TWI663907B - Hydroponic system that allows plants to grow downward - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention includes a container unit and a plant extension unit. The container unit has a bottom plate, a surrounding wall and an accommodation space, and the accommodation space is located between the bottom plate and the surrounding wall. The plant extension unit penetrates the bottom plate in a watertight manner and extends a height toward the accommodation space; the plant extension unit has an extension passage that communicates with the accommodation space and the outside world. The accommodating space contains a hydroponic liquid and a planting structure, the hydroponic liquid is lower than the height of the plant protruding unit; the planting structure has a portion, a stem portion, and a leaf portion; at least one of the root portion and the stem portion The person is immersed in hydroponic fluid, and at least one of the stem part and the flower and leaf part is extended to the outside through the extension channel, forming a hydroponic system capable of upside-down cultivation. Therefore, this case has both the novelty of the hydroponic system that can be planted upside down, and the advantages of both energy saving and daylighting.

Description

Hydroponic system capable of upside down planting

The present invention relates to a hydroponic system capable of upside-down cultivation, in particular to a hydroponic system capable of upside-down cultivation with unique novelty, and energy-saving, hydroponic, hydroponicity that can be used for both upside-down and planting. system.

Please refer to FIG. 8, which is a conventional upside-down potted plant (eg Sky Garden, SkyPlanter in English, or “Inverted Flower Pot” of the People's Republic of China Patent Application No. CN201220149826.0).

The pot plant is provided with a flower pot 81, a soil 82 and a mudguard 83. In addition, the flower pot 81 is hung upside down to plant a planting structure 92. The fender 83 is used to stop the soil 82 in the flower pot 81 hung upside down. That is, this design is at best "inverted", not a hydroponic system that does not use soil.

This design requires regular manual watering. Water is poured from above (the water hole at the bottom of the flower pot 81, which is a well-known design in flower pots) into a ceramic pot water reservoir 84 with micropores, and slowly penetrates into, Wet the soil 82 below. However, the speed of water immersion into the soil 82 cannot be controlled. When the water immerses too fast and the soil 82 saturates, water will drip along the plant structure 92 to the ground. In addition, the soil 82 is still open, which is easy to breed diseases and insects and suffer from pollution. In addition, the conventional structure includes the weight of soil, and the overall weight is relatively heavy.

In view of this, it is necessary to develop technologies that can solve the above-mentioned conventional disadvantages.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an upside-down hydroponic system, which has both the novelty of upside-down hydroponic systems, and the advantages of both energy-saving and daylighting. In particular, the problem to be solved by the present invention is that the traditional upside-down hanging pot plants still need to be manually watered regularly, and the water is immersed in the soil. The speed of the soil cannot be controlled. When the water is saturated too fast and the soil is saturated, the water will drip down the ground along the planting structure. And the soil is open, easy to breed pests and suffer from pollution. In addition, this conventional structure includes problems such as soil weight and heavy overall weight.

The technical means for solving the above problems is to provide a hydroponic system capable of upside down planting, which includes: a container unit having a bottom plate, a surrounding wall and a receiving space; the receiving space is located between the bottom plate and the surrounding wall; A plant extension unit penetrates the bottom plate in a watertight manner and extends a height toward the accommodation space; the plant extension unit has an extension passage that connects the accommodation space and the outside world; the accommodation space It is used to contain a hydroponic fluid and a planting structure, the hydroponic fluid is lower than the height; the planting structure has a part, a stem part and a flower leaf part; the root system is immersed in the hydroponic In the liquid, at least one of the stem portion and the flower and leaf portion is extended to the outside through the extension channel to form a hydroponic system capable of upside down cultivation; and the root portion is located above the bottom plate; The hanging unit is connected to the container unit for hanging the container unit for hanging at a high place as a landscape design. A lighting unit is used to face at least the stem part and the flower part. One emits a light to achieve the light Those with high hydroponic efficacy; wherein, the bottom plate corresponds to the light unit and has a reflecting face, which faces the light unit to reflect the light to at least one of the stem portion and the flower leaf portion to achieve Enhance the light; Also, the reflected light can be used as daylighting; a support unit is connected to the container unit to support at least one of the stem part and the flower and leaf part; at least one first auxiliary liquid guiding device, It is connected with the protruding channel and the hydroponic fluid to assist in guiding the hydroponic fluid to at least one of the root and the stem; the at least one first auxiliary fluid guiding device is a non-woven structure; At least one second auxiliary liquid guiding device, which is connected to the first auxiliary liquid guiding device, the extension channel and the hydroponic liquid, and is used for auxiliary guiding the hydroponic liquid to the stem portion and the extended channel. At least one; the at least one second auxiliary liquid guiding device is a sponge structure; a liquid height sensing unit is connected in the surrounding wall, and when the liquid height sensing unit senses that the height of the hydroponic fluid is higher than a safe height, A first signal is generated; and a second signal is generated when the height of the hydroponic liquid is sensed by the liquid height sensing unit being lower than a planting height; and a wireless signal transmission unit is connected to the liquid height sensing unit For wirelessly transmitting one of the first signal and the second signal.

