WO2009121980A1

WO2009121980A1 - Portable sustainable garden

Info

Publication number: WO2009121980A1
Application number: PCT/ES2008/000712
Authority: WO
Inventors: Juan Carlos Encinas Mateo; Paloma Encinas Mateo
Original assignee: Juan Carlos Encinas Mateo; Paloma Encinas Mateo
Priority date: 2008-04-02
Filing date: 2008-11-14
Publication date: 2009-10-08
Also published as: ES2303499B2; ES2303499A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a portable sustainable garden including: two troughs (1, 2) provided with two handles (4), supporting elements (5) for installing a greenhouse (26) and another supporting element (7) for the pole (27) on which the photovoltaic panel (28) required for drip irrigation (32) is secured; a two-part base (8) for the heating system which heats the water using a closed circuit of tubes (9) by means of a thermal solar panel (29); four removable legs (13), each provided with hydraulic wheels (16); two lower cupboards (17, 18), each having two doors (19), two side panels (20) and one rear panel (21); and three boards (22, 23 and 24) forming the base, all of which can be dismantled. The aim of the garden is to enable the production of different agricultural crops using renewable energies and it is suitable for teaching and commercial use.

Description

Sustainable portable garden

Technical sector

The present invention relates to a portable garden, equipped with a system for accelerating crops by heating the land, automatic irrigation, solar panel, photovoltaic plate and greenhouse, applicable both for educational and leisure purposes.

Prior state of the technique

Workbench and experimentation configurations are known, both of the type of laboratory and of application to teaching, benches that are removable for easy transport and are structured with replaceable modules for adapting the bank to different experimentation and educational activities.

The bank of the patent ES 2 082 725 A1 is made up of a horizontal table and a vertical panel being a workbench for the experimentation of different agricultural crops and an electrically controlled hydraulic installation for the irrigation of said crops and hydraulic circuits and tires in general.

The greenhouse for the experimentation of the patent ES 2 083 329 A1 relates to a desktop greenhouse for teaching and for the experimentation of agricultural crops and their hydraulic installation for electrically controlled irrigation.

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) The sustainable portable garden object of the invention provides on the known workbenches, the fact of being totally autonomous for its operation, that is, it does not need to be connected to any water outlet or electricity external to it, the electrical energy necessary for the operation of drip irrigation through a photovoltaic solar panel.

Although systems of control of climatic conditions within greenhouse enclosures are known so far, they are achieved through electric fans and heaters, being a novelty of the orchard object of the invention that said control is produced by means of e! heating of the earth through a circuit of pipes, housed in the double bottom of the buckets, through which the water heated by a thermal scjjar plate is formed, thus forming a heating system that produces an acceleration effect of the crops. Maximizing also the use of this energy through the installation of a thermal plastic cover as a greenhouse.

Another unique feature of the portable garden is its possible mobility, by means of the incorporation of hydraulic wheels in each of its legs, thus allowing to choose its best orientation at each time of the year.

It also adds on the known technique so far the advantage of being possible to manufacture it in different sizes: large, medium and small, depending on the purpose for which it is going to be used, for example its larger size suitable for use for purposes didactic, can be installed in schools, nurseries, nursing homes, etc., or in smaller sizes if it is intended to be used by individuals for decorative or leisure purposes.

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) The portable garden object of the invention provides on existing patents the fact that due to the depth of the buckets (30cm. Approx.) It is possible to carry out all types of crops, the material used for coating the interior of said cuvettes totally ecological and non-toxic when being in direct contact with the earth, being also impermeable avoiding both possible water leaks and their deterioration by the humidity.

Another important advantage of being mentioned as a difference with the other known systems, is the total disassembly of the garden, being collected all its elements inside the box that makes up the union of the two cuvettes, making it easy to move anywhere, because

The incorporation to said box of four of the wheels already disassembled.

Detailed description of the invention

The object of the invention is a portable orchard, that is, capable of being disassembled and transported anywhere, sustainable, because its use respects the environment using renewable energy (thermal solar and photovoltaic solar) promoting water and energy savings through The reuse of irrigation water and the possibility of placing a thermal plastic cover as a greenhouse. The garden aims to approach agriculture to urban areas or that do not meet the necessary requirements for the installation of an orchard on conventional land and knowledge of the different energies mentioned above, and can be applied both for educational and leisure purposes .

