JP2819463B2 - Cleaning device for waterway in hydroponic cultivation facility - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement on a washing apparatus for washing a waterway of a hydroponic cultivation facility.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a water channel of a hydroponic cultivation facility is formed by forming a steel plate into a groove shape or a channel shape having a C-shaped cross section, and arranging the steel plate in a state where a cleavage portion thereof is located upward. With the waterway filled with liquid fertilizer or the like, pots planted with plants are arranged on the waterway, and the roots are used to grow in the waterway.

[0003] During use, scales and moss that adheres to the inner wall surface of the waterway and fertilizer components that precipitate are gradually accumulated. Cleaning is performed, and the work is manually performed by inserting a cleaning tool such as a cleaning nozzle or a brush from a cleavage portion located on the upper surface side of the water channel.

[0004]

Conventionally, the cleaning and washing work of a water channel of a hydroponic cultivation facility has conventionally been performed by forming a water channel formed on a steel sheet into a C-shaped cross section and disposed on the upper surface side of the water channel. By inserting a cleaning tool such as a cleaning nozzle or a brush from the opening, and operating it, the operator cleans and cleans the water channel from one end side to the other end sequentially. Performing the operation requires a time-consuming operation, and requires time and labor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve this problem, and a new method for cleaning / washing a water channel with a simple operation and with a small amount of time and labor. It is intended to provide a means.

[0006]

According to the present invention, as a means for solving the above-mentioned problem, a guide portion 42 is fitted into a split opening 20 on the upper surface side of the water channel 2 so as to fit the water channel. A sliding member 4 is formed along the top plate 2a so as to freely slide in the longitudinal direction.
And a water channel cleaning device in a hydroponic cultivation facility in which a connection port 62 of a hose 7 for supplying cleaning water to the cleaning nozzles 51 is provided on the upper surface side of the sliding member 4.

[0007]

According to the means of the present invention constructed as described above, the lid 23 at one end of the water channel 2 is removed, and the cleaning devices a.
The sliding member 4 which has been assembled and supported is fitted to a split opening 20 formed on the upper surface side of the water channel 2, and a hose is connected to the connection port 62 of the connection port portion 6 protruding on the upper surface side of the sliding member 4. If the distal end of the sliding member 4 is connected via a coupler 70 and pressure water is supplied from the proximal end side of the hose 7, it is jetted in the opposite direction to the lower end surface of the sliding member 4 toward the proximal end side of the sliding member 4. Washing water is spouted in the opposite direction from the washing nozzles 51 attached so as to wash the inner wall surface of the water channel 2 and simultaneously slide the sliding member 4
When the sliding member 4 reaches the other end of the water channel 2 and the hose 7 pulled out by the sliding of the sliding member is dragged by hand, the sliding member 4 slides. Since the member 4 is pulled back to one end side of the water channel 2, washing and cleaning can be easily performed by repeating this several times.

The sliding member 4 formed to be long in the front and back restrains the washing water ejected from the washing nozzles 51 from being ejected upward from the opening 20 on the upper surface of the water channel 2, and allows the worker or the surroundings to clean the washing water. This prevents the washing water from scattering.

[0009]

Next, an embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the entire hydroponic cultivation facility A in which the present invention is implemented. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a house, 2... ... indicates an underframe supporting the inside at a predetermined height position.

