertical direction, and a lowermost sub-drip region of the plurality of sub-drip regions communicates with the containing space.

Description

Trough for drip irrigation and method of use thereof

The invention relates to a tank body for drip irrigation in the technical field of irrigation, in particular to a tank body for drip irrigation manufactured through a plastic coating and a method for using the same.

Evaporation of water is a serious problem for irrigated agriculture in desert areas, where water often evaporates far less than the plants need at a distance from the water source in the irrigated area.

Moreover, in the prior art, metal or plastic cloth is often used as the carrier of water and soil. When metal is used, the water evaporates faster. When plastic cloth is used, it is also difficult to shape the plant because the plastic cloth is a soft material. Less beautiful.

Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned existing technical problems, it is urgent to propose a tank body for drip irrigation and its usage method.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, a main purpose of the present invention is to develop a tank body for drip irrigation, which includes a bottom plate, two side plates and at least one water supply tank. The two side plates are respectively connected to two sides of the bottom plate, and form a receiving space with the bottom plate for carrying at least one medium. The at least one water supply tank is arranged on the other side of the side plate opposite to the receiving space in the horizontal direction, and the at least one water supply tank is used to carry the One less liquid. Each of the at least one water supply tank includes a plurality of sub-drip regions vertically arranged from bottom to top, and the lowermost sub-drip region of the plurality of sub-drip regions communicates with the receiving space.

In a preferred embodiment, wherein, the plurality of sub-drip areas also include a plurality of drip layers, which are individually arranged between every two adjacent sub-drip areas, and each of the plurality of sub-drip layers includes a plurality of holes for passing through The at least one liquid.

In a preferred embodiment, the several sub-drip areas have different heights in the vertical direction.

In a preferred embodiment, the sizes of the holes in the plurality of sub-drip regions are different.

In a preferred embodiment, the density of the at least one hole in different regions of each sub-drip region is different.

In a preferred embodiment, the density of the at least one hole in the plurality of sub-drip areas increases from small to large from top to bottom in the vertical direction.

In a preferred embodiment, wherein, in the vertical direction, adjacent holes in a drip layer of the plurality of drip layers between the lowermost sub-drip area and the previous sub-drip area are closed, so that the At least one liquid can only reach the lowermost sub-drip region through half of the holes.

In a preferred embodiment, wherein, the bottom plate, the side plate and the at least one water supply tank are made of paper products through coating.

In a preferred embodiment, the base plate, the side plate and the at least one water supply tank are formed from a cardboard through a concave folding process and a hot-melt process.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, a main object of the present invention is a method for using the aforementioned drip irrigation tank, which includes: firstly, forming a groove corresponding to the shape of the drip irrigation tank in a soil; Then, put the drip irrigation tank into the groove; then, put at least one medium into the receiving space; body; finally, the at least one liquid descends sequentially through the uppermost sub-drip area to the lowermost sub-drip area before being transported to the containing space to contact the at least one medium.

The following technical benefits brought by the present invention: Compared with the prior art, the tank body of the present invention is made of paper coating, because the paper has certain toughness, strength, flatness, water absorption and decomposability, it can be used to The plants in the pipeline are molded to make the overall appearance beautiful, and it can help the soil surface to retain water, and then use a material that is easier to decompose and waterproof than plastic as the coating material, and the use of recycled paper can moderately protect the natural environment Under the characteristics of decomposition, reduce the residue of harmful substances in the planting process, such as: plastics, heavy metals and other substances. Furthermore, this case can also cooperate with the city government to solve the local waste paper problem. In addition to reducing waste gas and pollution in the papermaking process, the effective recycling of waste paper can save the waste of raw materials. The most important thing is that the tank body for drip irrigation can be made through the integrally formed cardboard through concave folding and thermal fusion processes, and then the plurality of sub-drip areas arranged from top to bottom of the tank body can be used to reduce the evaporation of water , so that water can be transported to a long distance in the pipeline even in desert areas.

10: cardboard

20: Trough for drip irrigation

21: Bottom plate

22: side panel

23: water tank

24: Containment Space

26: Drip area

27: Drip layer

28: hole

A: Arrow direction

B: Arrow direction

S01~S05: Steps

Fig. 1 depicts a schematic diagram of a cardboard according to the present invention; Fig. 2 depicts a schematic diagram of a tank body for drip irrigation according to the present invention; Fig. 3 depicts an enlarged schematic diagram of the area circled according to Fig. 2; Fig. 4 depicts a schematic cross-sectional view of a water supply tank in the direction of arrow A according to Fig. 2; and FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a method of using the tank for drip irrigation according to the present invention.

