JP6461722B2 - Plant factory - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a plant factory.

Researches are underway on the development of functional plants that produce functional ingredients such as pharmaceutical raw materials and drug discovery using functional plants using genetic engineering techniques. In plant factories that cultivate these genetically engineered plants, the function of cultivating the genetically engineered plants in a plant factory, and inactivating the cultivated plants, processing plant-derived components into pharmaceuticals, etc. A function that can be performed is required.
There exists patent document 1 in the technique regarding a plant factory, for example.

The plant factory of patent document 1 prepares the cultivation area which grows a genetically modified plant, the inactivation area which inactivates the genetically modified plant after harvest, and the genetically modified plant after inactivation into food or a medicine. Has a manufacturing area.
Here, the cultivation area is provided with a nutrient solution cultivation apparatus for cultivating the genetically modified plant, and the cultivation area is maintained at a negative pressure.
The inactivated area is adjacent to the cultivation area via the entrance and is kept at a lower negative pressure than the cultivation area, so that the genetically modified plant after harvesting is inactivated so as not to germinate, grow, breed or cross. An inactivation device is provided.
In addition, the manufacturing area is adjacent to the inactivation area via the transport port, and is maintained at a positive pressure, and the inactivated genetically modified plant is prepared as a food or a medicine.

JP 2008-161114 A

  However, Patent Document 1 may be cross-contaminated with pollen or the like of a genetically modified plant that has not yet been inactivated through a rear chamber located between the cultivation area and the inactivated area.

  In view of the above-described facts, the present invention aims to provide a plant factory that can eliminate the possibility of cross-contamination of genetically engineered plants as much as possible.

  The plant factory according to the first aspect of the present invention comprises a cultivation room in which genetically manipulated plants are cultivated, maintained in a negative pressure, and inactivated in the cultivation room. And an inactivation device capable of taking out the inactivated plant from outside the cultivation room.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the genetically manipulated plant cultivated in the cultivation room is inactivated by the inactivation device provided in the room of the cultivation room. Moreover, the plant after the inactivation in an inactivation apparatus is taken out from the cultivation room.
This eliminates the need to take the genetically manipulated plant to the outside of the cultivation room when transporting it to the inactivation device, and reduces the risk of the genetically manipulated plant being cross-contaminated outside the cultivation room. Can do.
That is, the possibility of cross-contamination of genetically manipulated plants can be eliminated as much as possible.

  Invention of Claim 2 is the plant factory of Claim 1, The said inactivation apparatus is provided in the said cultivation room, respectively, The some cultivation space divided in the state maintained at the negative pressure, A front chamber that is maintained at a negative pressure and is adjacent to the cultivation space, and can be directly entered into the cultivation space, and a passage that can leave the cultivation space without passing through the other cultivation spaces. , Is provided.

According to invention of Claim 2, the cultivation room is divided into several cultivation spaces. Thereby, the different types of genetically manipulated plants can be cultivated in each cultivation space in the same cultivation room. At this time, since the inactivation device is provided in each cultivation space, the cultivated plant can be inactivated in each cultivation space.
This eliminates the need to take the genetically engineered plant outside the cultivation space when transporting it to the inactivation device, and reduces the risk of the genetically manipulated plant being cross-contaminated outside the cultivation room. Can do.
In addition, the cultivation space can be entered directly from the front room, and can be exited through a dedicated passage without passing through other cultivation spaces. That is, since the human traffic line is ensured in one way, cross contamination with other cultivation spaces at the time of cultivation or inactivation can be prevented.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the plant factory according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the plant factory is maintained at a negative pressure, is provided outside the cultivation room in contact with the outlet of the inactivation device, and the inactivation device A storage room for storing the inactivated plant taken out from the plant, and a manufacturing room for producing products containing plant-derived components of the plant that are kept at a positive pressure and transported from the storage room. doing.

