WO2005079635A1

WO2005079635A1 - Bowl for flower arrangement equipped with anion-generating function

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Publication number: WO2005079635A1
Application number: PCT/KR2005/000462
Authority: WO
Inventors: Chun Haeng Cho
Original assignee: Chun Haeng Cho
Priority date: 2004-02-20
Filing date: 2005-02-19
Publication date: 2005-09-01

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a flower arrangement bowl. The flower arrangement bowl can increase the aesthetic sense by changing the position of the flowers by rotating the sticking member decorated with the flowers by power of the motor located on the lower portion of the flower arrangement bowl, and purify the water, prevent water pollution and provide improved the indoor humidification effect since the anion generating part generates and circulates anion inside the water stored in the flower arrangement bowl. Moreover, the flower arrangement bowl can smoothly move the purified water into the stems of the flowers through the guide hole of the sticking member while always uniformly maintaining the temperature of the stored water by cooling part to 15~20 C, and maintain the degree of freshness of the flowers and extend the lifetime of the flowers by transferring sound to the flowers through the speaker so as to reduce stress of the flowers, thereby reducing flower replacement costs.

Description

BOWL FOR FLOWER ARRANGEMENT EQUIPPED WITH ANION-GENERATING FUNCTION

Brief Description of Drawings FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a conventional flower arrangement bowl. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a flower arrangement bowl according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the flower arrangement bowl according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a view showing a used state of the flower arrangement bowl according to the present invention. FIG. 5 is a sectional view of an anion-generating part of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a modification of FIG. 5. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a modification of a sticking member according to the present invention.

<Explanation of essential reference numerals in drawings> 100: flower arrangement bowl 110: housing 120: display part 121: sticking member 130: anion generating part 131: pump

