JP2006006215A - Greening container - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To store water necessary for plant cultivation and to discharge excess water.
A bottom 6 of a box-shaped container body 2 is formed with a raised bottom 8 extending vertically and horizontally, and a water storage recess 9 defined by the vertically and horizontally raised bottom 8. A drain port 12 for discharging water overflowing from the recess 9 is formed, and a cylindrical portion 18 protruding upward from the raised bottom portion 8 is formed at the bottom 6 of the container body 2, and this cylindrical portion In 18, a drain hole 19 is formed at a position lower than the drainage height of the peripheral wall 7 of the container body 2.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a greening container laid on, for example, a rooftop of a building.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a greening container laid on a rooftop or the like for reducing a heat island phenomenon, for example, there is a container having a plurality of legs protruding from the bottom of the container and the legs are formed in a hollow shape.
In this conventional greening container, a through hole is formed at the bottom of the leg, and when this container is placed in a water storage part provided on the roof, water enters the leg from the through hole and is provided in the leg. The water sucking member sucks up water and supplies it to the plant (for example, see Patent Document 1).
JP 2003-299409 A

In conventional greening containers, the water storage part is provided on the roof, so water cannot be stored in the greening container itself, and water supply to the plant may be interrupted while the greening container is being transported. It was.
Then, an object of this invention is to provide the greening container which can store water required for cultivation of a plant, and can discharge | emit excess water.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following technical means.
That is, the bottom 6 of the box-shaped container body 2 is formed with a raised bottom 8 extending in the vertical and horizontal directions and a water storage recess 9 defined by the vertical and horizontal raised bottom 8. The water storage recess 9 is formed in the raised bottom 8. A drain port 12 for discharging water overflowing from the bottom is formed, and a cylindrical portion 18 protruding upward from the raised bottom portion 8 is formed at the bottom portion 6 of the container body 2. Is characterized in that a drainage hole 19 is formed at a position lower than the drainage height of the peripheral wall 7 of the container body 2.
According to this, water necessary for the growth of the plant can be stored in the water storage recess 9, and excess water exceeding the water storage amount of the water storage recess 9 can be sequentially drained by the drain port 12 and the drain hole 19.

Further, a space forming means 15 for forming a space with the plant culture body 5 laid on the raised bottom portion 8 is provided around the drainage port 12 on the upper surface of the raised bottom portion 8. .
According to this, it is possible to prevent the drainage port 12 from being blocked by the plant culture body 5.
Further, a drainage groove 22 is formed in the upper part of the peripheral wall 7 below the upper edge of the peripheral wall 7.
According to this, in addition to the drain port 12 and the drain hole 19, the drainage capacity can be improved by the drainage groove 22.

In addition, a plurality of the container main bodies 2 can be stacked up and down, and positioning means for determining a winding position of a binding band 32 around which the plurality of container main bodies 2 are wound around the outer surface of each container main body 2. 35 is provided.
According to this, the winding position of the binding band 32 that binds the plurality of container main bodies 2 is not shifted, and thereby the plurality of container main bodies 2 can be transported in a stable state.
Moreover, the fixing tool 4 fixed to the floor part which penetrates the said cylinder part 18 and lays the container main body 2 is provided.

According to this, the container main body 2 can be firmly fixed to a floor portion such as a rooftop.
Further, the peripheral wall 7 is provided with a connecting portion 28 for connecting the container main bodies 2 to each other, and a connecting tool 3 for connecting the connecting portions 28 facing each other is provided.
According to this, the container main bodies 2 can be regularly arranged on the rooftop or the like.

  According to the present invention, water necessary for plant cultivation can be stored, and excess water can be discharged.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the greening container 1 includes a box-shaped container body 2, a connection hook that is a connector 3 that connects the container bodies 2 to each other, and the container body 2 on a floor such as a rooftop. It has a fixture 4 for fixing.
The container body 2 is made of resin and has a quadrangular (rectangular) shape in plan view. A plant culture body 5 for cultivating plants is laid in the container main body 2, and plants are planted in the plant culture body 5. The plant culture body 5 includes, for example, a non-woven fabric 5a laid on the bottom 6, a culture soil 5b stacked on the non-woven fabric 5a, and the like. Plants planted in the container body 2 are those that are resistant to high and low temperatures, such as turf and sedum, and dry and wet.