The descriptions of the following embodiments are combined with reference to the drawings to illustrate specific embodiments that the present invention can be implemented in. The directional terms mentioned in the present invention, such as "up", "down", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "inside", "outside", "side", etc., are only explanatory diagrams style direction. Therefore, the directional terms used are used to illustrate and understand the present invention, but not to limit the present invention.

Refer to Figures 1 to 4. Fig. 1 depicts a schematic diagram of a cardboard 10 according to the present invention; Fig. 2 depicts a schematic diagram of a drip irrigation tank body 20 according to the present invention; Fig. 3 depicts an enlarged schematic diagram of a circled place according to Fig. 2; Fig. 4 depicts A schematic cross-sectional view of a water supply tank 23 in the direction of arrow A according to FIG. 2 .

Please refer to FIG. 1 , the cardboard 10 is made of a paper product through a coating. Preferably, the paper product may be recycled paper. The coating material can be selected from easily decomposed materials such as PLA and lignin, but is not limited thereto. It can be noticed that there are two solid lines and two dashed lines in the cardboard 10, which are only for illustration. Illustrate with the left side. First, the cardboard 10 is concavely folded 180 degrees to the right along the dotted line (the first concave fold). The left side of the solid line on the left side) overlaps to form a water supply tank 23; The right side of the line and the left side of the black line on the right side) are a bottom plate 21; similarly, the same operation is performed on the right side of the cardboard 10 to obtain a tank body 20 for drip irrigation. The angles of the first concave fold and the second concave fold are not limited thereto, and can be changed according to requirements. Among them, a hot-melt process is also used to form each component in the subsequent description (to be described later).

Please refer to FIG. 2 , after the above forming, the drip irrigation tank 20 includes a bottom plate 21 , two side plates 22 and two water supply tanks 23 . In this preferred embodiment, the second concave angle is 90 degrees so that the drip irrigation tank body 20 forms a U-shaped groove and there are water supply tanks 23 on both sides of the side plate 22 for illustration. The concave angle and the number of water supply tanks 23 are equal This is not the limit. For example, the water supply tank 23 may be provided only on one side.

Next, please refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 at the same time. The two side plates 22 are respectively connected to two sides of the bottom plate 21 to form a receiving space 24 with the bottom plate 21 for carrying at least one medium. The at least one medium is generally used as a mixture (not shown) mixed with soil and seeds in the present invention. Further, the two feed tanks 23 It is arranged on the other side of the side plate 22 opposite to the receiving space 24 in the horizontal direction, and the two water supply tanks 23 are used to carry at least one liquid. Preferably, the at least one liquid is generally water or water containing nutrients, such as fertilizers. Each of the two water supply tanks 23 includes five sub-drip regions 26 arranged from bottom to top in the vertical direction (this preferred embodiment is illustrated with five sub-drip regions 26), and the lowermost sub-drip region 26 is connected to the accommodating Space 24 communicates. In FIG. 3 , the direction of the arrow B is the moving direction of the at least one liquid under the force of gravity in the vertical direction.

Preferably, the five sub-drip areas 26 also include four drip layers 27, which are individually arranged between every two adjacent sub-drip areas 26, and each of the drip layers 27 includes a plurality of holes 28 for passing through the at least a liquid. For example, in Fig. 3, these several holes 28 are the dotted line blank places of this drip layer 27, that is to say these several holes 28 can be the same size, also can be different in size; For example, in Fig. 4, the several Hole 28 is exactly the solid line between this dripping layer 27, and these several holes 28 are from top to bottom, and the spacing of hole 28 is to dwindle gradually. However, according to actual use requirements, as in this preferred embodiment, the height of the sub-drip region 26 can be gradually increased from bottom to top, or the sub-drip layer 27 can be provided with different densities or different sizes in different regions of the drip layer 27. At least one hole 28 is provided.

Preferably, through the adjustment of the hot-melt process, the adjacent holes 28 of a drip layer 27 between the lowermost sub-drip area 26 and the previous sub-drip area 26 are closed, so that the at least one sub-drip area 26 is closed. Liquid can only reach the lowermost sub-drip region 26 through half of the holes 28 .