132: anion generator 140: cooling part

150: speaker 160: control part

Technical Field The present invention relates to a bowl for flower arrangement, and more particularly, to a flower arrangement bowl provided with anion-generation function, which can provide people with an aesthetic sense according to a position change of flowers by mounting a rotatable sticking member decorated with flowers, and which can extend lifetime of the flowers by anion generated when water stored in the flower arrangement bowl is circulated. Recently, as economies are lively and the standard of living is improved due to rapid urbanization and industrialization, people enjoy flowers (natural flowers, artificial flowers, and so on). Flower arrangement can relieve stress by refining feelings of people who see beauty of the flowers, purify the indoor air by generating oxygen through assimilation of carbon, and brighten environments and atmosphere around a table, a living room or an office where the flowers are located. Furthermore, for the flower arrangement, as shown in FIG. 1, a flower arrangement bowl 10 includes a sticking member 20 having a number of needles 21 protruding from the sticking member 20 for allowing a user to easily stick stems of cut flowers. The flower arrangement bowl is low-cut, has a flat bottom for receiving the sticking member 20, and stores water of a predetermined amount for receiving ends of the stems of the flowers decorated on the sticking member 20. However, such conventional flower arrangement bowl has several disadvantages in that water is rapidly polluted since there is no additional air supply into the water stored in the flower arrangement bowl, and in that the flowers wither in a short time since the polluted water is supplied to the stems of the flowers of small absorption area which are stuck on the needles of the sticking member and temperature of the water stored in the flower arrangement bowl rises according to the indoor temperature through thermal exchange with the indoor air. Moreover, if the flower arrangement bowl decorated with the flowers is located in a fixed place, since the shape of the sticking member decorated with the flowers is not changed excepting a case where someone refills water and flowers, the aesthetic sense of the flower arrangement is reduced. In addition, the conventional flower arrangement bowl has another disadvantage in that it reduces the indoor humidification effect since the water stored in the flower arrangement bowl is not flowed and is small in a contact area with the air. Disclosure of Invention Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a flower aιτangement bowl provided with anion-generation function, which can increase an aesthetic sense by changing the position of flowers by rotating a sticking member decorated with the flowers by power of a motor mounted in the lower portion thereof, and which can purify the water, prevent water pollution and provide improved the indoor humidification effect since the anion generating part generates and circulates anion inside the water stored in the flower areangement bowl. Another object of the present invention is to provide a flower arrangement bowl provided with anion-generation function, which can smoothly move the purified water into stems of the flowers through a guide hole of the sticking member while uniformly maintaining the temperature of the stored water by a cooling part, and which can maintain the degree of freshness of the flowers and extend the lifetime of the flowers by transferring sound to the flowers through a speaker so as to reduce stress of the flowers, thereby reducing flower replacement costs. To achieve the above objects, according to the invention, there is provided a flower arrangement bowl provided with anion-generation function includes: a housing having a body opened at the upper portion and depressed in multistage, a separation plate horizontally mounted inside the body and having a mounting hole pierced therein, wherein upper and lower spaces (113)(114) are formed inside the body (111) by the separation plate (112) and water is stored in the upper space (113); a display part located inside the water stored in the upper space of the housing and having a rotatable sticking member decorated with flowers for displaying the flowers; an anion generating part for emitting anion by absorbing the water stored in the upper space of the housing while generating anion from bubbles generated by the flow of water flowing into an anion generator and circulating the anion and water in such a way as to drop downwardly from the upper portion of the water stored in the upper space; a cooling part for uniformly maintaining the temperature of the water stored in the upper space by measuring the temperature of the water; a speaker mounted at a side of the upper space of the housing for generating sound toward the flowers decorated on the sticking member; and a control part for controlling the operations of a motor of the display part, a pump of the anion generating part, the cooling part and the speaker.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention Reference will now be made in detail to the prefened embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a flower arrangement bowl according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the flower arrangement bowl. The flower areangement bowl 100 according to the present invention includes: a housing 110 having a body 111 opened at the upper portion and depressed in multistage, a separation plate 112 horizontally mounted inside the body 111 and having a mounting hole 112a pierced therein, wherein upper and lower spaces 113 and 114 are formed inside the body 111 by the separation plate 112 and water is stored in the upper space 113; a display part 120 located inside the water stored in the upper space 113 of the housing 110 and having a rotatable sticking member 121 decorated with flowers for displaying the flowers; an anion generating part 130 for emitting anion by absorbing the water stored in the upper space 113 of the housing 110 while generating anion from bubbles generated by the flow of water flowing into an anion generator 132 and circulating the anion and water in such a way as to drop downwardly from the upper portion of the water stored in the upper space 113; a cooling part 140 for uniformly maintaining the temperature of the water stored in the upper space 113 by measuring the temperature of the water; a speaker 150 mounted at a side of the upper space 113 of the housing 110 for generating sound toward the flowers decorated on the sticldng member 121; and a control part 160 for controlling the operations of a motor 123 of the display part 120, a pump 131 of the anion generating part 130, the cooling part 140 and the speaker 150. The structure of the flower arrangement bowl 100 will be described in more detail. The display part 120 includes: the sticldng member 121 having a support plate 121a seated inside the upper space 113 of the housing 110, a number of needles 121b protruding from the upper surface of the support plate 121a at regular intervals, each needle 121b having a guide hole 121c pierced therein; a rotatable guide member 122 for rotatably supporting the sticking member 121 mounted on the mounting hole 112a of the separation plate 112 and having a pulley 122a formed integrally with the lower end portion thereof; and a connection belt 124 connected with a rotary shaft 123 a of the motor 123 for transferring power of the motor 123 to the pulley 122a. The sticking member 121 includes: a cylindrical body 121d seated inside the upper space 113 and formed in such a way that the upper portion is wide and the lower portion is narrow, a receiving member 121e mounted on the upper surface of the cylindrical body 121d and formed in a lattice type for receiving stems of flowers to be displayed; and a support member 121f mounted on the bottom surface of the cylindrical body 121d for supporting ends of the stems of the flowers received in the receiving member 121e and having fine holes pierced therein for allowing the water stored in the upper space 113 to flow. The anion generating part 130 includes: the pump 131 mounted in the lower space 114 for absorbing the water stored in the upper space 113; the anion generator 132 for generating anion by generating bubbles through the flow of water absorbed by suction force of the pump 131; and a guide tube 133 mounted at an end of the anion generator 132 for dropping downwardly anion generated by the anion generator 132 and water from the upper portion of the water stored in the upper space 113. The anion generator 132 includes: a pair of guide members 132a and 132a' mounted at a fixed interval, each of the guide members 132a and 132a' having a semicircular guide hole 132a-l pierced in a side of the guide member in the form of a zigzag and at least one bubble generating hole 132a-2 having a diameter less than 1.2mm, pierced in the other side of the guide member for passing the flow of water and generating bubbles; a support piece 132b fixed between the guide members 132a and 132a' for supporting the guide members 132a and 132a'; and a case 132c for receiving the guide members 132a and 132a' supported by the support piece 132b so as to prevent water leakage and guide the flow of water. The anion generating part 130 may generate anion by electrolysis. Hereinafter, a using process of the present invention will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 4, in a state where stems of a number of flowers or flower plants are respectively cut in different lengths, ends of the stems are stuck on the needles 121b protruding from the support plate 121a of the sticking member 121 in good arrangement. The rotatable guide member 122 mounted on the bottom surface of the sticldng member 121 decorated with the flowers is rotatably mounted on the mounting hole 112a of the separation plate 112 in such a way as to protrude toward the lower space 114 of the housing 110. The pulley 122a of the rotatable guide member 122 is connected to the rotary shaft 123a of the motor 123 via the connection belt 124 in such a way as to be rotated in the same direction as the rotary shaft 123a of the motor 123 inside the lower space 114. After that, the flower arrangement bowl is located at a proper place to display the flowers. In the above state, when water of a predetermined amount is stored in the flower areangement bowl 100 and power is supplied to the flower arrangement bowl 100, the motor 123 rotates in a predetermined direction by control of the control part 160 and the connection belt 124 connected to the rotary shaft 123a is also rotated in the same direction as the motor 123. At the same time, the pulley 122a of the rotatable guide member 122 connected to the connection belt 124 is rotated, so that the sticking member