According to the invention described in claim 3, the inactivated plant is directly taken out from the outlet of the inactivation device to the storage room. Subsequently, the inactivated plant taken out is transferred from the storage room to the manufacturing room. In the manufacturing room, products containing plant-derived components are manufactured.
Thereby, cultivation of a genetically engineered plant and manufacture of a product containing a plant-derived component can be performed consistently in the same plant factory.

  The plant factory which concerns on invention of Claim 4 is maintained in the negative pressure, the cultivation room where the genetically manipulated plant is cultivated, and the room of the cultivation room are provided, and the cultivated plant is inactivated. An inactivation device capable of taking out the inactivated plant from outside the cultivation room, and a temporary storage outside the cultivation room in contact with the outlet of the inactivation device and storing the inactivated plant A storage room, a cultivation room unit having, a raw material storage room into which the inactivated plant is carried, and a production room in which a product containing plant-derived components of the plant is manufactured under a positive pressure. And a passage connecting the temporary storage room of the cultivation room unit and the raw material storage room of the manufacturing room unit.

According to the invention described in claim 4, in the cultivation room unit, the genetically manipulated plant is cultivated in the cultivation room and inactivated by the inactivation device provided in the cultivation room. Subsequently, the inactivated plant is taken out from the outlet of the inactivation device in the temporary storage room, stored in the temporary storage room, and then transferred to the raw material storage room of the manufacturing room unit through the passage.
Moreover, in a manufacturing room unit, the plant containing a plant origin component is manufactured by processing the plant after inactivation.
In other words, the plant factory is configured such that the cultivation room unit and the manufacturing room unit are independently provided and connected to each other by a passage. Therefore, the cultivation room unit and the manufacturing room unit are arranged according to the production amount. Thus, it can be arranged with good balance.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to provide a plant factory that can eliminate the possibility of cross-contamination of genetically engineered plants as much as possible.

It is a top view which shows the basic composition of the plant factory which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. (A) is a top view which showed the pressure state of each room of the plant factory concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention, and (B) is a top view showing the air cleanliness of each room. It is a top view which shows the basic composition of the plant factory which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. (A) is a top view which shows the channel | path provided in the plant factory which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention, (B) is the elevation view. It is a top view which shows the basic composition of the plant factory which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention. (A) is a top view which showed the pressure state of each room | chamber of the plant factory which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention, (B) is a top view which shows the air cleanliness of each room | chamber. It is a top view which shows the basic composition of the plant factory which concerns on 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view which shows the expansion example of the plant factory which concerns on 4th Embodiment of this invention.

(First embodiment)
The plant factory 10 which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated using FIG. 1, FIG. 2 (A) and FIG. 2 (B).
FIG. 1 is a plan view of the plant factory 10, FIG. 2 (A) is a plan view relatively showing the indoor air pressure of each room, and FIG. 2 (B) shows the air cleanliness of each room. It is the top view shown relatively.
In this specification, in each figure, description of a specific position, shape, etc. of a door is omitted, and only a movement direction of a person or an object is indicated by an arrow. Of the arrows indicating the direction of movement of people and objects, the solid line arrows indicate the direction of movement of persons (operators, etc.), and the broken line arrows indicate the direction of movement of objects (genetically manipulated plants, related materials, etc.) A one-dot chain line arrow indicates a moving direction of the waste.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the plant factory 10 is provided in a building surrounded by an outer wall 68 on all four sides. The plant factory 10 is divided into five areas (material carry-in area 82, cultivation area 80, storage carry-out area 84, hygiene management area 86, and office work welfare area 88) indicated by alternate long and short dash lines in terms of function.

  The cultivation area 80 is arranged in a substantially central part of the plant factory 10 and is provided with a cultivation room 12 where a genetically manipulated plant is cultivated. The cultivation room 12 is configured to have high airtightness, and the interior is maintained at a strong negative pressure as will be described later.

  Inside the cultivation room 12, a cultivation apparatus 14 for cultivating genetically manipulated plants is provided. The inside of the cultivation apparatus 14 is maintained in the cultivation environment of the plant to be cultivated. The cultivation apparatus 14 is an example, and a dimension, a shape, etc. differ with the kind etc. of the plant cultivated. Further, in FIG. 1, only one unit is illustrated for convenience, but a plurality of units are installed as necessary.

