WO1990006049A1 - Recipient d'arrosage de plantes - Google Patents

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WO1990006049A1
WO1990006049A1 PCT/EP1989/001504 EP8901504W WO9006049A1 WO 1990006049 A1 WO1990006049 A1 WO 1990006049A1 EP 8901504 W EP8901504 W EP 8901504W WO 9006049 A1 WO9006049 A1 WO 9006049A1
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Holtkamp Reinhold, Sr.
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Hermann Holtkamp Kg Gartenbau Und Spezialkulturen
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Priority to DK171890A priority Critical patent/DK171890A/da

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G27/00—Self-acting watering devices, e.g. for flower-pots
    • A01G27/04—Self-acting watering devices, e.g. for flower-pots using wicks or the like

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  • the invention relates to a container according to the preamble of claims 1 and 10.
  • the lower part of the container is a circular trough with several feet, which are arranged at a foot edge at regular angular intervals and each form a pocket open to the interior of the lower part.
  • the upper part of the container is designed like a table and has a circular flat plate which is arranged approximately at the height of the upper edge of the lower part of the container and has a noticeably smaller diameter than this.
  • the plate stands on several legs, each of which engages in a pocket of the lower part, whereby the upper part is held concentrically to the lower part.
  • the plate of the upper part is delimited radially outwards by a collar; an annular space remains free between this and the upper edge of the lower container part, through which water can be filled into the lower part.
  • a mat made of absorbent material lies on the top of the upper part, secured against displacement by the collar.
  • a tongue is formed by a U-shaped cut, which is bent downward through a central hole in the plate of the upper part and is immersed as a wick in the water in the lower part. The mat will therefore kept moist by capillary action.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of developing a container for watering plants in such a way that the water contained in the lower part of the container is supplied almost completely and uniformly in a predetermined amount per unit of time to the substrate contained in the pot and thus benefits the plant rooted therein.
  • the development described in claim 2 has the additional advantage that the upper part including the pot can be lifted off the lower part so that it can be cleaned and filled with fresh water. When the upper part is then placed on the lower part again, the splash-proof connection between the two prevents water from escaping when handled carelessly.
  • the cleaning of the container according to the invention is made particularly easy by the features of claim 4.
  • the feature of claim 5 holds the pot centrally on the upper part of the container and prevents it from tipping out even when the entire container or its upper part is held at an angle, for example when removing it from the lower part.
  • This advantageous effect is reinforced by the feature of claim 6.
  • the feature of claim 7 avoids the danger that parts of the plant will be kinked when they are pressed against the upper part of the container, for example if it is closed again after the water has been poured into the lower part.
  • the feature of claim 9 has the advantage that the water level in the lower part can be easily observed.
  • the arrangement according to the invention of an is expediently held by a wick holder in a position in which it surely protrudes far enough into the planting substrate in order to provide it with sufficient capillary moisture.
  • the wick is fixed to the wick holder in a particularly simple manner.
  • the features of claim 12 prevent the wick from being pinched in the hole in the base of the pot in a manner that could reduce its capillary action.
  • the position of the wick holder is determined once and for all by the feature of claim 13.
  • the Base of the wick holder can be used to additionally secure the wick against being pulled out unintentionally. The same applies to the features of claims 14 to 16.
  • FIG. 1 shows a side view of a container for watering plants, partially as a vertical section
  • FIG. 2 shows a wick holder of the container in an oblique view from above
  • FIG. 3 shows the bottom view of the wick holder
  • FIG. 4 shows an enlarged view vertical section through parts of the container with a wick holder.
  • the container 10, shown completely in FIG. 1 and partially shown in FIG. 4, is provided for receiving and watering a pot 12 with a plant 14.
  • Plant 14 is, for example, a dwarf African violet or another plant that tolerates irrigation from below much better than watering from above.
  • the container 10 is composed of a lower part 16 and an upper part 18, both of which, in the example shown, consist of transparent plastic such as acrylic glass and have a regular polygonal, for example hexagonal, cross-section and the same base area, but also have a round or other shape can.
  • the lower part 16 has an uninterrupted, radially inwardly displaced upper collar 20 which is enclosed by a likewise uninterrupted, outwardly displaced lower collar 22 of the upper part 18.
  • the two collars 20 and 22 each end in one shoulder through which the area in which the collar overlap is limited ...
  • the collars 20 and 22 are dimensioned so that the upper part 18 fits snugly on the lower part 16, but can be removed from this, if the lower part 16 is to be filled with water. This is expediently carried out up to a water level WL at a short distance below the upper edge of the lower part 16 formed by the collar 20.
  • the water level WL is preferably at a short distance below the bottom 24 of the pot 12.
  • the upper wall 25 of the upper part 18 is annular and has a central opening 26 which in the exemplary embodiment shown is circular and is therefore adapted to the cross-sectional shape of the pot 12.
  • the body 28 of the pot 12 extends downward through the opening 26.
  • the upper edge 30 of the pot 12 extends radially outward from its body 28 in the usual manner so that it forms a shoulder which rests on the upper wall 25 around the opening 26.
