JP5940108B2 - Hydroponics kitchen - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a hydroponics kitchen provided with a hydroponics function (equipment) for vegetables in a part of a kitchen in a general household.

  Conventionally, a plurality of techniques have been publicly known as hydroponic cultivation apparatuses of this kind in general households. The first known technology includes a box-shaped main body, a cultivation room composed of a plurality of divided spaces provided inside the main body, an opening formed on the front surface of the main body, and the main body. An open / close door provided to close and open the opening, a container provided in each of a plurality of spaces in the cultivation room inside the main body, and a plant housed in the container can be planted, A plant cultivation apparatus for home use, comprising: a plant holder that can be impregnated with a nutrient solution; an artificial light source provided in the cultivation room; and a temperature adjusting unit that regulates the temperature of the cultivation room. (Patent Document 1).

  The plant cultivation apparatus according to the invention according to the first known technique can be set to an appropriate size that does not cause trouble in a general house.

  Further, as a second known technique, a hollow internal space having an opening / closing door provided on one side, a side wall covering a side other than the side provided with the door, a bottom wall closing the bottom, and a ceiling wall closing the ceiling A housing having a structure, a cultivation tank disposed in a space in the housing, a water storage tank disposed in a lowermost portion of the space, and a light source that emits light for plant growth disposed along a side wall in the housing. The cultivating tank is provided with drainage means for keeping the supplied supply water at a fixed writing water level and lowering excess supply water to a lower cultivating tank or water storage tank. A hydroponic means is provided that pumps up the collected water into the information cultivation tank as supply water, and the light source is configured so that the mounting position can be changed according to the arrangement of the cultivation tank. It is a cultivation apparatus (patent document 2).

  According to the hydroponic cultivation apparatus according to the second known technique, cultivation tanks for growing plants are provided in multiple stages along the vertical direction in order to obtain the maximum yield while having a small installation area. However, the several light source which supplies light to each cultivation tank is attached so that a position can be changed along the wall of a side surface. Thereby, the hydroponics apparatus can make the dead angle with respect to a light source as difficult as possible with respect to each cultivation tank arrange | positioned in multiple stages.

  Furthermore, as for the third known technique, an overflow overflow pipe is formed in a greenhouse in which the peripheral surface of a main body frame formed by arranging partition shelves in multiple stages is covered with a light-transmitting plate and the upper surface is open. The cultivation tank for hydroponics having a capacity of 2 is placed on each partition shelf, pumped up to the uppermost cultivation tank and stored at an appropriate depth, and sequentially from the cultivation tank It is a household hydroponic cultivation apparatus configured to circulate water while allowing water to flow to the cultivation tank and storing it at an appropriate depth, and to circulate water to the cultivation tank of each stage, This is a domestic hydroponics device characterized in that a metal constituting minerals such as copper, zinc, iron, and selenium is placed in at least one cultivation tank and immersed in stored water (Patent Document 3).

  According to the household hydroponic cultivation apparatus of the device according to the third known technique, the metal nutrients are eluted in the water by immersing the metal lump, metal particles, and fiber bundles in the circulating water, and constitute these minerals. Inorganic nutrients are efficiently taken into hydroponic vegetables, and at the same time, the function of purifying circulating water is also achieved. In addition to this, seafood is bred in the cultivation tank, and organic and inorganic nutrients contained in the manure or feed to be bred are eluted and circulated in the water. As a result, the water used for hydroponics can contain abundant nutrients due to elution of metals and excreta. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently cultivate vegetables containing a large amount of nutrients that help improve immunity by incorporating mineral and organic nutrients at low concentrations into hydroponic vegetables that absorb nutrients from this water and concentrating them internally. That's it.

JP 2012-147730 A Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2011-30477 Utility Model Registration No. 3111953 Registration Utility Model Gazette

  The hydroponic cultivation apparatus in the publicly known technology of Patent Document 1 is provided with a heat exchange chamber in which an upper part of a main body is arranged with a Bertier element in an upper part of the main body, and in a cultivation room divided into multistages inside the main body. A container is provided in each state, and a plant holder that can plant a plant in each container and that can be impregnated with a nutrient solution is housed. For supplying a nutrient solution to each cultivation room and each container Since tanks, pipes, circulation pipes, etc. are not described, it is necessary to manually and individually supply the nutrient solution to the containers in each cultivation room, which makes it difficult and complicated to grow plants. In addition, there is a problem that the whole is bulky by providing an extra heat exchange chamber.