The sustainable portable garden object of ^(the invention is basically configured in five parts: - two rectangular buckets.

- two solar panels.

- four legs per bucket, thus making a total of eight.

- two lower cabinets.

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) - A greenhouse

- The cuvettes that make up the first of the parts, are two rectangular box-shaped trays open at the top, joined together by hinges so that they can be removable from each other also allowing the desired inclination in each case so that it can be more accessible both the work and the visibility of the surface to work. Said cuvettes are provided with two handles welded on the two short sides of the rectangle that forms them, sides on which are also welded (above the handles) supports on which the rods intended for the installation of the roof that makes Greenhouse times. It also has an additional support, welded to one of them, where the mast is placed to hold the photovoltaic solar panel. Both cuvettes have welded pieces in their four lower vertices each consisting of two holes punched in its center in which a pin is introduced whose purpose is the assembly of the legs as well as the possible inclination and tilting of the cuvettes. The cuvettes are totally waterproof to be covered inside by a layer of ecological rubber, and can thus be used as trays for cultivation to be directly in contact with the earth. Being the bottom of said buckets slightly inclined and provided with a drain each, in one of its vertices, for the evacuation of the excess of irrigation water being collected this in a tank for reuse. It is also characteristic of the garden of the invention that the vertical flat parts of the cuvettes end at edges or handrails that are tubular profiles of semi-cylindrical section that are welded to their upper edge so that they fulfill all the necessary guarantees for the safety in their handling .

The two cuvettes are also provided with a double bottom each, which houses a system of pipes in the form of resistance, connected to each other by means of a hose and in turn each of them to the solar thermal plate, serving the connection to one of the resistors as input and the other as output, thus forming a closed circuit. Said circuit must be filled with water Ia which is heated by means of the thermal solar panel

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) thus creating a heating system that helps the process of germination of crops. In addition to this resistance, this space will contain the inert material necessary for a better heat transfer to the culture tanks, which can be treated as both polyurethane perlite and river sand, for example.

- The second part is the two solar panels, one thermal and another photovoltaic (may vary according to the dimensions of the garden), the first of which is intended to heat the water circulating inside the heating circuit, which must be necessarily located in the lower part of the garden so that the hot water can ascend to the buckets without using a pump for this purpose.

The second is the photovoltaic solar panel, which is connected to a transformer that generates the electricity necessary for the activation of the pump and thus be able to propel the water contained in the tank and destined for the drip irrigation system. This plate is located in the upper part of the garden and attached to it by a mast that allows to regulate its inclination to obtain the best performance and energy use.

- The third of the parts is the eight legs, four per bucket, fully removable and placed one in each of its vertices, composed of two tubes of different diameter so that it can be introduced inside the other, being the one of smaller diameter placed in the upper part of the leg and equipped with holes that by means of a pin give the possibility of its height adjustment and of controlling the desired inclination for each tray. Said legs consist, in turn, of a piece consisting of two plates perforated in its center in which a pin is inserted, both plates being welded in turn to another square base that is fixed in the lower part of each bucket. The legs also have hydraulic wheels equipped with brake, rotating 360 degrees, which allow easy handling and transport of the garden.

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) For the perfect subjection of the garden, tubes that connect the legs together forming a rectangular frame are placed transversely, the tubes are completely removable and are attached to the legs by means of screws. The legs are also equipped with the necessary anchors for the installation and assembly of the cabinets, both the doors and the sides, the backs and the base thereof, these anchors consisting of a series of removable hinges.

- The fourth part consists of two lower cabinets, placed under the buckets and taking advantage of the space between the legs, three metal plates are placed on the transverse tubes, thus forming the floor of the cabinets. Both the doors, as well as the rear and the sides of the doors are installed and fixed to the legs of the garden by means of removable hinges, with a part of said hinges being welded to the legs and another to the plates that make up the cabinets. The two doors of both cabinets are located on the short sides of the rectangle of the bucket thus being one on each side of the garden, these being totally independent of each other. Both cabinets have not been joined by the rear part, there being a space between them that can be used as a shelf.