  • the reveal of the opening 26 in the upper wall 25 tapers preferably axially inwards and is thus adapted to the tapering of the pot 12 in the upper region of its body 28, so that there is a good fit.
  • the ring-shaped upper wall 25 is connected to the side walls of the upper part 18 by a ring-shaped sloping surface 32 that slopes away to the outside. Leaves and stems of the plant 14 can rest on the inclined surface 32 without being damaged or even kinked by a sharp edge.
  • the helix angle of the inclined surface 32 can be selected within wide limits; The container gets a particularly appealing appearance, however, if the helix angle is approximately 30 ° to the vertical.
  • a plurality of downwardly projecting feet 36 are formed on the base 34 of the lower part 16, so that the base does not lie directly on a support surface 38 for the container 10. Such a foot 36 is preferably arranged near the corners at which two wall sections of the lower part 16 abut each other.
  • a wick 40 extends from the substrate through the bottom 24 down into the water. 1, the wick 40 can be held solely by being embedded in the plant substrate.
  • the wick 40 is expediently braided or knitted from cotton, wool or plastic fiber or from a mixture of such fibers and is accordingly soft. It can therefore be tedious to pass the wick through a necessarily relatively narrow hole in the bottom 24 of the pot 12. If it is then forgotten to secure the wick 40 above the bottom 24 with a knot, nothing will hold apart from that afterwards introduced plant substrate and, if necessary, friction at the edge of the hole in the bottom 24 of the wick 40. It can then happen that the wick 40 is pulled out by carelessness, after which it is all the more difficult to thread it in again.
  • a wick holder 50 which is shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 and is described below, is preferably provided for introducing and holding the wick 40.
  • the wick holder 50 has a circular base 52 in the example shown, from the center of which a stem 54 projects upwards.
  • the stem 54 has several shown in Example three, longitudinal ribs 56, which protrude radially at regular angular intervals, so that the stem has a star-shaped cross section.
  • the base 52 is slightly convex according to FIG. 4; its outer edge 58 is thickened so that it stiffens the base and improves its contact with the bottom 24 of the pot 12.
  • the upper end of the stem 54 has a diametrical groove 60, in which the wick 40 is inserted.
  • the groove 60 has a width which is somewhat less than the diameter of the wick 40, so that it is easily clamped in the groove 60 and can therefore no longer be accidentally pulled down along the stem 54.
  • the base 52 has a radial slot 62 which extends from its outer edge 58 to the stem 54 and ends in the middle between two longitudinal ribs 56. Between these two longitudinal ribs 56, the wick 40 extends downward through the slot 62.
  • the two walls of the slot 62 are provided with projections 63 opposite one another, the projections 63 of which The distance from each other is just so large that the wick 40 between the projections 63 can be pulled radially inwards until it bears against the stem 54 between the two adjacent ribs 56. In this way, the wick is held securely in the position shown in FIG. 2 in the radially inner end region of the slot 62.
  • the wick 40 extends further through a central loc 64 in the bottom 24 of the pot 12 and hangs in the water, where it ends just above the bottom 34 of the lower part 16 or even lies thereon.
  • the stem 54 is inserted into the hole 64 from below according to FIG. 4, without the wick 40 at the bottom 24 of the pot 12 being so strongly would be clamped that the capillary action of transporting water into the pot 12 would suffer
  • the base 52 is preferably made in one piece from the semi-rigid plastic with the stem 54 and the longitudinal ribs 56.
  • the longitudinal ribs 56 are dimensioned such that they are slightly compressed radially when inserted into the hole 64 and are thus securely held in the hole.
  • the longitudinal ribs 54 each end with a chamfer 68 at a distance from the upper end of the stem 54.
  • d wick 40 does not need to end briefly next to the groove 60 in which it is clamped, but it can extend from the groove 60 again along the stem 54 between two longitudinal ribs 56 downwards and then radially outwards between the bottom 24 of the pot 1 and the base 52 of the wick holder 50, and from there possibly further down into the water. In this arrangement, too, the wick 40 does not interfere with the mounting of the wick holder 50.
  • This last-described arrangement has the advantage that the water transport based on the capillary effect upwards into the plant substrate can be increased accordingly. However, this is offset by the disadvantage that the wick 40 has less contact with the plant substrate.
  • the wick 40 and the wick holder 50 can be introduced into the pot 12 before or after the planting substrate is filled in.
  • the consumer for example plant breeders, thus has the choice of keeping empty pots 12, which are already provided with wick 40 and wick holder 50, ready or only after planting such pots depending on the water requirements of the plants 14 to decide whether a more or less thick wick should be applied.
  • pots 12 which are already provided with a wick 40 of a certain thickness, should better be equipped with a thicker or thinner wick, then it is easily possible to grasp the thickened edge 58 of the wick holder 50 and pull this together with the wick 40 out of the hole 64 in order then to reinsert the wick holder 50 with a wick of a different size and / or of a different material.
  • the container 10 shown is particularly suitable for miniature flower pots whose diameter is 4 cm or even less.
  • a container that is specially designed for such small flower pots has a total diameter of approximately 5.7 cm and a total height of approximately 5.2 cm.
  • the wick holder 50 can also be used in connection with a pot 12 which can be used in a container 10 other than the one shown, for example in a container whose lower part 16 and upper part 18 are permanently connected to one another, e.g. glued together, or in one piece, e.g. by blow molding.