The bottom 6 of the container body 2 is formed in an uneven shape, and a peripheral wall 7 having a predetermined drainage height is formed on the periphery of the bottom 6. On the inner surface side (upper surface side) of the bottom portion 6, a raised bottom portion 8 extending vertically and horizontally and a water storage recess 9 defined by the raised bottom portion 8 are formed. A large number of leg portions 10 are formed on the outer surface side (lower surface side) of the bottom portion 6.
Among the many leg portions 10 provided on the container main body 2, those provided at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the container main body 2 are provided with more reinforcing ribs than the other leg portions 10, and the strength is increased. ing. This is because, for example, when the roof of the building has an uneven folded plate roof structure, when the container body 2 is installed between the convex portions of the roof, the container body 2 is supported only at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the container body 2. This is because there is something to do. Thus, the container body 2 has a configuration that can be laid in conformity to various roof structures.

The raised bottom portion 8 is formed in a straight line and has a lattice shape in which the raised bottom portion 8 intersects vertically and horizontally, and the water storage recess 9 defined in the raised bottom portion 8 has a rectangular shape in plan view. Are regularly aligned in the vertical and horizontal directions at the bottom 6 of the main body. By arranging the water storage recesses 9 in this way, the greening container 1 can supply water uniformly from the water storage recesses 9 to the plants.
A drainage port 12 for discharging water overflowing from the water storage recess 9 is formed in the raised bottom 8. The drain port 12 is circular in plan view, and is formed in a vertically penetrating manner on the upper surface side of the raised bottom portion 8. Further, the drain port 12 is formed in the middle of the intersecting portion of the raised bottom portion 8 (hereinafter referred to as the intersecting portion 13) and the straight portion 14. A plurality (four in the illustrated example) of drainage ports 12 are formed at the intersection 13 of the raised bottom 8.

A plurality of protrusions 15 (four in the illustrated example) projecting upward are formed around the drainage port 12 on the upper surface of the intersection 13. The protrusion 15 is formed at an intermediate position between the adjacent drain ports 12. The projection 15 serves as a space forming means for forming a space between the drain 12 and the plant culture 5 when the plant culture 5 is laid on the raised bottom 8, and is laid on the raised bottom 8. The non-woven fabric 5a prevents the drain port 12 from being blocked.
At the position near the peripheral wall 7 of the raised bottom portion 8, a misalignment prevention protrusion 16 that prevents misalignment of the plant culture body 5 is formed. A plurality of misalignment prevention protrusions 16 are formed at intervals along the inner periphery of the peripheral wall 7. The misalignment prevention protrusion 16 has a pointed shape, and is stuck into the non-woven fabric 5a laid on the bottom 6 to fix the non-woven fabric.

By laying the nonwoven fabric 5a on the bottom 6 of the container body 2, the water retention of the culture soil 5b piled on the nonwoven fabric 5a is improved, and by storing water in the water storage recess 9, the plant can always be kept in the plant. It is possible to supply water. And since the drainage port 12 is formed around the water storage recessed part 9, and the space is always formed between the nonwoven fabric 5a by the space formation means around the drainage port 12, excess water is always this drainage. Since it is discharged | emitted from the opening | mouth 12, it is prevented that an excess water is supplied to a plant.
A cylindrical portion 18 protruding upward from the raised bottom portion 8 is formed at a substantially central portion of the bottom portion 6 of the container body 2. The cylindrical portion 18 has a truncated cone shape or a cylindrical shape.

A drain hole 19 for discharging water in the container body 2 is formed on the side surface of the cylindrical portion 18. The drain holes 19 have a slit shape that is long in the vertical direction, and a plurality (four in the illustrated example) are formed at intervals along the circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion 18. The drain hole 19 is formed at a position higher than the drain port 12 of the raised bottom portion 8 and at a position lower than the drain height (upper end) of the peripheral wall 7 of the container body 2.
An upper and lower penetrating hole 20 is formed in the upper portion (upper surface) of the cylindrical portion 18, and this hole 20 is an insertion hole through which the fixture 4 is inserted.

  In the upper part of the peripheral wall 7 of the container body 2, a drainage groove 22 for discharging the water in the container body 2 is formed. The drainage groove 22 is formed at a lower position (lower position) than the upper edge of the peripheral wall 7. A plurality of drain grooves 22 are formed at intervals along the circumferential direction of the peripheral wall 7. As shown in FIG. 2, the corner 23 of the container body 2 that is rectangular in plan view is chamfered, and a drainage groove 22 is also formed in the corner 23. Since the corner portions 23 are chamfered in this way, when the container main bodies 2 are arranged in close contact with each other, the portions surrounded by the respective corner portions 23 of the four container main bodies 2 become the opening portions 24. The water discharged from the drainage groove 22 of the part 23 flows through the opening 24 toward the floor such as the rooftop below.