The water channel 2 is formed by bending and forming a steel plate.
As shown in FIG. 2, it is formed in a groove shape or a conduit shape having a fixed length which is continuous with the C-shaped cross-sectional shape, and is formed as shown in FIGS.
As shown in (1), the connection is made to a predetermined length by a joint 2d having a similar cross-sectional shape and formed in a short length, and this is set to a state in which the split opening 20 is located on the upper surface side. Are arranged in a row at predetermined intervals on the upper surface of the underframe 3 installed in the inside, and at one end of each of the waterways 2.
As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, a lid 22 having a drain pipe 21 on the bottom side is fitted as shown in FIG. 12, and a cap-shaped part without the drain pipe 21 is attached to the opposite end. Lid 23
Is fitted as shown in FIG. 4 and the lower end of the above-mentioned drain pipe 21 is sealed with a stopper 24 as shown in FIG. 12, and the lumen thereof is filled with a hydroponic solution such as liquid manure. On the upper surface of the water channel 2, a pot P sowed or planted with a seed of a plant to be cultivated is placed as shown in FIG. It is used so that it hangs down into the hydroponic solution in the water channel 2 from the open openings 20.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral a denotes a cleaning device for cleaning and cleaning the inside of the water passages 2... A sliding member 4 fitted in the opening 20 of the water passage 2 and sliding in the longitudinal direction of the water passage 2, The cleaning nozzle part 5 attached to the lower surface of the
And a connection port 6 for connecting a hose provided on the upper surface side of the sliding member 4.

As shown in FIG. 2 described above, the sliding member 4 has a width which straddles the opening 20 of the water channel 2 to the left and right and abuts on the upper surface of the top plate 2a of the water channel 2, and is shown in FIGS. , An upper plate formed in a strip shape elongated in the longitudinal direction of the water channel 2, a lower plate 41 formed to be approximately the same width and the same length and contacting the inner surface of the top plate 2 a of the water channel 2, Plate 40 and lower plate 41
And guide portions 42 fitted to the opening 20 of the water channel 2 so as to be sandwiched between the guide portions 42.
Are formed in a freely rotatable ring body, and are pivotally supported in multiple in the longitudinal direction.

The guide portions 42 are provided for smooth sliding of the sliding member 4 along the longitudinal direction of the water channel 2 and may be a non-rotating sliding member made of a synthetic resin material having a low frictional resistance. .

The cleaning nozzles 5 attached to the sliding member 4 so as to hang down from the lower surface thereof are formed in a drum shape on the lower surface on the front end side (left end side in FIG. 7) of the sliding member 4 and are provided in a drum shape. At the rear side of the peripheral wall of the portion 50, the cleaning nozzles 51 are assembled at three positions, that is, at the central portion and both left and right portions thereof. As shown in FIG. 9 and FIGS. 2 and 3, the washing nozzles 51 are mounted so as to squirt the washing water obliquely downward and rearward. As shown in FIG. 9 and FIGS. 2 and 3, the washing water is jetted obliquely toward the rear side, whereby the washing is performed as shown in FIGS. When water is ejected, each of the upper surface of the floor plate 2b of the water channel 2 and the left and right side walls 2c With sprayed washing water to the surface, it is so as to slide toward the reaction in the cleaning device a itself during its blowing forward (distal end side).

The washing nozzles 51 are connected to the floor plate 2 of the water channel 2.
b are combined for cleaning the upper surface and for cleaning the inner surfaces of the left and right side walls 2c and 2c, but more cleaning nozzles 51 are combined and assembled to the liquid guide unit 50. Conversely, on the contrary, only the cleaning nozzle 51 which jets the cleaning water onto the upper surface of the floor plate 2b, or the left and right side walls 2c, 2c
Only the cleaning nozzles 51 for spraying the cleaning water onto the inner surface of the nozzle may be assembled. In this case, the cleaning device a is used for cleaning the floor plate 2b of the water channel 2 and the left and right side walls 2c and 2c.
and c for cleaning.

As shown in FIG. 9, the connection port 6 provided on the upper surface side of the sliding member 4 for connecting a hose is provided with the liquid guide 5 described above.
A conduit 60 communicating with the sliding member 4 is raised on the upper surface on the distal end side of the sliding member 4, and a connection cylinder portion 61 is fitted on the upper end side of the sliding member 4 so as to be swingable to the right and left. Connection tube 61
A nipple-shaped connection port 62 is provided so as to protrude therefrom. The connection tube portion 61 may be mounted in a fixed state with respect to the conduit 60 such that the nipple-shaped connection port 62 provided in the connection tube portion 61 correctly projects rearward (to the right in FIG. 9).