  In the known technique of Patent Document 2, as in Patent Document 1, a support frame is provided in the housing to provide multi-stage cultivation tanks, and a water storage tank is disposed at the lowermost part to pump up supply water from the water storage tank. Pumping means for supplying to the uppermost cultivation tank is provided, and each cultivation tank is provided with drainage means for lowering excess supply water to the lower cultivation tank or water storage tank, and the supply water is circulated. Thus, although the problem of the Patent Document 1 can be solved for the time being, it is only described that the intake of the outside air and the discharge of the internal air are performed by the vent and the electric fan provided in the ceiling plate. There is a problem with the temperature management required for plant cultivation.

  Furthermore, the well-known technique of the said patent document 3 is the cultivation tank which has the overflow pipe for the upper surface opening in the greenhouse which provided the partition shelf in the main body in multiple steps, and the bottom part similarly to the said patent documents 1 and 2. Is installed on a multi-stage partition shelf, and the point that the water is circulated in the cultivation tank of each stage, as in the above-mentioned Patent Document 2, has solved the problem of the Patent Document 1 for the time being, A ventilation fan with an open / close shutter provided on the top of the side wall of the main body is only described to convection with closed air and ventilating it, for temperature management and photosynthesis necessary for plant cultivation There is a problem about cultivation by indoor installation without a necessary light source.

  By the way, the hydroponic cultivation apparatus in the publicly known techniques of Patent Documents 1 to 3 are all independent apparatuses, and because of the electrical wiring and water circulation of the apparatus, the indoor installation space in each household and The installation location is inevitably constrained, and even if there is no problem in a relatively large house with a single house, it is difficult to secure the installation location in a house or apartment that is not so large Have the common problem of being.

  Therefore, the present invention does not hinder the cultivation and cultivation of vegetables and the like, and is not bulky as a whole, and can be easily installed indoors without being restricted by indoor electrical wiring or water. The purpose is to provide a hydroponic kitchen.

As a specific means for solving the problems of the conventional example described above, the hydroponic kitchen according to the present invention includes a holding member that can be impregnated with a hydroponic solution in a cultivation container provided at the upper part on the back side of the kitchen and serves as a floor of the cultivated plant. adjusting the cultivation space and set, a solution tank for supplying hydroponic solution to the culture vessel disposed inside the space of the kitchen, a pump for feeding the hydroponic solution from the solution tank, the temperature of the hydroponic solution The temperature adjusting means, the solution tank, the pump, and the temperature adjusting means are connected by a pipe, and the tip of the pipe is opened on one end side of the cultivation container, and the overflow pipe formed on the other end side If branches the part of the pipe is passed through and extending in the cultivation space, a free end portion is formed a circulation path is opened on the upper surface of the solution tank, the cultivation space, the upper To surround A light source inside at the required height, the transmitting light of the light source, formed by attaching an arch-shaped counter with an aluminum plate having a punched hole for radiating the heat of the pipe was passed through the cultivation space The composition is the main feature.

In this invention, the temperature of the cultivation space and the temperature and supply amount of the hydroponic solution can be managed by a temperature adjusting means with a control unit; and the circulation path is hydroponically installed in the cultivation container of the cultivation space. As an additional requirement, the solution is supplied and the inside of the cultivation space is maintained at a set temperature.

The hydroponics kitchen according to the present invention forms a cultivation space using the upper part on the back side of the kitchen, and is provided with facilities and mechanisms for temperature management of the cultivation space and supplying a hydroponic solution inside the kitchen. The aluminum plate has a punching hole that radiates the heat of the pipe that has passed through the cultivation space. And since the environment / atmosphere of the cultivation space is adjusted by the temperature adjusting means with the control unit and the temperature management is careful, there is an excellent effect of growing vegetables efficiently.