A plurality of reinforcing ribs 26 are formed along the inner periphery of the peripheral wall 7 on the inner surface side of the peripheral wall 7 of the container body 2, and the upper end of the reinforcing rib 26 is lower than the upper edge 7 a of the peripheral wall 7. It has become.
As described above, the drainage port 12, the drainage hole 19, and the drainage groove 22 provided in the container main body 2 enable quick drainage according to the amount of water poured into the container main body 2. Yes.
That is, since the drainage port 12 is formed on the upper surface of the raised bottom portion 8 in the vicinity of the water storage recess 9, the water storage recess 9 can secure water necessary for plant cultivation, and excess water exceeding the amount of water stored in the water storage recess 9. Can be discharged from the drain port 12.

  Further, when a large amount of water is poured into the container body 2 due to rain or the like, for example, the water is drained by the drainage by the drainage port 12 and the drainage hole 19 of the cylindrical portion 18 provided above the drainage port 12. be able to. When a larger amount of water enters the container body 2, drainage by the drainage groove 22 of the peripheral wall 7 is also possible. Thus, by providing the drainage hole 19 at a position higher than the drainage hole 12 and providing the drainage groove 22 at a position higher than the drainage hole 19, the greening container 1 is provided with three-stage drainage means. The drainage according to the quantity of the water which penetrate | invaded in the container main body 2 can be performed now.

A connecting portion 28 for connecting the container main bodies 2 to each other is formed on the peripheral wall 7 of the container main body 2. The connecting portion 28 has a configuration in which the peripheral wall 7 is formed in an inward protruding shape so that the outer surface side of the peripheral wall 7 is recessed, and a bar-like portion 29 is formed in the concave portion on the outer surface side in the horizontal direction. The container body 2 is arranged so that the connecting portions 28 face each other, and are connected by attaching the connecting tool 3 to both connecting portions 28.
As shown in FIG. 5, the connecting hook that is the connecting tool 3 is formed in a U-shape, and a latching protrusion 31 that is hooked on the rod-shaped portion 29 is formed at both ends thereof.

In FIGS. 1, 6, and 7, the fixture 4 is made of synthetic resin and has a fixed base 41 provided on the back side of the cylindrical portion 18 of the container body 2 and a fixing pin 42 attached from the upper side of the cylindrical portion 18. It has.
The fixed base 41 includes a seat portion 43 that is fixed to a floor portion such as a rooftop, and a cylindrical portion 44 that protrudes upward at the approximate center of the seat portion 43 and is fitted into the cylindrical portion 18 of the container body 2. .
The seat 43 has a rectangular plate shape, and an upwardly projecting rib 45 is formed on the periphery thereof. A plurality of vertically penetrating holes are formed in the seat portion 43. With the seat portion 43 placed on a floor surface such as a rooftop, an adhesive can be poured into the hole and fixed to the floor surface. It is like that.

The cylindrical portion 44 of the fixed base 41 has a cylindrical shape or a truncated cone shape, and is formed slightly smaller than the cylindrical portion 18 so as to be inserted into the cylindrical portion 18 of the container body 2.
A protrusion 47 that is inserted through the hole 20 of the cylinder 18 of the container body 2 is formed at the upper end of the cylinder 44. The projecting portions 47 are formed so as to project upward from the upper end portion of the cylindrical portion 44, and a plurality (four in the illustrated example) are formed on the cylindrical portion 44, and are spaced along the circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion 44. It is arranged in an annular shape.
At the tip of the projection 47, a retaining portion 48 is formed to prevent the projection 47 inserted through the hole 20 from coming off. The retaining portion 48 is formed to protrude outward in the radial direction of the cylindrical portion 44.

The water discharged from the drain hole 19 provided in the cylinder part 18 of the container body 2 is discharged to the seat part 43 side at the upper part of the cylinder part 44 of the fixed base 41. A first drain hole 49 is formed, and a second drain hole 50 is formed at the base of the cylindrical portion 44 for flowing water flowing through the first drain hole 49 to a floor such as a rooftop. Yes.
The fixing pin 42 includes a disc-shaped base 51, a first cylindrical portion 52 that protrudes from the center portion of the base portion 51 in the thickness direction, and a protrusion of the first cylindrical portion 52 outside the first cylindrical portion 52. And a second cylindrical portion 53 protruding in the same direction as the direction.

The first cylindrical portion 52 and the second cylindrical portion 53 are provided concentrically, and the protruding length of the first cylindrical portion 52 is longer than that of the second cylindrical portion 53.
The first cylindrical portion 52 is inserted from above into the annularly disposed projection 47 in a state where the projection 47 is inserted into the hole 20 of the cylindrical portion 18 of the container body 2. Yes.
The second cylindrical portion 53 covers the tip portion of the protruding portion 47 in a state where the first cylindrical portion 52 is inserted inside the protruding portion 47.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a plurality of container main bodies 2 can be stacked up and down.