The above-mentioned objects and advantages of the present invention can be easily understood from the detailed description and accompanying drawings of selected embodiments below.

The following examples and drawings are used to explain the present invention in detail:

10‧‧‧ container unit

10A‧‧‧accommodating space

11‧‧‧ floor

111‧‧‧ reflective face

12‧‧‧ fence

13‧‧‧ top cover

131‧‧‧Working hole

14‧‧‧The first auxiliary liquid guiding device

15‧‧‧Second auxiliary liquid guiding device

20‧‧‧Plant extension unit

21‧‧‧ extended out of the channel

30‧‧‧ hanging unit

40‧‧‧lighting unit

41‧‧‧light

50‧‧‧ support unit

60‧‧‧Liquid height sensing unit

70‧‧‧Wireless signal transmission unit

81‧‧‧flower pot

82‧‧‧ Soil

83‧‧‧ Fender

84‧‧‧ Pottery basin water reservoir

91‧‧‧ Hydroponic fluid

92‧‧‧ Planting Structure

921‧‧‧root

922‧‧‧ stem

923‧‧‧Flower and Leaf Department

L‧‧‧ height

L1‧‧‧Safe height

L2‧‧‧Plant height

Figure 1A is a schematic diagram of the present invention

Figure 1B is a partially enlarged schematic diagram of Figure 1A

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of an additional supporting unit of the present invention

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an additional liquid height sensing unit and a wireless signal transmission unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a triangle of a container unit of the present invention

Figure 5 is a partial sectional view of Figure 4

Figures 6A, 6B, and 6C are schematic diagrams of the rectangular, hexagonal, and triangular cross-sectional areas of the container unit of the present invention, respectively.

FIG. 7 is a photograph of a practical application example of the present invention

Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of a conventional device

Referring to FIG. 1A, the present invention is a hydroponic system capable of upside-down planting, which includes: a container unit 10 having a bottom plate 11, a surrounding wall 12 and a receiving space 10A. The receiving space 10A is located between the bottom plate 11 and the surrounding wall 12.

A plant extension unit 20 penetrates the bottom plate 11 in a watertight manner, and extends a height L toward the receiving space 10A. The plant extension unit 20 has an extension channel 21 which is connected to the accommodation space 10A and the outside.

Accordingly, the accommodating space 10A is used to accommodate a hydroponic liquid 91 and a planting structure 92, and the hydroponic liquid 91 is lower than the height L. The planting structure 92 has a portion 921, a stem portion 922, and a flower leaf portion 923. At least one of the root portion 921 and the stem portion 922 is immersed in the hydroponic fluid 91, and at least one of the stem portion 922 and the flower leaf portion 923 is extended through the extension channel 21 To the outside world, it constitutes a hydroponic system that can be planted upside down.

In practice, the container unit 10 has: a top cover 13 for sealing the accommodation space 10A, and the top cover 13 has a working hole 131, which is used for filling At least one of the hydroponic fluid 91 and the planting structure 92 is introduced.

At least one first auxiliary liquid guiding device 14 is connected to the extension channel 21 and the hydroponic liquid 91 to assist in guiding the hydroponic liquid 91 to at least one of the root portion 921 and the stem portion 922.

The at least one first auxiliary liquid guiding device 14 may be a non-woven structure.

At least one second auxiliary liquid guiding device 15 is connected to the first auxiliary liquid guiding device 14, the extension channel 21 and the hydroponic liquid 91 to assist in guiding the hydroponic liquid 91 to the stem portion 922. At least one of the protruding channels 21.

The at least one The two auxiliary liquid guiding devices 15 may have a sponge structure.

The plant extension unit 20 has a tube structure.

The invention may further include: A hanging unit 30 is connected to the container unit 10 for hanging the container unit 10.

A light unit 40 is used to emit a light 41 toward at least one of the stem portion 922 and the flower and leaf portion 923 to achieve light to improve hydroponic effect.

The bottom plate 11 corresponds to the light unit 40, and has a reflecting surface 111 (see FIG. 1B), which faces the light unit 40 and reflects the light 41 to the stem portion 922 and the flower portion 923. At least one, to achieve enhanced light.

A supporting unit 50, as shown in FIG. 2, is connected to the container unit 10 to support at least one of the stem portion 922 and the flower leaf portion 923.

A liquid height sensing unit 60 is connected to the surrounding wall 12 (see FIG. 3). When the liquid height sensing unit 60 senses that the height of the hydroponic fluid 91 is higher than a safe height L1, a first signal is generated. The height L that the representative may overflow the plant extension unit 20 should be reduced. And when the height of the hydroponic liquid 91 sensed by the liquid height sensing unit 60 is lower than a planting height L2, a second signal is generated, indicating that the hydroponic liquid 91 needs to be replenished.

A wireless signal transmission unit 70 is connected to the liquid height sensing unit 60 for wirelessly transmitting one of the first signal and the second signal.