- The fifth part of the portable garden is the installation of a greenhouse-like roof, for which the cuvettes have welded brackets incorporated in the short parts of the rectangle that forms them, in which rods are inserted that cross it from side to side thus holding the tarpaulin or thermal plastic that protects the crops from the weather, also preventing the loss of temperature. This canvas will have openings on both sides as a door to allow work in the garden.

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) The garden is completely removable, the buckets with each other by hinges, the eight legs independently, the wheels, the cabinets in all its elements, as well as the mast and both solar panels, being all collected inside the buckets that closed each other in the form of a box and adding four of the wheels already disassembled from the garden, allow easy transport and storage.

MATERIALS

The sustainable portable garden could be manufactured in different materials such as: steel in all its varieties, iron, wood, fiberglass, resin, or any other material that may appear on the market and that is suitable for that purpose.

It is also important feature of the garden object of the invention that the paints used to protect it from weather aggressions, being normally outside, are totally ecological and non-toxic as one of its main applications is teaching in schools.

Description of the drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the portable garden object of the invention in its entirety, incorporating in turn all the optional elements it contains such as solar panels and the greenhouse.

FIG. 2 is a view of one of the legs showing the system that allows its regulation in height as well as its termination in hydraulic wheels provided with brake.

FIG. 3 shows in detail the piece that serves as a link between the cuvettes and legs.

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) FIG. 4 is a vertical partial section dividing the portable garden into one of its buckets thus showing the three plates that make up the floor of the cabinets, the doors and their two rear.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the structure formed by the union of both cuvettes showing the rectangular frame formed by the legs and the bars placed transversely, as well as it is also possible to appreciate the unevenness of the bottom of the cuvettes.

FIG. 6 is a vertical partial section of one of the cuvettes showing the double bottom where the pipe system that forms the heating system and the drain placed in one of its vertices is housed.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the frame formed by the two lower cabinets and the shelf existing between them in its entirety.

FIG. 8 is a view of the portable garden completely disassembled and collected in the box that forms the junction of its two buckets.

Explanation of the figures

The preferred embodiment of the portable garden, Figure 1, according to the invention is constructed as shown in Figures 1, 2,3,4,5,6,7 and 8 by joining the legs (13) to each tray (1, 2 ) so that the upper part of the leg (14) is introduced in the piece welded to the cuvette (12) and fixed to it by means of a pin (31), this same operation being repeated in each leg and in both cuvettes independently the one of the other. The second step would be to join the lower part of the legs (15) to the bars (30) which placed transversely between the legs form a rectangular and solid structure, thus giving it stability. Once said rectangular frame is formed, it will be attached to the structure of the cuvettes, figure 5, introducing the piece (14), equipped with several holes to allow its height adjustment, in

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) The lower part of the leg (15), which has the hydraulic wheel (16) incorporated, as shown in Figures 2 and 3.

Once both structures are mounted, the cuvettes (1, 2) with their respective legs (13) each, are joined together by hinges (3) as shown in Figure 4, thus moving to the assembly of the cabinets (17,18 ) located under the cuvettes (1, 2). The cabinets consist of three irons (22,

23, 24), figure 4, which placed on the transverse tubes (30), form the floor of the cabinets and the shelf located between them; both the doors (19) and the sides (20) and the backs of both cabinets (21) are made of plates joined to the legs of the portable garden by hinges not referenced in the figures, figure 7.

The cuvettes (1, 2) are provided with a double bottom (8), as shown in Figure 6, in which the pipe system (9) is housed, which acting as a resistance heats the bottom of the cuvettes to accelerate The process of the crops, said resistances (9) are joined together by a sleeve (10), figure 1, and in turn each of them to the solar plate (29) thus creating a closed circuit that encompasses both cuvettes.

The cuvettes (1, 2) also include the supports (5) necessary for the installation of the greenhouse, Figure 1, located in the cuvettes above the handles (4), for which rods (25) are inserted in the aforementioned supports (5) which are covered with a transparent canvas (26). It is also characteristic of the invention that the vertical flat parts of the cuvettes (1, 2) end at edges or handrails (6), which are tubular profiles of semi-cylindrical section that are welded to the upper part of said cuvettes.