An inactivation device 16 is provided inside the cultivation room 12. The inactivation apparatus 16 inactivates the cultivated plant by treating it inside.
Here, inactivation means, for example, that a genetically engineered plant germinates and grows in a natural environment without impairing the activity of the plant-derived component of the genetically engineered plant by means such as freeze-drying. , To prevent breeding or crossing.

The inactivation device 16 includes a housing that contains a plant to be inactivated, and the opposite side of the housing is inactivated from the carry-in entrance 15 for carrying the plant and the outside of the cultivation room 12 (product storage room 34). An outlet 17 for taking out the inactivated plant inside the activation device 16 is provided.
Further, the inactivation device 16 has an interlock function, and the inlet 17 is always closed while the inlet 15 is open, and the inlet 15 is always closed while the outlet 17 is open. Has been.

Thereby, when opening the entrance 15 of the inactivation apparatus 16 and carrying in the plant cultivated with the cultivation apparatus 14 in the inside, the taking-out port 17 is the closed state.
If the carry-in port 15 is closed after completion of the carry-in, the inactivation device 16 is in a sealed state, and the inactivation device 16 can be operated to perform an inactivation process.

After the inactivation treatment is completed, the inactivated plant is taken out from the take-out port 17. At this time, when the take-out port 17 is opened, the carry-in port 15 is always closed.
If the outlet 17 is closed after taking out the inactivated plant, the inactivation apparatus 16 will be again sealed and the next inactivation process can be performed.
As a result, the cultivation chamber 12 and the product storage chamber 34 can always be partitioned even though the outlet 17 of the inactivation device 16 is provided on the product storage chamber 34 side.

The genetically manipulated plant grown in the cultivation room 12 may bring in a plant manipulated outside the plant factory 10 or may carry out genetic manipulation inside the cultivation room 12.
That is, the gene operation room 13 indicated by a two-dot chain line may be installed in the cultivation room 12 and the gene operation may be performed in the gene operation room 13. Thereby, in the same cultivation room 12, the genetic manipulation of a plant, cultivation, and inactivation processing can be performed consistently.

In the X-axis direction of the cultivation area 80, a material carry-in area 82 is provided adjacently.
The material carry-in area 82 is provided across the entire length of the partition wall 78 between the partition wall 78 and the outer wall 68 of the cultivation room 12. Inside the material carry-in area 82, a machine room 22, a material carry-in room 20, a control / monitoring room 30, and a work passage 32 are formed.

In the machine room 22, machine devices for adjusting the cultivation environment of the cultivation device 14 are installed.
As shown by an arrow 26, the material carry-in chamber 20 receives materials (such as raw materials of plants to be cultivated and related substances) from the outside of the plant factory 10 and performs unpacking and purification of the carried-in materials.
In the material carry-in chamber 20, a pass room and an air shower chamber 24 are provided at a position in contact with the outer wall 68.

As a result, the movement of air inside and outside the plant factory 10 is blocked in the pass room and the air shower room 24, and dust or the like adhering to a person (worker) or an object (material) is removed with clean air. However, it can be prevented from being brought into the room from outside the plant factory 10.
Moreover, since it also serves as a path room, for example, it is possible to unpack the corrugated cardboard containing the material, which is likely to become a pollution source, and transfer the material to a dedicated case, thereby preventing the contamination source from entering the plant factory 10. Further, the generated waste is moved out of the plant factory 10.

An air lock chamber 28 is provided at a position in contact with the cultivation room 12 of the material carry-in room 20.
The air lock chamber 28 is a device that is provided between two chambers having different chamber pressures and allows materials to pass through while maintaining the pressure in each chamber. For this reason, two doors are arranged in order in the sealed space, and are configured so that they do not open simultaneously.
The material can be moved from the material carry-in chamber 20 to the cultivation chamber 12 through the air lock chamber 28.

