Cover member for a greenhouse, greenhouse, and use of a layer for a cover member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11259471-B2
Application number	US-201715602632-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2017
Priority date	May 24, 2016
Publication date	Mar 1, 2022
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022

Abstract

A cover member for an in-store greenhouse is disclosed, with which radiation exiting the in-store greenhouse can be influenced or modified, so that outgoing total radiation has a white color on the Planck curve.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for modifying radiation exiting a greenhouse, the method comprising:
providing a cover member for the greenhouse;
using a film or a layer for the cover member of the greenhouse;
an interior light configured to irradiate plants in the greenhouse with radiation emitted from the interior light including multiple emitted light portions defining corresponding multiple color ratios; and
wherein the film or layer is configured such that a radiation which radiates from the inner side through the cover member is modified by filtering the multiple color ratios in different amounts, so that outgoing total radiation from the inner side to the outer side of the cover member and exiting the greenhouse has a white color on the Planck curve, and wherein the film or layer is configured as a color filter, and/or wherein additional radiation can be emitted with the film or layer, and/or wherein the film or the layer is configured as a converter, and/or wherein the film or the layer is configured as a polarizer.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the cover member comprises polyvinyl chloride.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the polyvinyl chloride has a thickness of about 100 μm.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the cover member is a configured as a translucent greenhouse pane for the greenhouse.

5. An indoor greenhouse system for use inside a building comprising:
an indoor greenhouse arranged inside the building and having interconnected walls providing a greenhouse enclosure for growing plants;
an interior light configured to irradiate plants in the greenhouse enclosure with radiation emitted from the interior light including multiple emitted light portions defining corresponding multiple color ratios; and
a cover member defining at least a portion of the greenhouse enclosure and configured as a translucent greenhouse pane having an inner side facing inwardly into the greenhouse enclosure and an outer side facing outwardly away from the greenhouse enclosure and toward the building in which the indoor greenhouse is arranged, the translucent greenhouse pane being configured such that radiation from the outer side is operable to radiate through the pane to irradiate plants on the inner side while influencing radiation from the inner side through the pane to the outer side by filtering the multiple color ratios in different amounts, so that outgoing total radiation from the inner side to the outer side of the cover member and exiting the greenhouse has a white color on the Planck curve.

6. The greenhouse according to claim 5 , wherein the translucent greenhouse pane includes a layer or film applied for influencing the radiation.

7. The greenhouse according to claim 5 , wherein the translucent pane comprises a conversion substance.

8. The greenhouse according to claim 6 , wherein the layer or film is configured as a color filter.

9. The greenhouse according to claim 6 , wherein the layer or the film is configured as a translucent, organic light-emitting diode.

10. The greenhouse according to claim 6 , wherein the layer or the film is configured as a converter.

11. The greenhouse according to claim 10 , wherein the layer and/or the film comprises for conversion a luminescent substance or a luminescent substance mixture and/or nanomaterials.

12. The greenhouse according to claim 6 , wherein the layer is configured as a polarizer.

13. The greenhouse according to claim 5 , wherein the interior light emits at least partially polarized radiation, and/or wherein the interior light emits light which is adapted to plants that can be arranged in the greenhouse.

14. The greenhouse system according to claim 5 , wherein the interior light is configured to produce a blue-violet radiation and at least one of a yellow radiation and a red radiation and wherein the cover member is configured for filtering the blue radiation to a greater extent than filtering the at least one of the yellow radiation and the red radiation to provide the outgoing total radiation exiting the greenhouse as the white color on the Plank curve.

15. The greenhouse system according to claim 5 , wherein the cover member comprises polyvinyl chloride.

16. The cover member according to claim 15 , wherein the polyvinyl chloride has a thickness of about 100 μm.

Assignees

• Osram Gmbh

Inventors

• Angenendt Guido
• Bongartz Timo
• Haas Norbert

Classifications

• Y02A40/25

  Greenhouse technology, e.g. cooling systems therefor · CPC title

• F21Y2115/15

  Organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] · CPC title

• F21V33/006

  General building constructions or finishing work for buildings, e.g. roofs, gutters, stairs or floors; Garden equipment; Sunshades or parasols · CPC title

• A01G7/045

  with electric lighting · CPC title

• F21W2131/109

  of gardens · CPC title