The cross-sectional area of the container unit 10 may be one of a rectangle (see FIG. 6A), a hexagon (see FIG. 6B), and a triangle (see FIGS. 4, 5, and 6C). Of course, this is only an example. Any form of cross-sectional area that can be implemented does not depart from the scope of protection in this case.

The main point of the present invention is: "inverted seeding" plus "hydroponics", and then the plant extension unit 20 is disposed in the container unit 10, and the accommodation space 10A is used to accommodate the hydroponic liquid 91 and the plant structure 92 And at least one of the root portion 921 and the stem portion 922 of the plant structure 92 can be immersed in the hydroponic fluid 91. As the plant structure 92 grows, the stem portion 922, the flower At least one of the leaf portions 923 is slowly extended to the outside along the extension channel 21 to constitute a hydroponic system capable of upside-down planting.

Further, when the light unit 40 emits the light 41 toward the planting structure 92 to illuminate, the reflecting surface 111 reflects the light 41, and when hung at a high place as a landscape design, the reflected light 41 may also It is quite special as daylighting (see Figure 7).

In addition, the planting structure 92 (plant) in this case is hydroponically cultivated in a normal manner for a period of time so that the length of the stem (the stem portion 922) is sufficient (longer than the plant extension unit 20) and the leaves The line (the flower and leaf section 923) and the root (the root 921) also grew well, and then transplanted into the container (the accommodating space 10A) of the case and converted to an inverted state; since the root system was complete at this time, In this case, the survival rate during the actual experiment was quite high, and the overall aesthetics of hanging in the building was excellent.

The advantages and effects of the present invention are as follows:

[1] Upside-down hydroponic systems are unique. The container unit of the present invention can be hung at a high place for landscape design. A plant extension unit is provided in the container unit, so that one end of the planting structure can be immersed in the hydroponic liquid, and the other end is extended along the plant extension unit and projects from the bottom plate of the container unit in the opposite direction. Looking from the bottom up, it can produce a rather unique freshness visually. Therefore, the hydroponic system that can be planted upside down is unique.

[2] It is quite energy-saving for both lighting and planting. The present invention can further provide a lighting unit, and a reflecting surface is provided on the bottom plate in cooperation with the lighting unit. In this way, when the lighting unit emits light toward the planting structure to illuminate, the reflecting surface reflects the light. The reflected light can be used as lighting. Therefore, dual use of daylighting and planting light is quite energy-saving.

The above is only a detailed description of the present invention through a preferred embodiment, and any simple modifications and changes made to the embodiment will not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims (3)

A hydroponic system capable of upside-down planting includes: a container unit having a bottom plate, a surrounding wall and an accommodation space; the accommodation space is located between the bottom plate and the surrounding wall; a plant extension unit, The watertight penetrates the bottom plate and extends a height toward the accommodation space; the plant extension unit has an extension passage, which is connected to the accommodation space and the outside; the accommodation space is used to accommodate a hydroponic fluid And a planting structure, the hydroponic liquid system is lower than the height; the planting structure has a portion, a stem portion and a flower and leaf portion; the root system is immersed in the hydroponic liquid, the stem portion, the At least one of the flower and leaf parts is extended to the outside through the extension channel to constitute a hydroponic system capable of upside down planting; the root is located above the bottom plate; and a hanging unit is connected to the A container unit for hanging the container unit for hanging at a high place as a landscape design; a light unit for emitting a light toward at least one of the stem part and the flower and leaf part to achieve light Those who improve hydroponic efficiency; wherein, the bottom plate Corresponds to the light unit, and has a reflective face, which is directed toward the light unit to reflect the light to at least one of the stem part and the flower and leaf part to achieve enhanced light; and the reflected light can be used as Daylighting; a support unit connected to the container unit to support at least one of the stem portion and the flower and leaf portion; at least one first auxiliary liquid guiding device connected to the extension channel and the hydroponics Liquid to assist in guiding the hydroponic fluid to at least one of the root and the stem; the at least one first auxiliary liquid guiding device is a non-woven structure; at least one second auxiliary liquid guiding device is connected to the A first auxiliary liquid guiding device, the extension channel and the hydroponic liquid, for guiding the hydroponic liquid to at least one of the stem portion and the protruding channel; the at least one second auxiliary liquid guiding device It is a sponge structure; a liquid height sensing unit is connected in the surrounding wall. When the liquid height sensing unit senses that the height of the hydroponic liquid is higher than a safe height, a first signal is generated; and when the liquid height sensing The unit senses that the height of the hydroponic fluid is lower than Planting height, generating a second signal line; and a wireless signal transmitting unit, coupled to the high liquid-based sensing unit for the first outgoing wireless signal, wherein one of the second signal. The hydroponic system for upside-down cultivation as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the container unit has a top cover for covering the accommodation space, and the top cover has a A working hole is used to fill at least one of the hydroponic fluid and the planting structure. The hydroponic system for reversible planting as described in the first item of the patent application scope, wherein the plant extending unit has a tube structure.