US3352057A - Soil-less cultivation device - Google Patents

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US3352057A
US3352057A US418038A US41803864A US3352057A US 3352057 A US3352057 A US 3352057A US 418038 A US418038 A US 418038A US 41803864 A US41803864 A US 41803864A US 3352057 A US3352057 A US 3352057A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G31/00—Soilless cultivation, e.g. hydroponics
    • A01G31/02—Special apparatus therefor
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  • the devices hitherto used for hydroponic cultivation suffer from numerous drawbacks, due to the difliculties encountered in positioning and stabilizing the plants and also resulting from the space occupied by such apparatus. Furthermore, the nutritive solutions are not protected from the action of external agents, and none of these systems enable gaseous treatment to be eflected.
  • the purpose of the invention is to provide a device enabling the various systems of cultivation without soil to be applied and combined, and enabling the plants to be continuously or intermittently fed with fluid or gas with the maximum of efficiency and in an apparatus occupying extremely little space.
  • a tubular element forming a container in the interior of which a nutritive fluid or a treatment gas circulates; the upper part of this tube is provided with vertical or oblique orifices, to accommodate pots of cylindrical section containing the plants, the bases of the pots being supplied with the flow of nutritive substance; it is pointed out that these tubes can be placed on supports constructed tier-wise or else inserted in the ground, but in all cases they protect the fluids or gases against pollution or evaporation, the regular or intermittent circulation of the said fluids or gases being controlled by a pump.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show a cross section of the combination of the tubes and pots.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the device ensuring the circulation of the fluid.
  • FIG. 4 shows one of the ways in which the device can be applied.
  • the supporting tube 1 and the protective tube 2 enable the cylindrical elements 6, 7 and 8 to be centered and positioned by means of the vertical or oblique orifices 3, 4.
  • pots preferably made of a synthetic material, form containers filled with minerals or suitable products in which the roots of plants are secured and develop.
  • each end, 9 and 10, of the tube 11 is connected to a circulation pipe by a lower and an upper connecting socket 12 and 13 respectively.
  • the circulation of the medium is eflected by a pump 14.
  • nozzles 15, 16 and 17 are provided at heights corresponding to the respective densities, and the cups 18 and 19 and others may be equipped with hermetic packings.
  • These elements 20, 21 and 22 can be placed on supports 23 and 24 or inserted in the ground.
  • the supporting tubes 1 and 2 are combined with the pots or elements 6, 7, 8 and others.
  • the tubes are positioned horizontally, and the liquid 25, which consists of a suitable nutritive solution, circulates in the container thus formed.
  • the orifices 3, 4 or 5 position the cylindrical pots 6, 7, 8 at that distance apart which is appropriate to the type of plant to be cultivated or to the size of the pots.
  • These supporting tubes occupy limited space and can be suspended, as in FIG. 4, or inserted in the ground, or assembled battery-Wise on a number of tier-like supports.
  • tubes 11 (FIG. 3) to be used for the decoration of very long internal or external surfaces. They can be easily concealed, so that only the plants are visible.
  • the tubular pots in which the plants are firmly rooted are completely stabilized in the open air, their lower parts being immersed in the nutritive solution 25.
  • the latter is protected from pollution and is in no danger of being diluted by rain or by the watering of the plants 26 or even of being concentrated by evaporation.
  • This device enables various systems of cultivation without soil to be put into operation continuously or intermittently, the cocks 27 and 28 provided at the inlet and outlet enabling the rate of flow and the level of the liquid to be controlled as desired.
  • a system for the cultivation of plants comprising:
  • (d) means adapted to circulate said fluid the length of said container.

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US4035950A (en) * 1975-02-27 1977-07-19 Anthony Cesar Anselm Channel-like structure for horticulture and flower-growing
US4170844A (en) * 1976-01-22 1979-10-16 John E. Reilly Hydroponic gardening method and system
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US4546571A (en) * 1982-02-25 1985-10-15 Scrivens Stephen J Plant watering apparatus
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US5224291A (en) * 1990-12-10 1993-07-06 Sherfield Charles O Hydroponic cultivation apparatus and method
US5337515A (en) * 1991-11-05 1994-08-16 Robins Kevin J Hydroponic gardening method and apparatus
US5385589A (en) * 1992-08-05 1995-01-31 University Of Hawaii Non-circulating hydroponic plant growing system
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US3660933A (en) * 1970-03-02 1972-05-09 Weingarten & Wong Enterprises Hydroponics system and method
US3744183A (en) * 1970-12-11 1973-07-10 N Kato Method of hydroponic cultivation
US3766684A (en) * 1970-12-11 1973-10-23 N Kato Apparatus for hydroponic cultivation
US3973353A (en) * 1974-05-29 1976-08-10 Gravi-Mechanics Co. Plant growth accelerating apparatus
US4397114A (en) * 1974-09-06 1983-08-09 Margaret R. Skaife, Trustee Soiless growing system
US4035950A (en) * 1975-02-27 1977-07-19 Anthony Cesar Anselm Channel-like structure for horticulture and flower-growing
US4170844A (en) * 1976-01-22 1979-10-16 John E. Reilly Hydroponic gardening method and system
US4332105A (en) * 1976-07-26 1982-06-01 Adi-Aeroponics Growth Ltd. Apparatus and method for plant growth in aeroponic conditions
WO1980002787A1 (en) * 1979-06-12 1980-12-24 V Carl Hydroponic growing apparatus
US4255896A (en) * 1979-06-12 1981-03-17 Carl Vincent P Hydroponic growing apparatus
EP0061244A1 (de) * 1981-03-19 1982-09-29 Whittaker Corporation Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Hydroponikkultur
US4379375A (en) * 1981-03-19 1983-04-12 Whittaker Corporation Hydroponic growing system and method
US4403446A (en) * 1981-07-13 1983-09-13 The Stearns & Foster Company Hydroponic growing medium and method
US4546571A (en) * 1982-02-25 1985-10-15 Scrivens Stephen J Plant watering apparatus
US5067275A (en) * 1990-02-22 1991-11-26 Constance Gerald D Hydroponic garden
US5010686A (en) * 1990-04-20 1991-04-30 Rivest Daniel J Hydroponic system
US5224291A (en) * 1990-12-10 1993-07-06 Sherfield Charles O Hydroponic cultivation apparatus and method
US5337515A (en) * 1991-11-05 1994-08-16 Robins Kevin J Hydroponic gardening method and apparatus
US5385589A (en) * 1992-08-05 1995-01-31 University Of Hawaii Non-circulating hydroponic plant growing system
US5533299A (en) * 1992-08-05 1996-07-09 University Of Hawaii Non-circulating hydroponic plant growing system
US5394647A (en) * 1994-02-22 1995-03-07 Blackford, Jr.; John W. Hydroponic plant growing system and structure
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