  That is, a plurality of leg portions 10 of the container body 2 are formed at intervals on the outer surface side of the bottom portion 6, and when the container body 2 is stacked up and down, the leg portion 10 of the upper container body 2 is It comes in contact with the upper end of the reinforcing rib 26 of the container body 2. Accordingly, in this state, the outer surface of the bottom portion 6 of the upper container body 2 and the inner surface of the bottom portion 6 of the lower container body 2 are separated from each other. In this case, the position of the upper end of the peripheral wall 7 is higher than the upper end of the reinforcing rib 26, and the upper portion of the peripheral wall 7 of the lower container body 2 is reinforced by the legs 10 of the upper container body 2. The rib 26 is prevented from being displaced laterally from the upper end.

The container body 2 can be transported by tying and binding the binding band 32 in a state where the container body 2 is stacked up and down. A guide groove 33 for guiding the binding band 32 is formed on the upper outer surface of the peripheral wall 7 of the container body 2.
The guide groove 33 is provided at the center of each side of the rectangular container body 2 so that the binding band 32 passes through the center of the container body 2.
A guide recess 34 for guiding the binding band 32 is formed in the leg portion 10 below the guide groove 33. The guide recess 34 is formed in the leg portion 10 immediately below the guide recess 33 corresponding to the position of each guide groove 33. The guide recess 34 is also formed on the leg 10 provided on the outer surface side of the center of the bottom 6.

As described above, by forming the guide groove 33 and the guide recess 34, the binding band 32 wound around the plurality of container main bodies 2 passes through the center lines X and Y of the container main body 2, and the container main bodies 2 are stacked. It will be wound along the direction.
Thus, the binding band 32 wound around the container body 2 is regulated by the guide groove 33 and the guide recess 34 so as not to be displaced in the lateral direction. Therefore, when carrying a plurality of stacked container main bodies 2 as a load, the load can be prevented from collapsing and the carrying work can be performed efficiently.

As described above, the guide groove 33 and the guide recess 34 serve as positioning means 35 for determining the winding position of the binding band 32, and the container body 2 can be easily transported in a state where a plurality of the container main bodies 2 are stacked. You can do it.
The construction method of the greening container 1 will be described below.
First, before bringing the container main body 2 to the rooftop or the like, the plant culture body 5 is laid on the container main body 2 at the cultivation site and sown to grow plant seedlings. When the plant grows up to a predetermined size, the container main body 2 is packed together into a plurality of pieces and packed into the rooftop of the building, which is the enforcement site.

  When packing the container body 2, a binding band 32 is used. Two bundling bands 32 are used for packing, and each bundling band 32 is wound in a cross shape (orthogonal) in a cross shape through the center line of the container body 2 when viewed from above. When a plurality of container main bodies 2 are stacked one above the other, the pair of guide grooves 33 formed on the outer surface of the peripheral wall 7 of each container main body 2 are arranged in a straight line in the vertical direction. The binding band 32 is placed between the pair of guide grooves 33, and the binding band 32 is fitted into the guide concave portion 34 of the container body 2 located at the lowermost portion and wound around the container body 2. As shown in FIG. The binding band 32 is fastened by 36.

Next, the plurality of container main bodies 2 bound by the binding band 32 are carried to the rooftop or the like, the binding band 32 is unwound, and the container main bodies 2 are arranged on the floor on the roof.
When arranging the container main bodies 2, as shown in FIG. 2, the container main bodies 2 are arranged so that the connecting portions 28 of the container main bodies 2 face each other, and the rod-like portions 29 of the connecting portions 28 facing each other. The container main bodies 2 are connected to each other by attaching the connection hooks to the container. By this connection, the container main bodies 2 can be regularly arranged in a straight line in the vertical and horizontal directions without shifting their positions.

And as shown in FIG. 1, each container main body 2 is attached to a floor part with the fixing tool 4. As shown in FIG. In this attachment, first, the cylindrical portion 44 of the fixed base 41 is fitted into the cylindrical portion 18 of the container main body 2 from the back side, and the container main body 2 is placed so that the projection 47 of the cylindrical portion 44 passes through the hole 20 of the cylindrical portion 18. Press down.
At this time, the retaining portion 48 comes into contact with the inner surface of the hole 20 and the projection 47 is elastically deformed inward. When the retaining portion 48 protrudes above the cylindrical portion 18 through the hole 20, the elastic deformation of the projecting portion 47 is released and the projecting portion 47 returns to the original posture. As a result, the retaining portion 48 is positioned radially outward from the edge of the hole 20, thereby preventing the container body 2 from being detached from the fixed base 41.