On the other hand, the orchard object of the invention also includes, welded to one of its buckets, another support or piece in which the mast (27) to which the photovoltaic solar plate (28) is attached is attached, being this destined to the creation of the electrical energy necessary for the operation of irrigation by

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) drip (32), figure 1, which would like to be installed among any of those existing in the market. Both the bucket (1) and Ia (2) are provided with a drain (11) in one of its vertices that allows the excess of irrigation water to be expelled if necessary, figure 6.

The sustainable portable garden has the possibility of being disassembled in all its elements, as shown in Figure 8, these being collected inside the box formed by the union of its two buckets (1, 2), and closed by two locks (33) introduced inside the supports (5) of the greenhouse.

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26)

Claims

1. Sustainable portable orchard characterized in that it is composed of two rectangular cuvettes (1, 2), four legs per bucket (13), two lower cabinets (17,18), two solar panels, one thermal (29) and another photovoltaic (28 ), and a greenhouse plastic thermal cover (26); both cuvettes (1, 2) have a rectangular box-shaped shape open at the top, finishing their vertical flat parts on tubular edges or handrails (6) welded to them, being provided in addition to a handle (4) to each side for easy handling, and some supports (5) welded that allow the installation of a greenhouse (25, 26), as well as another, in a single one of the buckets, which allows the fastening of the mast (27) where install a photovoltaic solar panel (28).

2. Sustainable portable orchard according to claim 1, characterized in that its two cuvettes (1, 2) have been joined together by hinges (3) so that they can be removable from one another, also allowing the inclination of their culture cuvettes, when include a piece (12) welded to them consisting of two perforated plates between which a leg (13) is inserted, being held by a pin (31).

3. Sustainable portable orchard according to claim 1, characterized in that both cuvettes (1, 2) are provided with a double bottom (8) each, in which a system of pipes (9) in the form of resistance that are connected to each other is housed. by a sleeve (10), and by heating water produced by the solar thermal plate (29), they form a heating system designed to favor and accelerate the process of germination of crops. The bottom of both cuvettes (1, 2) being slightly inclined to facilitate the evacuation of excess irrigation water through the drain (11) installed for this purpose in one of the vertices of each bucket.

4. Sustainable portable garden according to claim 1, characterized in that it is movable by including its eight legs (13) hydraulic wheels (16) provided with brake,

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) being adaptable in addition to any surface by means of the possibility of regulating the height (14, 15) of said legs.

5. Sustainable portable garden according to claim 1, characterized by having two lower furniture (17, 18) located between the legs (13), under the cuvettes

(1, 2), and composed both of an iron as a floor (22, 24) and another (23) as a shelf in the space between them, two doors (19), two sides (20) and one rear (21) each of them, all these parts being fixed to the orchard object of the invention by removable hinges.

6. Sustainable portable orchard according to claim 1, characterized by the installation of a thermal solar panel (29), which connected to the circuit of pipes (9) that by way of resistance have been located inside the double bottom (8) of the cuvettes (1, 2), heats the water that circulates inside and these in turn transmit this heat to the land destined for cultivation.

7. Sustainable portable garden according to claim 1, characterized by the installation of a photovoltaic solar panel (28) that is fixed to the garden by means of a mast (27), thus allowing its inclination to be adjusted to obtain the best performance and energy use, generates sufficient energy for the operation of a drip irrigation system (32).

8. Sustainable portable orchard according to claim 1, characterized in that it includes the installation of a greenhouse-like cover, for which rods (25) are inserted in the welded supports in the cuvettes (1, 2) for this purpose, which they are covered with a tarp or thermal plastic (26). Said canvas consists of openings, on the long sides of the rectangle that make up both cuvettes (1, 2), as a door.

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26)

9. Sustainable portable orchard according to claim one, characterized in that all its elements are completely removable, and collected inside the box, which forms the union of both cuvettes (1, 2), box to which four of the wheels are adapted (16) already disassembled from the garden, thus making it easy to move.

SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26)