To connect the hose 7 to the connection port 62, as shown in FIG. 9 described above, a coupler 70 that is detachably connected to the connection port 62 is mounted on the distal end side of the hose 7. The connection is made by fitting the connector 70 into the connection port 62 and tightening it. Alternatively, the connection may be made by a normal hose 7 connection means.

The cleaning operation of the water channel 2 using the cleaning apparatus a having such a configuration is performed by removing the pots P from the respective water channels 2 of the hydroponic cultivation facility A and fitting the pots P to one end of the water channel 2. 7 is removed from the water channel 2 as shown in FIG. 7, and from one end of the water channel 2, the cleaning member 4 of the cleaning device a is provided with a cleaning nozzle 51 provided on the lower surface thereof. A state in which the guide portion 42 provided on the sliding member 4 is fitted into the opening 20 as shown in FIG. I do.

In this state, the distal end of the hose 7 is connected to a connection port 62 provided on the upper surface side of the sliding member 4, and the base end of the hose 7 is connected to a tap water tap or a spout of a pump device. And pressurized water is supplied thereto, the washing water spouted from the washing nozzles 51 located as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 into the water passage 2, the upper surface of the floor plate 2 b of the water passage 2 and the left and right side walls 2 c. Are sprayed on the inner surface of the water channel 2 to wash and clean them, and wash water, which has washed away the scale, moss, precipitated fertilizer components, etc., is removed from one end of the water channel 2 from which the lid 23 is removed. It is poured out from.

At this time, the cleaning water ejected from the cleaning nozzles 51 covers the opening 20 of the water channel 2 with the sliding member 4 which closes almost all of the upper surface of the ejection area of the cleaning nozzles 51. By doing so, scattering to the surroundings is prevented.

At the same time, the cleaning device a is pushed forward by the reaction at the time of jetting of the washing water from the washing nozzles 51..., And the sliding member 4 slides forward sequentially while automatically extending the hose 7. The parts to be cleaned
The other end of the water channel 2 is sequentially changed.

As a result, when the sliding member 4 reaches the other end of the water channel 2 as shown in FIG. 12, the activity of the sliding member 4 is stopped.

At this time, if the pulled out hose 7 is manipulated, the sliding member 4 returns to the starting position at one end of the water channel 2, and the washed sludge flows out from one end of the water channel 2. Thus, the washing operation can be repeated.

In this operation, the worker walks following the washing device a which moves sequentially by the reaction of the washing water jet, and moves in the longitudinal direction of the water channel 2 depending on the amount of sludge washed off. Alternatively, the cleaning device a may be returned to the start end side of the water channel 2 serving as the outlet of the cleaning water.

[0025]

As described above, the water channel cleaning device a in the hydroponic cultivation facility according to the present invention is such that the guide portions 42 are fitted into the openings 20 on the upper surface side of the water channel 2 so that the upper surface of the water channel 2 can be fitted. Are provided on the lower surface side of the sliding member 4 that slides freely in the longitudinal direction, and the connection port 62 of the hose 7 for supplying water to the cleaning nozzle 51 is provided on the upper surface side of the sliding member 4. 2, the lid 23 at one end of the channel 2 is removed, and the guides 42 of the sliding member 4 are fitted into the openings 20 of the channel 2 from one end thereof, and the upper surface of the sliding member 4 is If the hose 7 is connected to the connection port 62 of the above, the pressurized water is supplied, and the sliding member 4 is displaced along the water path 2, the water in the water path 2 can be cleaned by the cleaning water ejected from the cleaning nozzles 51. Become like

At this time, when the washing nozzles 51 provided on the lower surface side of the sliding member 4 are provided so that the washing water is jetted in the opposite direction, the sliding member 4 is generated by a reaction force for jetting the washing water.
Automatically moves forward, so that the cleaning operation is further facilitated.

