Air emission device for growing plants

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9894844-B2
Application number	US-201414772545-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2014
Priority date	Apr 3, 2013
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

The air emission device for growing plants includes a plurality of air emission units for respectively emitting an air flow onto the new leaves growing on a tip of a stem of each plant that has one stem. The transpiration effect on the leaves and suctioning of water and nutrition from the roots of the plants can be promoted. Thus, wilting of leaves can be prevented and the tip burn due to insufficient calcium can be avoided. Provision of the air emission units are effectively arranged to evenly or uniformly supply air onto the new leaves of the each plant.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An air emission device for growing plants comprising:
a plurality of air emission units that respectively emits an air flow onto new leaves growing on a tip of a stem of each plant of a plurality of plants, each plant having one stem, wherein
air of the air flow is adjusted to be air with high humidity and high concentration of carbon dioxide and is supplied to the plurality of air emission units from an air supply source through a pipe,
each of the plurality of air emission units is located at a position to each of the plurality of plants and each of the plurality of air emission units includes a light emitting device for emitting a light onto each of the plurality of the plants,
the light emitting device is provided with a stem growth-inhibiting light source at a central portion thereof facing the stem to emit a stem growth-inhibiting light having a blue component light at a ratio which inhibits growth of the stem, and with a leaf growth-promoting light source around the stem growth-inhibiting light source facing the new leaves growing on the tip of the stem to emit a leaf growth-promoting light having a red component light at a ratio which promotes a growth of leaf, and
each of the plurality of air emission units includes a disc shaped base plate on which the light emitting device is provided, and a plurality of air emitting ports is provided on the base plate between the stem growth-inhibiting light source and the leaf growth-promoting light source in a radial direction of the base plate.

2. The air emission device for growing plants according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an air emission unit supporting device which adjustably supports the plurality of air emission units in an up/down direction, wherein
the air emission unit supporting device supports the plurality of air emission units and the light emitting devices at any position for the plurality of air emission units and the light emitting devices to face the plurality of plants respectively.

3. The air emission device for growing plants according to claim 2 , wherein
the air emission unit supporting device includes a support bar that extends in a lateral direction above the plants and is movable in the up/down direction, and
the support bar is used as the pipe which is provided with a communication passage therein through which the air supplied from the air supply source flows to each of the air emission units.

Assignees

• Fuji Seiko Co Ltd
• Fuji Shoji Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takashima Katsunori
• Yoshida Masashi

Classifications

• A01G9/18

  Greenhouses for treating plants with carbon dioxide or the like · CPC title

• A01G7/045 Primary

  with electric lighting · CPC title

• A01G7/06 Primary

  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

• A01G7/02

  Treatment of plants with carbon dioxide · CPC title

• Y02P60/146

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic