JP2678157B2 - A cultivator for greening building walls, etc. - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to greening of cities,
Specifically, it relates to a cultivator used for greening a vertical wall surface of a building or the like, or an inclined surface close to vertical.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Since natural greenery in urban areas has become very scarce in recent years, many activities such as reviving greenery in urban areas are actively carried out, and vacant land are converted into parks and roads are lined with trees. Urban greening is being considered by various means such as greening the central part of the road.

However, in the present situation where the land itself is used in many buildings for development, there is no other way but to target vacant land or roads as a target of greening, and naturally there is a limit to the area and it becomes a dead end. Is the current situation. Therefore, it is conceivable to green a building such as a building, or the wall surface of the building, by suspending a pot or the like cultivating a plant on a support provided along the wall surface, or a cylindrical container long in the vertical direction. It is also possible to cultivate the plant and attach it to the wall, or to partially build wall cancer in the building, pile up the soil there, cultivate the plant on the culture soil between the soil, and irrigate it from above. .

[0004]

However, the conventional techniques for wall greening as described above have many problems, especially in terms of maintenance. For example, replanting in four seasons, replacing damaged plants, and cultivating plants. Soil maintenance is impossible, or even if it is possible, it is very troublesome, and even with water supply and drainage as an example, irregular leakage, drainage of drainage, uncontrollable irrigation amount, etc. can be satisfied. No results were obtained. Therefore, a large area of a vertical or nearly vertical inclined surface of a building or the like can be easily maintained, and in addition, development of a greening device that can be satisfied in terms of irrigation, drainage, appearance, safety, comfort, etc.
The development of cultivation cultivators suitable for transportation, installation, planting, etc. has become an issue.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cultivation device for greening a building wall surface suitable for transportation, installation, planting, and the like. .

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The technical means of the present invention for attaining the above-mentioned object is a cultivator main body for accommodating cultivating soil,
A plurality of openings for planting on the front of the cultivator body, a water-soluble culture soil outflow prevention film that closes each opening, and a water-resistant protective film that protects this culture soil outflow prevention film A water supply means provided at the upper part of the incubator body and a drainage means provided at the lower part of the incubator body.

Further, in the above technical means, the cultivator body is provided with a mounting means for a frame arranged along a wall surface of a building or the like.

It is preferable that the openings for planting are arranged so that the odd-numbered steps and the even-numbered steps are staggered with each other, and the cultivation device main body prevents the cultivation soil to be accommodated from being biased downward. It is preferable to provide a water-permeable partition plate for preventing the water in the middle of the inside, and to provide a water-permeable partition plate for securing a drainage channel communicating with the drainage drain in the lower part of the inside.

[0009]

With the above-mentioned structure, the present invention can prevent the culture soil from flowing out from the main body of the cultivator at the time of transportation and mounting, and when the plant is planted, the protective film is peeled off and separately cultivated. When the root side of the water-containing plant is pressed against the culture soil outflow prevention membrane at the opening, the culture soil outflow prevention membrane is water-soluble, so that it can be damaged and the plant root can be embedded in the culture soil. After that, by supplying water to the soil,
It can promote the growth of planted plants.

[0010]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a greening cultivator such as a building wall surface in one embodiment of the present invention, a front view with a protective film removed, FIG. 2 is a side view showing the same greening cultivator, and FIG. 3 is the same greening cultivator. FIG. 4 is a front view showing a state in which the rear plate is removed, FIG. 4 is a front view showing a state in which the same cultivation device is applied to a greening device such as a building wall surface, and FIG. 5 is a side view showing the same state. 6 is a plan view showing the mounting means of the same cultivation device, and FIGS. 7, 8 and 9 are partially cutaway front views, plan views and partially cut side views showing the irrigation means for the cultivation device. is there.

First, the greening device will be described with reference to FIG.
In FIG. 5, reference numeral 1 denotes a frame, which is configured by assembling a plurality of lateral members 11 made of shaped steel (L-shaped steel in this embodiment) and a plurality of longitudinal members 12 in a lattice shape. A plurality of culture device holding frames 1a having the same shape and a slightly vertically long rectangular shape are formed in the vertical and horizontal directions. In the illustrated example, three in the vertical direction and six in the horizontal direction are formed. The frame 1 is connected to a plurality of (two in the illustrated example) columns 16 by a connecting member 17 formed of a plurality of square pipes. The frame 1 is installed on a reference surface such as the surface of the earth by the pillars 16, and is arranged along a surface to be greened such as a wall surface of a building.