The control / monitoring room 30 is provided in contact with the cultivation room 12 and performs not only control of the internal environment of the cultivation room 12 but also control and monitoring of the indoor pressure and the air cleanliness of the whole plant factory 10.
The work passage 32 is provided between the control / monitoring room 30 and the outer wall 68 and ensures the movement of the worker between the hygiene management area 86 and the material carry-in room 20.

  A storage / unloading area 84 is provided between the partition wall 64 and the outer wall 68 in the X-axis direction of the cultivation room 12. Inside the storage / unload area 84, a product storage chamber 34, a product discharge chamber 36, and a disinfection chamber 38 are formed.

  The product storage chamber 34 is provided over the entire length of the partition wall 64, and the inactivated plant is taken out from the outlet 17 of the inactivation device 16 provided in the partition wall 64, processed to be a product, and carried out. Store temporarily until At the same time, the waste is taken out.

  A product carry-out chamber 36 is provided adjacent to the product storage chamber 34. In the product storage chamber 34, an air lock chamber 40 is provided on the side of the partition wall in contact with the product carry-out chamber 36. Temporarily stored products and waste are moved from the product storage chamber 34 to the product carry-out chamber 36 via the air lock chamber 40.

The product carry-out chamber 36 is provided with a pass room and an air shower chamber 42 in contact with the outer wall 68. Thereby, as shown by the arrow 27, the product is carried out of the plant factory 10 from the product carry-out chamber 36 via the pass room and the air shower chamber 42.
In addition, objects are carried in and wastes are carried out through the pass room and the air shower room 42.

The sterilization chamber 38 is provided in contact with the product storage chamber 34 and the product carry-out chamber 36, and an air shower chamber 44 is provided between the product storage chamber 34.
As a result, disinfected workers can enter and leave the product storage room 34 from the disinfection room 38 through the air shower room 44. Further, the user can enter and leave the product carry-out chamber 36.

In the Y-axis direction of the cultivation area 80, a hygiene management area 86 is provided adjacent to the cultivation area 80, the material carry-in area 82, and the storage carry-out area 84. Further, a general passage 66 is provided in the X-axis direction in contact with the sanitary management area 86.
In the sanitary management area 86, a changing room 50, a quality control room 48, a dressing / disinfecting room 54, a changing room 52, a disinfecting room 56, and a changing room 58 are provided.

Thereby, the worker can enter and leave the changing room 50, the quality control room 48, the changing room 52, and the changing room 58 from the general passage 66. Further, the changing room 50 can enter and leave the disinfection room 38, and the changing room 58 can enter and leave the work passage 32.
On the other hand, the changing room 52 can enter the disinfecting room 56, and the undressing / disinfecting room 54 can enter from the cultivation room 12 and proceed to the changing room 52.

  The quality control room 48 is a room for performing quality analysis (component analysis, contamination inspection, etc.) of inactivated plants. Plants after genetic manipulation are delivered to the quality control room 48 from a pass box 46 provided in the product storage room 34. Here, the pass box 46 is a dedicated facility in which only things can be taken in and out, and the plant after genetic manipulation can be moved from the product storage room 34 to the quality control room 48.

An office welfare area 88 is provided along the general passage 66 in the Y-axis direction of the general passage 66. In the office welfare area 88, a dining room 70, an entrance 72, and an office room 74 are provided, and each room can be accessed through a general passage 66.
The dining room 70 is provided with a toilet, the entrance 72 is provided with a windbreak room and a shoe box, and the office room 74 is provided with a reception room and a conference room.

By adopting this configuration, the operator can enter the general passage 66 from the entrance 72 and sequentially enter the above-described chambers from the general passage 66.
In particular, the cultivation room 12 can be entered from the changing room 52 through the air shower room 62 of the disinfection room 56. At this time, the return from the cultivation room 12 passes through the air shower room 60 of the dressing / disinfection room 54 and returns to the changing room 52 in one way.
In addition, the product storage room 34 can go from the changing room 50 through the air shower room 44 of the sterilization room 38, and the product carry-out room 36 can go through the sterilization room 38.