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Abstract

Un récipient comprend une partie inférieure (16) qui peut être remplie d'eau et une partie supérieure (18) retenue par un collet (22) formé en son bord inférieur sur un collet (20) correspondant formé sur le bord supérieur de la partie inférieure (16). La partie supérieure (18) comprend une paroi supérieure (25) avec une ouverture (26), dans laquelle un pot (12) contenant au moins une plante (14) et sont substrat est suspendu de telle manière que son fond (24) est situé au-dessus du niveau de l'eau (WL). Une mèche (40) passe à travers un orifice (64) dans le fond (24) du pot (12) et pend dans la partie inférieure (16) afin d'approvisionner le substrat de la plante en eau à travers le fond (24) du pot (12).
PCT/EP1989/001504 1988-12-09 1989-12-08 Recipient d'arrosage de plantes WO1990006049A1 (fr)

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DK171890A DK171890A (da) 1988-12-09 1990-07-17 Beholder til vanding af planter

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US28162288A 1988-12-09 1988-12-09
US281,622 1988-12-09
US418,216 1989-10-06
US07/418,216 US4932159A (en) 1989-10-06 1989-10-06 Wick insertion device for a plant pot

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ES2048115A1 (es) * 1992-09-01 1994-03-01 Plastic Omnium Cie Jardinera modular.
EP0619940A2 (fr) * 1993-04-13 1994-10-19 Terry Gardner Un réservoir pour humidifier des récipients des fleurs et des plantes et récipients pouvant humidifier des fleurs et/ou des plantes
WO2001067845A1 (fr) * 2000-03-14 2001-09-20 Giampiero Fidotti Contenant destine a la culture de plantes

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US2695474A (en) * 1948-07-21 1954-11-30 George B Barstow Vase adapter for flowerpots
GB976809A (en) * 1962-02-23 1964-12-02 David Mabcan Containers for plants
BE834855A (fr) * 1975-10-24 1976-02-16 Assemblage de recipients realisant l'emballage et la presentation de plantes
FR2382150A7 (fr) * 1977-02-24 1978-09-22 Viessmann Hans Recipient pour plantes
FR2444615A1 (fr) * 1978-12-21 1980-07-18 Lumbres Papeteries Cartonnerie Emballage a usages multiples
US4389815A (en) * 1981-11-06 1983-06-28 English Roy L Wick support for wick-watering plants
FR2608364A1 (fr) * 1986-12-17 1988-06-24 Lecoent Fernand Dispositif de supportage de plantes ou de compositions florales, en exterieur et en toutes saisons

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US2695474A (en) * 1948-07-21 1954-11-30 George B Barstow Vase adapter for flowerpots
GB976809A (en) * 1962-02-23 1964-12-02 David Mabcan Containers for plants
BE834855A (fr) * 1975-10-24 1976-02-16 Assemblage de recipients realisant l'emballage et la presentation de plantes
FR2382150A7 (fr) * 1977-02-24 1978-09-22 Viessmann Hans Recipient pour plantes
FR2444615A1 (fr) * 1978-12-21 1980-07-18 Lumbres Papeteries Cartonnerie Emballage a usages multiples
US4389815A (en) * 1981-11-06 1983-06-28 English Roy L Wick support for wick-watering plants
FR2608364A1 (fr) * 1986-12-17 1988-06-24 Lecoent Fernand Dispositif de supportage de plantes ou de compositions florales, en exterieur et en toutes saisons

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ES2048115A1 (es) * 1992-09-01 1994-03-01 Plastic Omnium Cie Jardinera modular.
EP0619940A2 (fr) * 1993-04-13 1994-10-19 Terry Gardner Un réservoir pour humidifier des récipients des fleurs et des plantes et récipients pouvant humidifier des fleurs et/ou des plantes
EP0619940A3 (en) * 1993-04-13 1994-11-23 Terry Gardner A container for the purpose of humidifying vessels of flowers and plants and vessels capable of humidifying flowers and or plants.
WO2001067845A1 (fr) * 2000-03-14 2001-09-20 Giampiero Fidotti Contenant destine a la culture de plantes
US7171783B1 (en) 2000-03-14 2007-02-06 Giampiero Fidotti Container for the cultivation of plants

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