Next, the green cultivator (hereinafter simply referred to as "cultivator") 3 of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 9, the cultivator constituting the cultivator 3 will be described. Body 30
Is a stainless steel plate with a thickness of 0.8 mm,
The back plate 30a is formed into a rectangular parallelepiped box shape having dimensions of 900 mm in length, 600 mm in width, and 150 mm in depth, and the back plate 30a is detachably attached with screws or the like.
The front plate 35 of the cultivator body 30 is provided with a plurality of circular openings 36 for planting plants. The size of the opening 36 is set so as to correspond to the type of plant to be cultivated, but in this embodiment, it is set to 80 mm. The openings 36 are arranged so that odd-numbered stages and even-numbered stages are arranged in a staggered manner as shown by the solid line in FIG. 1 or as shown by the chain line in order to supply the irrigation water from above to the planted plant as uniformly as possible. Has been done. A heat insulating material 21 such as styrofoam is attached to the inside of the front plate 35 of the cultivator body 30, and the heat insulating material 21 has an opening 22 corresponding to the opening 36. The opening 22, that is, the opening 36, is formed on the inner surface of the heat insulating material 21.
A soil erosion prevention film 23 made of water-disintegrated paper or a water-soluble film is stretched so as to close the space. Front plate 35
Is provided with a protective film 24 made of a water-resistant film so as to close off the opening 36. Incubator body 3
Handles 31 and 32 are attached to the left and right side surfaces and upper surface of the main body 0 by welding or the like, respectively, and engaging members 33 for attaching the culture device 3 to the frame 1 are attached to the left and right side surfaces of the culture device main body 30 by welding or the like. ing. The engagement member 33 is formed in a U-shape in a plane.

The inside of the fermenter main body 30 is vertically partitioned by a partition member 34a provided horizontally in the central portion, and vertically partitioned by a partition member 34b horizontally provided in the bottom portion. For each of the partition members 34a and 34b, a perforated metal having a large number of holes formed in a stainless steel plate is used to ensure water permeability. The central partition member 34a is for preventing the cultivation soil stored in the culture vessel main body 30 from being biased downward, and the lower partition member 34b isolates a drainage channel to a drainage drain 37 described later from the cultivation soil. It is to secure. Therefore, a plurality of partition members 34a can be provided in the vertical direction at the level below the openings 36 in each step, for example. A water supply port 38 is provided on the top of the cultivator body 30. A horizontal water supply pipe 42 made of polyethylene or the like is connected to the water supply port 38 in the incubator main body 30, and a dripper 43 with a pressure regulating valve whose opening is adjusted by water pressure is connected to a plurality of locations of the water supply pipe 42. I have. In this embodiment, the positions of the plants of the cultivator 3 to be planted, that is, the openings 36 are in five rows when viewed from above, and therefore the drippers 43 with pressure regulating valves are also provided at five positions. .

With the back plate 30a removed, the back soil 30 is stored in the fermenter main body 30 from the back opening portion, and the back plate 30a is screwed to store the back soil 25 in the fermenter main body 30. Can be held at. Since the opening 36 is closed by the soil-draining outflow preventing film 23 as described above, it is possible to prevent the soil 25 from flowing out of the incubator main body 30 during transportation or the like, and the water-resistant protective film 24. As a result, it is possible to prevent the culture soil outflow prevention film 23 from being damaged by the adhesion of water.

As an appearance effect of the greening device, it is necessary to reduce the distance between the cultivators 3 as much as possible in order to give the impression of continuous greening over a large area.
We succeeded in making it about 50 mm by devising the mounting structure to the frame 1, the arrangement of the external piping, and the workability of the piping. In the views of the greening device of FIGS. 4 and 5, the mounting of the cultivator 3 is partially omitted to avoid complication of the drawing, and FIG. 6 shows a partial view thereof. The mounting of the cultivator 3 on the front surface of the frame 1 is shown in FIG. 6 after the cultivator 3 is placed on the horizontal surface of the L-shape because the lateral member 11 of the frame 1 is made of L-shaped steel. Fix by the method. That is, the bolt 13 is previously planted at a predetermined position on the front surface of the longitudinal member 12 of the frame 1 by means such as welding, and the cultivator 3
At the time of mounting, the U-shaped engaging member 14a in the opposite direction is engaged with the U-shaped engaging member 33 protruding from both the left and right sides, and the nut 15 is inserted through the washer 14b.
Is fastened to the bolt 13 and fixed. The engaging member 33 on the cultivator 3 side is formed of a plate material such as stainless steel and has a height of about 10 mm, so that the space between the cultivator 3 can be minimized. For mounting the culture medium 3 at the left and right ends, a pipe or the like having a predetermined length may be fitted into the bolt 13. The engaging member 14a is formed in a vertically long shape, and it is effective to improve appearance by using the engaging member 14a as a blindfold of a gap.