When the sliding member 4 is formed long before and after so as to close the opening 20 of the water channel 2 within a certain length, the washing water spouted from the washing nozzles 51 is scattered around. To make work easier.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially broken perspective view of the entire hydroponic cultivation facility.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway front view of the waterway cleaning apparatus according to the present invention, which is set in a waterway.

FIG. 3 is a partially broken front view when the cleaning device is located at a joint portion of a water channel.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a water channel of a hydroponic cultivation facility.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the cleaning device according to the present invention is set in the above water channel to perform a cleaning operation.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the washed sludge is drained from one end of a water channel by pulling a cleaning device by pulling a hose in the same operation.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a state in which the water channel cleaning device according to the present invention is set from one end of the water channel.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the washing device when it is set in a water channel.

FIG. 9 is a partially broken side view of the cleaning device in the same state as above.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a state in which the cleaning device sequentially moves to the terminal end of the water channel.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a state where the cleaning device has reached the end of the water channel.

FIG. 12 is a side view, partially broken, of the cleaning device in the same state as above.

[Explanation of symbols]

A: Hydroponic cultivation facility, a: Cleaning device, P: Pot, 1: House, 2: Waterway, 2a: Top plate, 2b: Floor plate, 2c: Side wall, 2d: Joint, 20: Opening, 21: Drain pipe , 22 ...
Lid, 23 Lid, 24 Sealing, 3 Underframe, 4 Sliding member, 40 Upper plate, 41 Lower plate, 42 Guide part, 5 Cleaning nozzle part, 50 Liquid guide part, 51 ... cleaning nozzle, 6 ... connection port, 60 ... conduit, 61 ... connection cylinder, 62 ... connection port,
7 ... Hose, 70 ... Coupler.

Continuation of front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) A01G 31/00-31/02 B08B 3/02

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] A guide member (42) is fitted into a split opening (20) on the upper surface side of the water channel (2) to form a sliding member (4) that slides freely in the longitudinal direction along the top plate (2a) of the water channel (2). A washing nozzle 51 is attached to the lower surface thereof, and a connection port 62 of a hose 7 for supplying washing water to the washing nozzle 51 is provided on the upper surface of the sliding member 4. Cleaning equipment. 2. The hydroponic system according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning nozzles 51 provided on the lower surface side of the sliding member 4 are provided so as to jet cleaning water in a reverse direction toward the rear of the sliding member 4. Cleaning equipment for waterways in cultivation facilities. 3. The sliding member 4 is formed in a front and rear strip shape so as to close a predetermined length range of the opening 20 of the water channel 2 in a plan view, and a cleaning nozzle 51 is provided rearward on a lower surface side at a front end side thereof. The washing device for a waterway in a hydroponic cultivation facility according to claim 1, wherein the washing water is jetted toward the water cultivation facility. 4. A guide 42 provided on the sliding member 4 so as to fit into the opening 20 on the upper surface side of the water channel 2.
The washing | cleaning apparatus of the waterway in the hydroponic cultivation facility of Claim 1 formed in the ring which rotates freely with respect to. 5. A guide member (42) provided on the sliding member (4) so as to fit into the opening (20) on the upper surface side of the water channel (2) is formed on a sliding member slidably fitted into the opening (20) of the water channel (2). The washing device for a water channel in a hydroponic cultivation facility according to claim 1, wherein 6. A cleaning nozzle 51 for ejecting cleaning water obliquely rearward and downward with respect to the inner surface of the floor plate 2b of the water channel 2; a cleaning nozzle 51 provided on the lower surface side of the sliding member 4;
The washing channel 51 in the hydroponic cultivation facility according to claim 1, characterized in that washing nozzles 51, 51 for ejecting washing water obliquely rearward with respect to the inner surfaces of the left and right side walls 2c, 2c are combined. Cleaning equipment.