It is explanatory drawing which showed schematically the principle of the hydroponic cultivation kitchen which concerns on preferable embodiment of this invention. It is the front view which showed only the principal part of the hydroponic kitchen based on the embodiment. It is the top view which showed only the principal part of the hydroponic kitchen based on the embodiment. It is the side view which showed only the principal part of the hydroponic kitchen based on the embodiment. It is an expanded sectional view which follows the AA line of FIG. It is drawing seen from the direction in alignment with the BB line of FIG. 2, and is explanatory drawing which removed and showed the aluminum plate. It is the top view which showed the aluminum plate used for the hydroponic cultivation kitchen which concerns on the same embodiment. It is the top view which showed the upper surface board of the kitchen in the hydroponic cultivation kitchen which concerns on the embodiment. It is a front view of the upper surface board of the kitchen. It is a side view of the upper surface board of the kitchen.

Embodiment of the hydroponics kitchen which concerns on this invention is described in detail using drawing.
First, in FIG. 1, a cultivation space 2 is provided in the upper part on the back side of the kitchen 1. The cultivation space 2 can be impregnated with a hydroponic solution in a cultivation container 3 provided in the upper part of the kitchen 1, and a holding member 4 such as a rock wall serving as a floor for cultivated vegetables is disposed (laid) thereon. A solution tank 7 for supplying a hydroponic solution 6 to the cultivation container 3 is formed by attaching an arched counter 5 provided with a light source made of LEDs on the inner side (lower surface) at a required height. A pump 8 for feeding the hydroponic solution 6 from the solution tank 7 and a temperature adjusting means 9 with a control unit for adjusting the temperature of the hydroponic solution 6 are disposed in the interior space of the kitchen 1. The pump 8 and the temperature adjusting means 9 are connected by a pipe 10, and the tip of the pipe 10 opens as a discharge port 11 on one end side (right side in the drawing) of the cultivation container 3, and the pipe 10 is in front of it. Branch into multiple lines The counter 5 is extended along the inside of the counter 5 and its free end is opened on the upper surface of the solution tank 7 to form a circulation path for the hydroponic solution 6. It constitutes the cultivation mechanism. The circulation path may be formed by another route.

  The hydroponic solution 6 supplied to the cultivation container 3 is provided with an overflow pipe 12 at a position where it does not overflow from the cultivation container 3, and the lower end portion of the overflow pipe 12 is opened on the upper surface of the solution tank 7. . By arranging the pipe 10 and the overflow pipe 12 in this way, the hydroponic solution 6 circulates through the cultivation space 2 and the solution tank 7. In addition, the code | symbol 13 is plants, such as vegetables, and you may provide a temperature sensor in the required position in the cultivation space 2, if needed.

Next, a specific embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the kitchen 1 includes a faucet 14, a sink 15, a cooking table 16, and a gas or electric heating unit 17 (cooking unit) as usual. A door 18 and a drawer 19 are attached to the front side, and an operation unit 20 of the heating unit 17 and an operation unit 21 of the dishwasher are provided on the front side of the kitchen 1. For example, if the heating unit 17 is a gas type, the operation unit 20 is provided with a plurality of knobs 22, and the operation setting unit 21 of the dishwasher includes a see-through window 23, a water amount, a cleaning time, and the like. A plurality of operation buttons 24 are provided, and the inside of the kitchen 1 is a storage unit such as a pot and a pot.

  As for the cultivation space 2, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the counter 5 is formed in a rectangle having a length substantially the same as the length of the kitchen 1. Pillar portions 26 are formed at the four corners of 25, and a side wall plate 27 is attached to the short side of the rectangle between the column portions 26, and the long side is opened, so that the whole is formed in an arch shape. . A light source 28 made of LEDs is attached to the inside of the top plate 25, and an aluminum plate 30 having a plurality of punching holes 29 that transmits light from the light source 28 is attached at a predetermined interval from the light source 28. The space portion becomes the air chamber 31. In addition, about the aluminum plate 30, it is preferable to use the aluminum plate 30 of 2 sheets, and to attach it by abutting an edge part in a center part on the ease of processing and handling.

