Energy saving apparatus and method for using the same for planting racks

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016295809-A1
Application number	US-201514747524-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 23, 2015
Priority date	Apr 10, 2015
Publication date	Oct 13, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An energy saving apparatus includes at least a planting rack having at least a panel and a collecting part, a wind pipe, an air conditioner, and an air blower. The panel further has a flow path, and the collecting part is located at a bottom of the panel communicative with the flow path. The wind pipe with bottom nozzles is located above the panel. The air conditioner coupled to the wind pipe is to spray a cool air to the panel through the nozzles. The air blower coupled between the collecting part and the air conditioner is to extract air, so that the cool air can flow from the top to the bottom of the panel, then flow down along the flow path to the collecting part, and finally be supplied back to the air blower for further recycling the cool air to the air conditioner.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An energy saving apparatus for planting racks, comprising:
at least one planting rack, having at least one panel and at least one collecting part, the panel having a flow path, the collecting part being located at a bottom of the panel and communicative with the flow path; at least one wind pipe, having a plurality of nozzles at a bottom thereof, the plurality of nozzles being located above the respective panel; at least one air conditioner, coupled to the at least one wind pipe, the air conditioner being used to provide a cool air sprayed to the at least one panel through the plurality of nozzles; and at least one air blower, coupled to the at least one collecting part and the at least one air conditioner.

2 . The energy saving apparatus for planting racks of claim 1 , where the air blower has a wind-collecting pipe coupled to the collecting part through a connection pipe, one end of the wind-collecting pipe being coupled to the air blower.

3 . The energy saving apparatus for planting racks of claim 1 , where the collecting part has a curve-shaped fluid outlet.

4 . The energy saving apparatus for planting racks of claim 1 , where the planting rack is an A-shaped planting rack having two symmetrically oblique-mounted panels, at least one fluid-guiding plate, a plurality of planting containers, a plurality of fluid-supplying pipe and a plurality of fluid-injecting pipes, the fluid-guiding plate being furnished to an end of a surrounding flange of the panel so as to form a narrow channel acting as the flow path between the fluid-guiding plate and the panel, each the planting container being accommodated in the respective fluid-containing cavity, each the fluid-supplying pipe being mounted to the respective panel by neighboring the respective planting container, each the fluid-injecting pipe having one end thereof coupled to the respective fluid-supplying pipe while another end thereof is extended to the top of the respective planting container.

5 . The energy saving apparatus for planting racks of claim 1 , where the panel has a plurality of fluid-containing cavities, the cool air being sprayed to the fluid-containing cavities of the panel through the nozzles of the wind pipe and then flowing to the flow path through the fluid-containing cavities.

6 . An energy saving apparatus for planting racks, comprising:
at least one planting rack, having at least one shelving frame and at least one collecting part, the shelving frame being formed as a stairstep structure having a plurality of shelve levels, each of the shelve levels of the shelving frame further having a plurality of mounting holes and at least one air-sucking hole, the shelving frame further having a flow path, the collecting part being located at a bottom of the shelving frame and communicative with the flow path; at least one wind pipe, having a plurality of nozzles at a bottom thereof, the plurality of nozzles being located above the respective shelving frame; at least one air conditioner, coupled to the at least one wind pipe, the air conditioner being used to provide a cool air sprayed to the at least one shelving frame through the plurality of nozzles; and at least one air blower, coupled to the at least one collecting part and the at least one air conditioner.

7 . The energy saving apparatus for planting racks of claim 6 , wherein the shelving frame has a plurality of fluid-containing cavities, the cool air being sprayed to the fluid-containing cavities of the shelving frame through the nozzles of the wind pipe and then flowing to the flow path through the fluid-containing cavities.

8 . The energy saving apparatus for planting racks of claim 6 , where the air blower has a wind-collecting pipe coupled to the collecting part through a connection pipe, one end of the wind-collecting pipe being coupled to the air blower.

9 . The energy saving apparatus for planting racks of claim 6 , where the collecting part has a curve-shaped fluid outlet.

10 . The energy saving apparatus for planting racks of claim 6 , where the planting rack is an A-shaped planting rack having two symmetrically oblique-mounted panels, at least one fluid-guiding plate, the fluid-guiding plate being fixed to one side of a surrounding perimeter flange of the shelving frame so as to form a narrow channel acting as the flow path between the fluid-guiding plate and the shelving frame.

11 . An energy saving apparatus for planting racks, comprising:
at least one planting rack, having at least one panel and at least one collecting part, the panel having a flow path, the collecting part being located at a bottom of the panel and communicative with the flow path; at least one air blower, coupled to the collecting part; and at least one air-heating device, coupled to the air blower.

12 . The energy saving apparatus for planting racks of claim 11 , where the air blower has a wind-collecting pipe coupled to the collecting part through a connection pipe, one end of the wind-collecting pipe being coupled to the air blower.

13 . The energy saving apparatus for planting racks of claim 11 , where the collecting part has a curve-shaped fluid outlet.

14 . The energy saving apparatus for planting racks of claim 12 , where the planting rack is an A-shaped planting rack having two symmetrically oblique-mounted panels, at least one fluid-guiding plate, a plurality of planting containers, a plurality of fluid-supplying pipe and a plurality of fluid-injecting pipes, the fluid-guiding plate being furnished to an end of a surrounding flange of the panel so as to form a narrow channel acting as the flow path between the fluid-guiding plate and the panel, each the planting container being accommodated in the respective fluid-containing cavity, each the fluid-supplying pipe being mounted to the respective panel by locating beneath the respective planting container, each the fluid-injecting pipe having one end thereof coupled to the respective fluid-supplying pipe while another end thereof is extended to the top of the respective planting container.

15 . An energy saving apparatus for planting racks, comprising:
at least one planting rack, having at least one shelving frame and at least one collecting part, the shelving frame being formed as a stairstep structure having a plurality of shelve levels, each of the shelve levels of the shelving frame further having a plurality of mounting holes and at least one air-sucking hole, the shelving frame further having a flow path, the collecting part being located at a bottom of the shelving frame and communicative with the flow path; at least one air blower, coupled to the collecting part; and at least one air-heating device, coupled to the air blower.

16 . The energy saving apparatus for planting racks of claim 15 , where the air blower has a wind-collecting pipe coupled to the collecting part through a connection pipe, one end of the wind-collecting pipe being coupled to the air blower.

17 . The energy saving apparatus for planting racks of claim 15 , where the planting rack is an A-shaped planting rack having two symmetrically oblique-mounted panels, at least one fluid-guiding plate, the fluid-guiding plate being fixed to one side of a surrounding perimeter flange of the shelving frame so as to form a narrow channel acting as the flow path between the fluid-guiding plate and the shelving frame, each the planting container being accommodated in the respective fluid-containing cavity, each the fluid-supplying pipe being mounted to the respective shelving frame by locating beneath t

Assignees

• Ind Tech Res Inst

Inventors

• Huang Tien-Fu
• Chiang Shih-Ying
• Liu Yu-Hsiang

Classifications

• A01G13/08 Primary

  Mechanical apparatus for circulating the air · CPC title

• A01G9/02 Primary

  Receptacles, e.g. flower-pots or boxes (self-acting watering devices A01G27/00; hanging flower baskets, holders or containers for flower-pots A47G7/00); Glasses for cultivating flowers · CPC title

• A01G9/246

  Air-conditioning systems · CPC title

• A01G7/06

  Treatment of growing trees or plants, e.g. for preventing decay of wood, for tingeing flowers or wood, for prolonging the life of plants · CPC title

• A01G9/14

  Greenhouses · CPC title