  When the protruding portion 47 is inserted into the hole 20 of the cylindrical portion 18 and protrudes above the cylindrical portion 18, the first cylindrical portion 52 of the fixing pin 42 is inserted into the protruding portion 47 from above. Thus, if the 1st cylindrical part 52 is inserted inside the projection part 47, the projection part 47 will become unable to elastically deform inside. Therefore, the protrusion 47 can be prevented from elastically deforming inward and coming off from the hole 20. As described above, when the fixing pin 42 is attached to the protruding portion 47, the protruding portion 47 of the fixing base 41 penetrates the cylindrical portion 18 of the container main body 2 up and down, and the container main body 2 includes the fixing base 41 and the fixing pin 42. It is fixed in a state of being sandwiched between the top and bottom.

Thus, by attaching each container main body 2 to a floor part individually with the fixing tool 4, the laid greening container 1 will be firmly fixed with respect to the floor part on a rooftop. The outer surface of the bottom portion 6 of the container body 2 is separated from the floor portion such as the rooftop by the leg portion 10, and a space (gap) is formed between the bottom portion 6 and the floor portion. The water discharged from the drain holes 19 and the drain grooves 22 flows through this space.
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications and changes can be made as follows. The water storage recesses 9 do not have to be arranged vertically and horizontally, may be arranged obliquely, or other free arrangement patterns may be adopted. The raised bottom portion 8 may be formed in various shapes so as to partition the water storage recesses 9 in accordance with the arrangement pattern of the water storage recesses 9 without being formed in a lattice shape.

The water storage recess 9 may be formed in a circular shape or other polygonal shape in addition to the quadrangular shape in plan view.
The positioning means 35 is provided at the central portion of each side of the rectangular peripheral wall 7, but may be provided at a portion other than the central portion. In this case, three or more binding bands 32 may be used. .
The connection tool 3 may be anything that sandwiches the rod-shaped portion 29 between both of the connection portions 28 that face each other. For example, a clip-shaped device may be used.

  The cylindrical part 18 formed in the container main body 2 is not limited to the central part of the container main body 2 and may be formed at an arbitrary position, and a plurality of cylindrical parts 18 may be formed in the container main body 2.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a greening container. It is a top view of a container main body. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the state by which the container main body was stacked. It is a side view which shows the state by which the container main body was stacked. It is a fragmentary sectional view which shows the connection state of container main bodies. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which has fixed the container main body with the fixing tool. It is a reverse view of a fixing tool.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Greening container 2 Container main body 3 Connecting tool 4 Fixing tool 5 Plant culture body 6 Bottom part 7 Perimeter wall 8 Raised bottom part 9 Water storage recessed part 12 Drain port 15 Space forming means 18 Cylinder part 19 Drain hole 22 Drain groove 28 Connecting part 32 Binding band 35 Positioning means

Claims (6)

The bottom (6) of the box-shaped container body (2) is formed with a raised bottom (8) extending vertically and horizontally, and a water storage recess (9) defined by the vertically and horizontally raised bottom (8),
The raised bottom (8) is formed with a drain port (12) for discharging water overflowing from the water storage recess (9),
The bottom (6) of the container body (2) is formed with a cylindrical part (18) protruding upward from the raised bottom part (8). The cylindrical part (18) has a container body (2). The greening container characterized by the drainage hole (19) being formed in the position lower than the drainage height of the surrounding wall (7).   A space forming means (15) is provided around the drainage port (12) on the upper surface of the raised bottom portion (8) to form a space with the plant culture body (5) laid on the raised bottom portion (8). The greening container according to claim 1, wherein the container is a greening container.   The greening container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a drainage groove (22) is formed in an upper part of the peripheral wall (7) below the upper edge of the peripheral wall (7).   A plurality of the container main bodies (2) can be stacked up and down, and a binding band (32) wound around the outer surface of each container main body (2) in the stacking direction of the plurality of container main bodies (2). The greening container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein positioning means (35) for determining a winding position is provided.   The fixture (4) fixed to the floor part which penetrates the said cylinder part (18) and the container main body (2) is laid is provided. Greening container.   The peripheral wall (7) is provided with a connecting part (28) for connecting the container main bodies (2) to each other, and a connecting tool (3) for connecting the connecting parts (28) face to face is provided. The greening container according to claim 1, wherein the container is a greening container.

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