  In the air chamber 31, in addition to the light source 28, a pipe 10 for circulating the hydroponic solution 6 is also provided. In the air chamber 31, most of the light from the light source 28 is irradiated to the plant 13 such as vegetables from the punching hole 29 of the aluminum plate 30, and the plant 13 grows by efficient photosynthesis. And since the internal temperature rises in the hydroponic space 2 including the air chamber 31 due to the presence of the light source 28, the hydroponic solution 6 adjusted to the set temperature is circulated in order to suppress the temperature rise. The pipe 10 is disposed, the rising temperature is absorbed by the pipe 10 and the circulating hydroponic solution 6, and the aluminum plate 30 that is in contact with the pipe 10 is cooled to substantially the same temperature as the hydroponic solution, The atmosphere in the hydroponic space 2 is maintained by the radiant heat from the aluminum plate 30. The heated hydroponic solution 6 is returned to the solution tank 7, cooled to an appropriate temperature (about 20 ° C.) by the temperature adjusting means 9 and circulated again, so that the inside of the hydroponic space 2 is always kept at a constant temperature. Hydroponic cultivation is performed while maintaining the conditions. In short, the temperature control of the hydroponic cultivation space 2 can be performed by the temperature adjusting means 9 with the control unit. Further, for temperature management in the hydroponic cultivation space 2, a Beltier element is arranged inside the counter 5, and the hydroponic cultivation space 2 is cooled or heated by a Belche method using a temperature difference between the inside and outside (cold region). In this case, the temperature may be adjusted to an appropriate temperature, and a cooling medium circulation path different from the circulation of the hydroponic solution 6 or an air cooling type separate route may be provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, the top plate 32 in the kitchen 1 is preferably made of stainless steel that is resistant to dirt and scratches and is resistant to heat. A cultivation container 3 is formed along the bottom of the cultivation container 3, and a mounting hole 33 for the overflow pipe 12 is provided on the bottom surface near the other end (left side in the figure). A through hole 34 through which the pipe 10 is inserted is formed. Further, a faucet mounting hole 35 and a drain hole 36 at the bottom of the sink 15, an opening 37 for disposing the heating part 17 (cooking part), the heating part 17 and the cultivation space 2 side, A slit-like hole 39 for installing a partition plate 38 (see FIG. 5) is provided. Moreover, as the partition plate 38, for example, heat-resistant glass is adopted, but other materials having an equivalent function may be used. Further, although not shown, a power cord with an outlet is taken out from an appropriate position on the back side in the kitchen 1 for hydroponics.

Operation of the hydroponics kitchen which has the composition explained above is explained.
First, a hydroponics kitchen is set at a predetermined position in the kitchen. In this case, the kitchen is generally equipped with water supply / distribution pipes, gas pipes, and electrical outlets, so the kitchen 1 can be easily installed without searching for an extra installation location. is there. And about hydroponics using the installed kitchen 1, the required amount of hydroponic solution 6 is made to fill the inside of the solution tank 7 and the cultivation container 3. FIG. As hydroponic solution 6 in this case, a commercially available fertilizer (M fertilizer of Otsuka House) containing required nutrients necessary for hydroponics, for example, nutrients such as nitrogen, ammonia, nitric acid, phosphoric acid, potassium, etc. It is an aqueous solution dissolved in water.

  Seeds or seedlings are planted on the holding member 4 serving as the floor of the cultivated vegetables in the cultivation container 3, the power switch of the control unit attached to the temperature adjusting means 9 in the hydroponic cultivation mechanism is turned on, and the temperature in the cultivation space 2 is set. For example, while setting to about 23 ± 3 ° C., the output power of the light source 28 is set according to the type of cultivated vegetable, and further, the supply amount (circulation amount) of the hydroponic solution 6 is set and the hydroponic cultivation mechanism Drive.

  The light from the light source 28 is applied to the vegetables 13 through the punching holes 29 of the aluminum plate 30, and the atmosphere of the cultivation space 2 is heated to a predetermined temperature (about 24 ° C.) by radiant heat from the aluminum plate 30. Since the cultivating solution 6 is also circulated while being maintained at a proper temperature (about 20 ° C.) lower than the temperature of the atmosphere of the cultivation space by the temperature adjusting means 9, vegetables are efficiently grown. Further, the hydroponic solution 6 is additionally supplemented to the solution tank 7 as appropriate in view of the season and the growing situation.