The water supply tank 23 will be formed after the cardboard 10 is folded 180 degrees. In Fig. 2 as a macroscopic perspective, Fig. 3 is equivalent to a microscopic perspective, the cardboard 10 will have a certain thickness and deformability, so before the at least one liquid is injected, the water supply tank 23 will be as shown in Fig. 3 and 4 are a rectangular parallelepiped; after injecting the at least one liquid, the water supply tank may be squeezed by the liquid and the bearing medium to form a plurality of connected irregular shapes.

The manufacturing process of the tank body 20 for drip irrigation is as follows: the first stage, the sub-drip region 26 . Strictly speaking, after the first concave fold, only the periphery of the water supply tank 23 is formed, and the sub-drip area 26 has not yet been formed; it can be formed by performing four times of hot-melt processes on the cardboard 10 that has passed through the first concave fold. 4 such hourglasses as shown in Figure 4 Layer 27. The second stage, containment space 24. After the above-mentioned sub-drip area 26 is completed, the second concave fold is performed, and then the position where the left area of the cardboard 10 is in contact with the central area of the cardboard 10 is thermally fused to achieve fixation and make the lowermost part in Fig. 3 This sub-drip area 26 forms the water-permeable area of the dotted line.

Preferably, the hot-melt process can be high-frequency or other technical means with the same effect, but it is not limited thereto.

In this preferred embodiment, taking Fig. 4 as an example, the groove body 20 for drip irrigation is 1,000 meters long, and the section is U-shaped in which the bottom plate 21 is 40cm and the height of the side plates 22 is 15cm. The section of the water supply tank 23 is two The side is long 15cm (being side plate 22 heights) and wide be the rectangle of 1cm (adjustment according to circumstances). There are 9 holes 28 (1 per 100 meters) between the first layer and the second layer, and the height of the first layer is 5cm, and 1 hole 28 is set every 10 meters between the second layer and the third layer. The height of the second layer is 4cm, every 1 meter between the third layer and the fourth layer is set to 1 hole 28 and the height of the third layer is 3cm, and every 0.1 meter between the fourth layer and the fifth layer is set to 1 hole 28. holes 28 and the height of the fourth layer is 2cm, and the height of the fifth layer is 1cm. In this way of setting, water can quickly reach the other end from one end (inlet side) with a length of 1,000 meters; then water can enter the next layer through the 9 holes 28 between the first layer and the second layer to reduce the evaporation rate ; As the water enters the lower layer, the evaporation rate of the water is slower, and because the holes 28 are more and more, the purpose of slow water supply can be achieved.

Therefore, compared with the irrigation water delivery method of the prior art, the multi-layer sub-drip area 26 of the present invention allows water to pass through some holes 28 in the first layer, such as the first layer first flows down to the second, third... layer, Avoid water staying on the first layer for a long time, it will be wasted due to evaporation. However, it should be known that the present invention can arrange a number of holes 28 on the two side plates 22 relative to each other according to actual use requirements, or they can be staggered. The number, the height of the same sub-drip area 26, and the same density of the holes 28 can also be set in a staggered manner, so that the soil covered before and after the entire drip irrigation tank body 20 can be kept in a moist state.

Compared with the prior art, the tank body of the present invention is made of paper coating, because the paper has certain toughness, strength, flatness, water absorption and decomposability, it can be used to carry out the planting in the pipeline. It can be shaped to make the overall appearance beautiful, and it can help the soil surface to retain water. It is combined with the use of materials that are easier to decompose and waterproof than plastics as the coating material. It also uses the characteristics of recycled paper that can be decomposed moderately in the natural environment, reducing Residues of harmful substances in the planting process, such as: plastics, heavy metals and other substances. Furthermore, this case can also cooperate with the city government to solve the local waste paper problem. In addition to reducing waste gas and pollution in the papermaking process, the effective recycling of waste paper can save the waste of raw materials. The most important thing is that the tank body 20 for drip irrigation can be made through the concave folding and thermal fusion process of the integrally formed cardboard 10, and then the plurality of sub-drip regions 26 arranged from top to bottom of the tank body can be used to reduce moisture. The evaporation allows the water to be transported to a long distance in the pipeline even in desert areas.

FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of a method for using the drip irrigation tank 20 according to the present invention. For the components and labels used in this flowchart, please refer to the above-mentioned FIGS. The method of using the tank body 20 for drip irrigation of the present invention is as follows: First, execute step S01 to form a groove corresponding to the shape of the tank body 20 for drip irrigation in a soil; perform step S02 to place the tank body 20 for drip irrigation into The groove; execute step S03, put the at least one medium into the receiving space 24; execute step S04, connect the uppermost sub-drip region 26 of the plurality of sub-drip regions 26 to the at least one liquid; execute step S05, the At least one liquid passes through the uppermost sub-drip region 26 and descends to the lowermost sub-drip region 26 before being transported to the receiving space 24 to contact the at least one medium.

In addition, the drip irrigation tank 210 is preferably applicable to deserts and agricultural lands, and there is no limitation here. Before the drip irrigation tank 20 is placed on the soil, the staff will first observe and confirm the site. It is used to construct the environment for placing the tank body 20 for drip irrigation, for example: whether the road to the site is unobstructed, whether the site is level, and whether the site can be powered on. The method for constructing and placing the tank body 20 environment for drip irrigation in the present invention is as follows: first, perform a soil preparation step, in the construction process, in combination with the actual situation on site, perform appropriate corrections, carry out soil preparation, and level the ground; perform a positioning step : Locate the line in the planned site, tighten the prepared line according to the planned direction, use lime to draw the length of the bottom plate 21 along the direction of the line, and then determine the width of the bottom plate 21, pay attention when marking the line , the long side and the wide side of the bottom plate 21 will form an angle of 90 degrees, and the Good line; perform a placement step: in the preset planning area, form a groove corresponding to the shape of the drip irrigation tank body 20, and the bottom plate 21, the side plate 22 and the at least one in the drip irrigation tank body 20 The water supply tank 23 is formed by a cardboard 10 through concave folding process and hot melting process.

The above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention. It should be pointed out that those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field of the present invention can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention The scope of protection shall prevail as defined in the scope of the appended patent application.

20: Trough for drip irrigation

21: Bottom plate

22: side panel

23: water tank

24: Containment Space

A: Arrow direction

Claims (10)

A tank body for drip irrigation, comprising: a bottom plate; two side plates are respectively connected to both sides of the bottom plate, forming a storage space with the bottom plate for carrying at least one medium; at least one water supply tank is horizontally arranged on the side plate opposite to the On the other side of the accommodation space, and the at least one water supply tank is used to carry at least one liquid, each of the at least one water supply tank includes several sub-drip regions arranged from bottom to top in the vertical direction, the most of the several sub-drip regions A sub-drip area below communicates with the receiving space; wherein the several sub-drip areas outside the sub-drip area do not communicate with the receiving space. The tank body for drip irrigation as described in claim 1, wherein the several drip irrigation sub-regions also include several drip drip layers, which are individually arranged between every two adjacent sub-drip drip regions, and each of the plurality of drip irrigation sub-regions includes several The hole is used for passing the at least one liquid. The tank body for drip irrigation according to claim 1, wherein the heights of the several sub-drip areas are different in the vertical direction. The tank body for drip irrigation according to claim 2, wherein the holes in the plurality of sub-drip areas are of different sizes. The tank body for drip irrigation according to claim 2, wherein the density of the at least one hole in different regions of each of the sub-drip regions is different. The tank body for drip irrigation according to claim 5, wherein, from top to bottom in the vertical direction, the density of the at least one hole in the plurality of sub-drip regions changes from small to large. The groove body for drip irrigation as described in claim item 2, wherein, in the vertical direction, adjacent holes in a drip layer of the plurality of drip layers between the lowermost sub-drip area and the previous sub-drip area are closed so that the at least one liquid can only pass through half of the holes to reach the lowermost sub-drip region. The tank body for drip irrigation according to claim 1, wherein the bottom plate, the side plate and the at least one water supply tank are made of paper products through a film coating. The tank body for drip irrigation according to claim 1, wherein a cardboard forms the bottom plate, the side plate and the at least one water supply tank through a concave folding process and a hot-melt process. A method for using the tank body for drip irrigation as described in claim 1, including: forming a groove corresponding to the shape of the tank body for drip irrigation in a soil; placing the tank body for drip irrigation into the groove; The at least one medium is put into the receiving space; the uppermost sub-drip area of the plurality of sub-drip areas is connected to the at least one liquid; the at least one liquid descends sequentially to the lowermost one through the uppermost sub-drip area The sub-drip area is then transported to the receiving space to contact the at least one medium; wherein the sub-drip areas outside the sub-drip area are not communicated with the receiving space.

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