JPH0741329Y2 - Cultivation container for plants for generating volatile organic compounds - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial field of application) The present invention is placed in a polluted urban atmosphere and is applied to a forest against the air environment limited to the space inside the building where human life is fluctuated. The present invention relates to a device for forming better conditions for the mind and body of human beings by adding the vital energy generated by visible trees to the room.

(Prior Art and its Problems) Conventionally, an air purifying device that purifies indoor air is generally
The suspended matter was removed by a filter, and gas such as odor was adsorbed and removed by a special filter such as activated carbon. Although this technique is effective in its own way, it is within the scope of the idea of removing harmful substances.

Therefore, no consideration has been given to the effect of resting the tiredness due to work in the room, etc., and there is no choice but to take a rest by another method.

However, with the development of science and technology and industry, the urban structure as a human living area has become isolated from the biological ecosystem.
We cannot deny the fact that the atmospheric environment is invading the human living sphere as a living being.

The forest area of our country occupies 70% of the national land, and the atmospheric circulation causes the biological functions of forest trees to adsorb harmful gases, clean up the atmosphere such as supplementing oxygen, and maintain our lives.
Living activities can be said to be a great natural providence.

Even in Japan, which should be blessed with such a natural environment, the current state of the atmosphere in large cities exceeds the standard value of the total amount regulation introduced in 1982, especially in terms of dust and nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide. At present, dust particles of 10 μm or less do not improve.

In addition, it is difficult to overlook the fact that the overcrowded population and laborers are forced to work in closed buildings.

As a means to solve this problem, the essential oils recently extracted from fragrances or trees are sent indoors using an air conditioner, etc.
There is a movement to improve the air environment.

However, these extracted substances are only some of the components released by the forest, and cannot be called a forest bath.

Therefore, the air that controls the life activity of living things must take into account not only the inorganic elements but also the organic elements cultivated by nature.

That is, while absorbing and removing fine dust and harmful substances contained in the air, together with fresh oxygen, calming, stabilizing, awakening, blood pressure, muscle strength, respiration, digestion by the gastrointestinal tract, diuresis of the human spirit,
The existence of hydrocarbons such as monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes, which have physiological and pharmacological actions such as bactericidal and insecticidal, and those in which alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, etc. are bound to these, and the plants that release diterpenes, phenolic compounds, etc. are revealed. Despite this, the current urban space tends to focus on mineralization, and the need for urban greening and forest bathing has been emphasized.

In other words, the tendency of isolation from nature is such that it is difficult to expect natural purification that corresponds to the amount of various gas bodies discharged by the urban structure, no matter how the need for urban greening is emphasized.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and uses a pure living body or herbaceous plant, and the respiration, assimilation, and divergent action of its leaves are performed under a constant space under an artificial condition that is more vigorous than under natural conditions. Purifying and activating the air condition of, to create more natural air condition than at least the present
To provide a culture container for a plant for generating volatile organic compounds, which is used for an air purifying device for reducing physical and mental load of human being in the space and forming a healthier living and moving environment. Is an issue.

(Means for Achieving the Object) In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, at the window of an air purifying device for purifying the air in the indoor space of a building in which human life is fluctuated with volatile organic compounds generated by plants. The stationary culture vessel 1 is provided with mirrors 4 that reflect natural light 7 and can irradiate the plants 3 in the culture vessel 1 with the natural light 7 from the indoor side.

(Function) As described above, in the culture container of the present invention, the trees to be vegetated inside have been dwarfed beforehand by methods such as core removal and grafting, and the volume is several times larger than the case of natural forest trees within the prescribed volume. It can hold several dozen times as many trees.

However, if the moisture and temperature conditions are maintained appropriately, the branches and leaves inevitably do not retain the dwarfed state, and the tree shape is changed and the tree shape changes. In order to control this, it is necessary to control the length by utilizing a dwarfing agent recently developed. Fortunately, many of these dwarfing agents have a characteristic that the plant height is dwarfed but the number of leaves does not change.

For this reason, since the number of leaves in the predetermined volume is larger than that in the natural forest, more natural light is required by the tree in the container than in the case of the natural forest. Therefore, the deficient amount of natural light is supplemented by not reflecting directly on the trees but reflecting the natural light that has passed through the forest with a mirror and irradiating it from the indoor side.

(Example) FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a culture vessel of the present invention, which is a stationary vessel installed indoors on a window side. Out of the periphery of the culture container 1, at least the outer surface facing the window 6 and the inner side surface opposite to the outer surface are made of a transparent material 2 such as glass or plastic having a light-transmitting property and an air-shielding property. The natural light 7 is given to the plants 3 planted in the culture container 1 through the natural light 7, and the natural light 7 that has not passed the plant 3 and passed through the forest is also injected into the room.

Here, a part of the natural light 7 that has passed through the forest is not emitted to the room as it is, and the mirror 4 is arranged obliquely downward to the upper side of the transparent material 2 on the indoor side so that the reflection surface is on the side of the plant 3. It is arranged.

A culture soil 5 for planting the plants 3 is placed under the culture vessel 1 so that water and nutrients necessary for plant cultivation can be supplied by a water supply device (not shown).

The other side surface does not need to be translucent, and an air intake port (not shown) or an air blower for injecting air into the culture container 1 is provided on this side surface.

Further, the upper surface is open, and the air containing the volatile organic compounds generated from the plants 3 in the culture vessel 1 can be released into the room.

In addition, a temperature control device is provided at the above-mentioned inlet so as to maintain the temperature in the culture container 1 within the range of 20 to 30 ° C., and the atmosphere in the container is maintained so that the divergent action of the plants 3 becomes active. It is preferable.

Next, the operation of the container will be described.

The dwarfed plant 3 is previously densely planted in the culture soil 5 in the culture container 1 by a technique such as core removal and grafting, and the air in the culture container 1 is circulated with the room air by a blower (not shown). When the culture container 1 in this state is placed in contact with the window 6, the natural light 7 inserted through the window 6 passes through the transparent material 2 and the plant 3
To stimulate leaf respiration, assimilation and divergence.

However, the natural light 7 that has passed through or above the plants 3 enters the room as it is to brighten the room, but part of the natural light 7 is reflected by the mirror 4 to irradiate the plants 3 again. Since this irradiation direction irradiates the part where natural light 7 does not hit in the natural state, the leaf respiration, assimilation and divergence of the plant 3 are greatly accelerated.

Since the above-mentioned dwarfing-treated plants grow too much in a good environment, it is advisable to add a dwarfing agent to the culture soil 5 as necessary.

(Effect of the device) As described above, the reflected natural light is applied to the shaded part which is not directly exposed to the natural light in the natural state, the volatile organic compound divergent action of the plant is increased, and the culture vessel 1 is installed. The effect of improving the atmosphere in the room becomes extremely large.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a stationary container, which is the culture container of the present invention and is installed indoors on the window side. 1: Culture vessel, 3: Plant, 4: Mirror, 7: Natural light.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A plant culture container installed at a window of an air purifying device for purifying air in an indoor space of a building where human life is moved by a volatile organic compound generated by plants,
A culturing container for volatile organic compound-producing plants, characterized in that mirrors for reflecting natural light and irradiating the plants in the culturing container with natural light are provided on both sides of the room.