  In the hydroponic kitchen according to the present invention, the holding member 4 that can be impregnated with the hydroponic solution 6 is disposed in the cultivation container 3 provided in the upper part on the back side of the kitchen 1 and serves as the floor of the cultivated plant, and surrounds the upper part. A cultivation space 2 formed by attaching an arched counter 5 having a light source on the inside at a required height, a solution tank 7 for supplying a hydroponic solution 6 to the cultivation container 3, and a hydroponic solution from the solution tank 7 6 and a temperature adjusting means 9 for adjusting the temperature of the hydroponic solution 6 are arranged in the interior space of the kitchen 1, and the solution tank 7, the pump 8 and the temperature adjusting means 9 are connected by a pipe 10. Connect and open the tip of the pipe 10 to one end side of the cultivation container 3, and branch the overflow pipe 12 formed on the other end side and a part of the pipe to the inside of the cultivation space 2 Let it pass through and its free end The control unit attached to the temperature adjusting means 9 is configured to form a circulation path opened on the upper surface of the solution tank 7 and the temperature of the cultivation space 2 and the temperature and supply amount of the hydroponic solution 6. By having set it as the structure which can be controlled, and also the said circulation path was supplying the hydroponic solution 6 to the cultivation container 3 of the cultivation space 2, and maintaining the inside of the cultivation space 1 at the set temperature. By forming the cultivation space 2 using the upper part on the back side of the kitchen 1 and providing facilities and mechanisms for supplying the temperature management of the cultivation space 2 and the hydroponic solution 6 inside the kitchen 1, Not only is it bulky, it can be easily installed in a kitchen where the water and electric wiring are fully equipped, but also the temperature control in the control unit attached to the temperature adjusting means 9 has been taken care of. Even without a home, and also in the apartment space is constrained, it is to perform a wide cultivation of vegetables in each household.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Kitchen 2 Cultivation space 3 Cultivation container 4 Holding member 5 Counter 6 Hydroponic solution 7 Solution tank 8 Pump 9 Temperature adjustment means 10 Pipe 11 Discharge port 12 Overflow tube 13 Plants 14 such as vegetables Faucet 15 Sink 16 Cooking stand 17 Heating part (Cooking part)
18 Door 19 Drawer 20 Operation unit 21 Operation setting unit 22 Knob 23 Transparent window 24 Operation button 25 Top plate 26 Column portion 27 Side wall plate 28 Light source 29 Punching hole 30 Aluminum plate 31 Air chamber 32 Top plate 33 Mounting hole 34 Through hole 35 36 hole 37 opening 38 partition plate 39 slit-shaped hole

Claims (3)

A cultivation space in which a holding member that can be impregnated with a hydroponic solution in a cultivation container provided on the back side upper part of the kitchen and becomes a floor of a cultivation plant,
A solution tank for supplying a hydroponic solution to the cultivation container disposed in the internal space of the kitchen, a pump for feeding the hydroponic solution from the solution tank, and a temperature adjusting means for adjusting the temperature of the hydroponic solution,
The solution tank, the pump, and the temperature adjusting means are connected by a pipe, the tip of the pipe is opened on one end side of the cultivation container, and an overflow pipe formed on the other end side, and a part of The pipe is branched and extended into the cultivation space, and the free end thereof forms a circulation path that is opened on the upper surface of the solution tank,
The cultivation space is made of an aluminum plate having a punching hole that radiates the heat of the pipe that has passed through the cultivation space while transmitting the light of the light source and the light source at the required height so as to surround the upper part. A hydroponic kitchen characterized by having an arch-shaped counter provided . The hydroponic cultivation kitchen according to claim 1, wherein the temperature of the cultivation space, the temperature of the hydroponic solution, and the supply amount can be managed by a temperature adjusting unit with a control unit. The hydroponic cultivation kitchen according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the circulation path supplies a hydroponic solution to a cultivation container of a cultivation space and maintains the cultivation space at a set temperature.

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