Next, the irrigation means of the embodiment of the present invention will be described. The dotted line in FIG. 4 shows the outline of the system of the water supply pipe and the drainage pipe, and FIGS. 7, 8 and 9 partially show the front, top and side views of the inner and outer pipes of the cultivator 3. 4
Is an external water supply pipe made of polyethylene, etc.
Introduced into the gap between the horizontal portion of the L-shaped steel lateral member 11 and the cultivator 3 at each upper edge of the cultivator holding frame 1a provided in the step, and the cultivator 3 is attached to each of them. A branch water supply pipe 41 made of vinyl or the like, which is branched from the external water supply pipe 4, is disposed at the position. When the cultivator 3 is attached, the water supply pipe 41 is connected to the water supply port 38 at the top of the cultivator 3.

A drainage pipe 44 (see FIG. 4) made of vinyl or the like is connected to the drainage drain 37 at the bottom of the cultivator 3 so that three stages are put together and along the longitudinal member 12 of the frame 1. It is led to the bottom and released. Although not shown, a well-shaped rain gutter or the like may be provided at the bottom of the frame 1 for drain processing. This can give a sense of security to the viewer in terms of safety if it is made to look like an eaves when viewed from below.

The following is a description of the usage of the above-mentioned configuration. First, as described above, an appropriate amount of the culture soil 25 is filled into the incubator 3 from the back by the partition plate 34a, and the back plate 30a is covered. Next, the protective film 24 of the cultivator 3 is peeled off and cultivated separately, and the root side of the plant containing water is pressed against the cultivated soil outflow prevention film 23 from the opening 36. Along with this, the soil flow-out prevention film 23 is water-soluble, so it is damaged and the roots of the plants are soiled with soil 2.
5 can be embedded. A large number of such cultivators 3 are prepared, and various types of plants, colors, etc. are prepared depending on the purpose. After that, the cultivator 3 is attached from the front side of the frame 1 installed and fixed to a building or the like by the above-mentioned method and held by the cultivator holding frame 1a. Alternatively, after the cultivator 3 containing the cultivating soil 25 is attached to the frame 1, the plant is planted in the cultivator 3 as described above. Bolts 13 for mounting and fixing are previously planted on the frame 1 side, and the engaging member 33 is also attached to the cultivator 3.
Since it is provided, the mounting can be performed simply by inserting the engaging member 14a and the washer 14b and screwing the nut 15.
Furthermore, since the incubator 3 is provided with handles 31 and 32 for handling, it is easy to carry. After fixing and fixing the cultivator 3, the external water supply pipe 41 for irrigation is connected to the water inlet 38 of the cultivator 3.
If the drainage pipe 44 is connected to the drain 37 of the cultivator 3 and the water supply source is opened, the cultivation state is established. Further, maintenance can be performed by removing the cultivator 3 and replacing it.

By storing the fiber layer on the back side in the main body 30 of the incubator, it is possible to prevent the plant from falling by entwining the root with the fiber layer as the plant grows.
Moreover, an air layer can be created to promote plant growth. Alternatively, a bag containing fertilizer may be hung in the fermenter main body 30 so that the fertilizer is dissolved by water and gradually exudes into the soil 25. Further, the cultivator 3 may be detachably engaged by engaging means in place of the bolts 13, nuts 15 and the like, and it is connected to the frame 1 by a chain or the like to improve safety. Good. Also,
4 and 5, the lateral member 11 of the frame 1 is made of wide L-shaped steel as described above, and horizontal portions are provided in the lateral direction over the entire length in the lateral direction. However, when the L-shaped steel is configured to have a narrow width, the shelf-shaped member (bracket) 1 is provided only near the intersection between the horizontal member 11 and the vertical member 12.
1a (see FIG. 5) may be joined by welding or the like, and the cultivator 3 may be mounted. It is also possible to use a square pipe material when strength is required. In this case, if the outer dimensions of the frame 1 are kept constant, the cultivator 3 is held in each cultivator holding frame 1a of the frame 1 without a space for piping, so that the irrigation piping is Since the cultivator 3 is slightly biased forward with respect to the depth direction, the external water supply pipe 4 and the branch water supply pipe 41 cannot be installed due to lack of space. Therefore, in this case, the dripper 43 with a pressure regulating valve is directly provided on the pipe outside the cultivator 3, and the upper surface of the cultivator 3 is provided with a water supply port formed of a through hole for irrigation at a position corresponding to the dripper 43. However, since the square pipe material is used to form the frame, sufficient strength can be secured and the structure is simple. Further, although the cultivator 3 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape in the above-described embodiment, it may be any shape as long as it can fill a wide area without a gap, and even if it has a polygonal shape such as a square, a triangle, or a hexagon in the front, the irrigation means is devised. By adding
Similar effects can be obtained. Although the device for greening the wall surface of a building or the like has been described in the above-mentioned embodiment, the cultivator 3 of the present invention can be applied not only to the wall surface but also to a frame attached to a structure such as a handrail of a pedestrian bridge or a guardrail of a highway. Can be used. In addition, the present invention can be variously changed in design without departing from the basic technical idea.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, the cultivator main body for accommodating the cultivating soil, the openings for planting plants formed at a plurality of positions on the front surface of the cultivator main body, and the respective openings are provided. A water-soluble soil-drainage outflow prevention film that blocks the water, a water-resistant protection film that protects the soil-drainage outflow prevention film, a water supply means provided on the upper part of the incubator body, and a lower part of the incubator body. Since it is equipped with a drainage means, when carrying, mounting, etc.,
It is possible to prevent the culture soil from flowing out from the main body of the culture machine,
In addition, when planting a plant, the protective film is peeled off and cultivated separately, and when the root side of the plant containing water is pressed against the soil soil outflow prevention film, the soil soil outflow prevention film is water-soluble, It is possible to damage and embed the roots of the plant in the soil, and then water the soil to promote the growth of the planted plant. Therefore, it is possible to provide a cultivator suitable for transportation, installation, and planting of plants when greening a building wall surface or the like.

Further, since the culture device main body is provided with the attaching means for the frame arranged along the wall surface of the building, the attaching work can be carried out easily and quickly.

By arranging the openings for planting so that the odd-numbered stages and the even-numbered stages are staggered with respect to each other, it is possible to supply water evenly to each planted plant.

Further, a permeable partition plate for preventing the soil contained in the inner middle portion of the cultivator body from being biased downward, and a permeable water passage for ensuring a drainage channel communicating with the drainage drain in the lower inner part of the cultivator body. By providing a flexible partition plate, it is possible to prevent the cultivating soil in the cultivator main body from being biased downward, to make the cultivating soil substantially uniform, and to reliably discharge unnecessary water.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a cultivator for greening a building wall surface or the like according to an embodiment of the present invention with a protective film removed.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the same cultivation device for greening.

FIG. 3 is a partial rear view showing the same cultivation device for greening, with a rear plate removed.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a state where the same greening device is applied to a greening device such as a building wall surface.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing the same state.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a mounting means of the same cultivation device for greening.

FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway front view showing an irrigation means for the cultivation device for greening.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing an irrigation means for the greening cultivator.

FIG. 9 is a partially cutaway side view showing an irrigation means for the greening cultivator.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 frame 1a cultivation device holding frame 3 cultivation device 21 heat insulating material 23 cultivation soil outflow prevention film 24 protection film 25 cultivation soil 31 handle 32 grip 33 engaging member 34a partition plate 34b partition plate 36 opening 37 drain 38 supply port 4 external water supply piping 43 Dripper with pressure adjustment valve 44 Drainage pipe

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cultivator main body for accommodating cultivating soil, openings for planting plants formed at a plurality of positions on the front surface of the cultivator main body, and a water-soluble cultivating soil flow-out prevention film for closing each opening. Such as a wall surface of a building provided with a water-resistant protective film for protecting this culture soil outflow prevention film, a water supply means provided at the upper part of the culture device body, and a drainage means provided at the bottom of the culture device body. A cultivator for greening. 2. The incubator body is provided with a mounting means for a frame arranged along a wall surface of a building or the like.
A cultivator for planting the walls of the buildings mentioned. 3. A cultivator for greening a building wall surface or the like according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the openings for planting the plants are arranged in a zigzag pattern with an odd number of steps and an even number of steps. 4. The cultivator main body is provided with a water-permeable partition plate for preventing the stored cultivating soil from being biased downward, and a water permeable passage for ensuring a drainage channel communicating with a drainage drain at a lower portion of the inside. The container for greening a building wall surface or the like according to any one of claims 1 to 3, comprising the partition plate.