121 is also rotated in the same direction as the motor 123. At this time, it is preferable that the motor 123 rotates as fast as the sticldng member 121 is rotated once for about 30-60 minutes. By the rotation of the sticldng member 121, people can see the flowers which are rotated and changed by angles. The flower arrangement bowl can maintain freshness of the flowers for a long time since water is smoothly flowed along the stems of the flowers decorated on the needles 121b through the guide holes 121c of the sticking member 121. Meanwhile, when the pump 131 of the anion generating part 130 is operated by the control part 160, the pump 131 absorbs the water stored in the upper space 113 of the housing 110 and supplies the water to the case 132c of the anion generator 132 as shown in FIG. 5. Most of the water supplied to the case 132c passes through the guide holes 132a-l of the guide members 132a and 132a' in the zigzag form, and is discharged to the guide tube 133. A part of the water supplied to the case 132c passes through the bubble generating hole 132a-2 of the diameter less than 1.2mm. At this time, since the water does not smoothly pass through the bubble generating hole 132a-2, the inside pressure is increased, and thereby, a lot of bubbles together with a strong eddy are generated and the anion content inside water is increased due to widened contact area between the bubbles and water. The water passing the anion generator 132 while increasing the anion content drops downwardly from the upper portion of the water stored in the upper space 113 of the housing 110 through the guide tube 133. At this time, the dropping water causes friction against the water stored in the upper space 113, and so, the anion generation is doubled and the water stored in the upper space 113 is purified and prevented from pollution. Furthermore, in a modification of the anion generating part 130', as shown in FIG. 6, even though the anion generator 132 is mounted at the front end of the pump 131, the anion generating part 130' can be operated in the same way as the anion generating part 130. Here, anion may be generated by electrolysis. When temperature of the water stored in the upper space 113, which is measured by control of the control part 160, is higher than a predetermined temperature (for instance, 10-20 ^°C), the cooling part 140 is operated by the control part 160, so as to repeat a thermal exchange process for absorbing heat of the water stored in the upper space 113, so that the temperature of the water can be maintained uniformly. The set temperature of the water is not restricted to 10-20 ^°C , but the temperature is the optimum temperature for maintaining freshness of the flowers for a long time. However, the temperature may be changed according to kinds of the flowers. Meanwhile, when the speaker 150 generates sound by control of the control part

160, sound wave transferred by the air gives vital energy together with a little stimulus to cytoplasm of the stems, so that freshness of the flowers can be maintained for a long time. By the above process, the flower arrangement bowl according to the present invention can maintain freshness of the flowers for a long time since the water of the set temperature for maintaining freshness of the flowers is purified by the anion generating part 130 and supplied to the stems of the flowers, and can allow people to feel an aesthetic sense while seeing the flowers decorated on the sticking member 121 rotated by power of the motor 123 of the display part 120, thereby relieving stress and purifying the indoor air. Moreover, in the modification of the sticldng member, as shown in FIG. 7, the stems of a number of flowers or flower plants are cut to have different lengths from one another but are longer than the length of the cylindrical body 121d, and then, moved to the latticed receiving member 121e of the sticldng member 121' and closely fixed to the support member 121f, so that the sticking member 121' according to the modification can have the same function as the sticking member 121.

