PLANT RAISING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: ONUMA HIROMI, OMICHI YASUYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 23.02.2017
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED; FISHING; FORESTRY; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; TRAPPING; WATERING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate workload of adjusting a supply amount of nutritious liquid to each raising groove, and make it possible to reduce an equipment cost.SOLUTION: A plant raising apparatus 1 comprises a plurality of distribution pipes 5 which supply to distribute nutritious liquid 3 from a nutritious liquid-supplying tube 4 to a plurality of raising grooves 2 parallelly provided in the same plane. A header device 31 capable of distributing the nutritious liquid 3 is installed between the nutritious liquid-supplying pipe 4 and each of the distribution pipes 5. The header device 31 has: supply port parts 32 connectable to the nutritious liquid-supplying pipe 4; and a plurality of discharge port parts 33 individually connectable to each of the distribution pipes 5.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】主に、各育成溝に対する養液の供給量を調整する手間をなくすと共に、設備コストを低減し得るようにする。【解決手段】同一面内に並設された複数の育成溝２に対し、養液供給管４からの養液３を分配供給する複数の分配管５を備えた植物育成装置１に関する。上記養液供給管４と上記各分配管５との間に、養液３を分配可能なヘッダー装置３１が設置されている。このヘッダー装置３１が、上記養液供給管４に接続可能な供給口部３２と、上記各分配管５へ個別に接続可能な複数の排出口部３３と、を有している。【選択図】図２