Industrial Applicability As described above, the flower arrangement bowl according to the present invention can increase the aesthetic sense by changing the position of the flowers by rotating the sticking member decorated with the flowers by power of the motor located on the lower portion of the flower arrangement bowl, and purify the water, prevent water pollution and provide improved the indoor humidification effect since the anion generating part generates and circulates anion inside the water stored in the flower arrangement bowl. In addition, the flower arrangement bowl according to the present invention can smoothly move the purified water into the stems of the flowers through the guide hole of the sticking member while uniformly maintaining the temperature of the stored water by the cooling part, and which can maintain the degree of freshness of the flowers and extend the lifetime of the flowers by transferring sound to the flowers through the speaker so as to reduce stress of the flowers, thereby reducing flower replacement costs.

Claims

What is claimed is; 1. A flower arrangement bowl provided with anion-generation function comprising: a housing (110) having a body (111) opened at the upper portion and depressed in multistage, and a separation plate (112) horizontally mounted inside the body (111) and having a mounting hole (112a) pierced therein, wherein upper and lower spaces

(113)(114) are formed inside the body (111) by the separation plate (112) and water is stored in the upper space (113); a display part (120) located inside the water stored in the upper space (113) of the housing (110) and having a rotatable sticking member (121) decorated with flowers for displaying the flowers; an anion generating part (130) for emitting anion by absorbing the water stored in the upper space (113) of the housing (110) while generating anion from bubbles generated by the flow of water flowing into an anion generator (132) and circulating the anion and water in such a way as to drop downwardly from the upper portion of the water stored in the upper space (113); a cooling part (140) for uniformly maintaining the temperature of the water stored in the upper space (113) by measuring the temperature of the water; a speaker (150) mounted at a side of the upper space (113) of the housing (110) for generating sound toward the flowers decorated on the sticking member (121); and a control part (160) for controlling the operations of a motor (123) of the display part (120), a pump (131) of the anion generating part (130), the cooling part (140) and the speaker (150).

2. A flower arrangement bowl provided with anion-generation function according to claim 1, wherein the display part (120) includes: the sticking member (121) having a support plate (121a) seated inside the upper space (113) of the housing (110), a number of needles (121b) protruding from the upper surface of the support plate (121a) at regular intervals, each needle (121b) having a guide hole (121c) pierced therein; a rotatable guide member (122) for rotatably supporting the sticldng member (121) mounted on the mounting hole (112a) of the separation plate (112) and having a pulley (122a) formed integrally with the lower end portion thereof; and a connection belt (124) connected with a rotary shaft (123a) of the motor (123) for transferring power of the motor (123) to the pulley (122a).

3. A flower arrangement bowl provided with anion-generation function according to claim 1, wherein the anion generating part (130) includes: the pump (131) mounted in the lower space (114) for absorbing the water stored in the upper space (113); the anion generator (132) for generating anion by generating bubbles through the flow of water absorbed by suction force of the pump (131); and a guide tube (133) mounted at an end of the anion generator (132) for dropping downwardly anion generated by the anion generator (132) and water from the upper portion of the water stored in the upper space (113).

4. A flower arrangement bowl provided with anion-generation function according to claim 3, wherein the anion generator (132) includes: a pair of guide members (132a)(132a') mounted at a fixed interval, each of the guide members (132a)(132a') having a semicircular guide hole (132a-l) pierced in a side of the guide member in the form of a zigzag and at least one bubble generating hole

(132a-2) having a diameter less than 1.2mm, pierced in the other side of the guide member for passing the flow of water and generating bubbles; a support piece (132b) fixed between the guide members (132a)(132a') for supporting the guide members (132a)(132a'); and a case (132c) for receiving the guide members (132a)(132a') supported by the support piece (132b) so as to prevent water leakage and guide the flow of water.

5. A flower arrangement bowl provided with anion-generation function according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the anion generating part (130') includes the anion generator (132) mounted at the front end of the pump (131).

6. A flower arrangement bowl provided with anion-generation function according to claim 1, wherein the anion generating part (130) may generate anion by electrolysis.

7. A flower arrangement bowl provided with anion-generation function according to claim 2, wherein the sticking member (121') includes: a cylindrical body (121d) seated inside the upper space (113) and formed in such a way that the upper portion is wide and the lower portion is narrow; a receiving member (121e) mounted on the upper surface of the cylindrical body

(12 Id) and formed in a lattice type for receiving stems of flowers to be displayed; and a support member (121f) mounted on the bottom surface of the cylindrical body (121d) for supporting ends of the stems of the flowers received in the receiving member (121e) and having fine holes pierced therein for allowing the water stored in the upper space (113) to flow.