Thus, in the plant factory 10, a series of operations such as acceptance of materials, cultivation of plants, inactivation of cultured plants, shipment of inactivated plants, and the like are sequentially performed in the direction indicated by the arrow 18. Can do.

  As shown to FIG. 2 (A), when the pressure of each room | chamber of the plant factory 10 is displayed relatively, the cultivation room 12 is made into the strong negative pressure (--pressure) lower than atmospheric pressure, and a product storage room 34 is a negative pressure (-pressure) weaker than the cultivation room 12. Thereby, pollen etc. of a genetically manipulated plant can be prevented from diffusing outside from the cultivation room 12 or the product storage room 34.

On the other hand, the material carry-in chamber 20 and the product carry-out chamber 36 have a weak positive pressure (+ pressure). Thereby, intrusion of impurities into the material carry-in chamber 20 and the product carry-out chamber 36 can be suppressed.
In addition, all the other rooms which are not displayed are at atmospheric pressure (± 0 pressure).

Moreover, as shown to FIG. 2 (B), as for the indoor air cleanliness, the cultivation room 12 is set to the medium degree of cleanliness (described as (medium), class 100,000), and the product storage room 34 has a high degree of cleanliness. The work passage 32, the material carry-in chamber 20 and the product carry-out chamber 36 have a low cleanliness (denoted (low), about class 300000).
In addition, all the other rooms that are not indicated have the air cleanliness level of a general living room such as an office.

Thereby, from the reception of the material of a genetically-engineered plant to the shipment as a product can be performed in an appropriate air environment.
Examples of genetically engineered plants cultivated in the plant factory 10 of this embodiment include tobacco, licorice, strawberries, tomatoes, lettuce, rice, mushrooms and the like.

As described above, the plant factory 10 is maintained in a negative pressure, the cultivation room 12 where the genetically manipulated plant is cultivated, and the cultivation plant 12 is inactivated and cultivated. And an inactivation device 16 that can take out the inactivated plant from outside the chamber 12.
According to this configuration, a plant that has been genetically manipulated and cultivated in the cultivation room 12 is inactivated by the inactivation device 16 provided in the room of the cultivation room 12. Moreover, the plant after the inactivation in the inactivation apparatus 16 can be taken out from the cultivation room 12 (product storage room 34).

This eliminates the need to transport genetically manipulated plants to an inactivation device provided outside the cultivation room 12 as in the past, and the genetically manipulated plants are cross-contaminated outside the cultivation room 12. Can reduce the risk.
As a result, it is possible to eliminate as much as possible the risk of cross contamination of the genetically engineered plant.

(Second Embodiment)
The plant factory 90 which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated using FIG. 3, FIG. 4 (A) and FIG. 4 (B).
The plant factory 90 is different from the plant factory 10 according to the first embodiment in that the cultivation area 80 is partitioned into three rooms (cultivation rooms 92A, 92B, and 92C) by partition walls 94A and 94B. Differences will be described.
3 is a plan view of the plant factory 90, FIG. 4 (A) is a plan view of the crossing passage 100, and FIG. 4 (B) is a cross-sectional view taken along line X1-X1 of FIG. 4 (A). FIG.

In the cultivation room (cultivation space) 92A, the X-axis direction is partitioned by the partition wall 64 and the partition wall 78, and the Y-axis direction is partitioned by the partition wall 94A and the outer wall 68.
A cultivation device 14A is provided inside the cultivation room 92A, and an inactivation device 16A is provided on the product storage chamber 34 side in contact with the partition wall 64. The inactivation apparatus 16A is provided with a carry-in port 15A on the side of the cultivation room 92A, and an outlet 17A is provided on the product storage room 34 side through the partition wall 64.

In the cultivation room (cultivation space) 92B, the X-axis direction is partitioned by the partition wall 64 and the partition wall 78, and the Y-axis direction is partitioned by the partition wall 94A and the partition wall 94B.
A cultivation device 14B is provided inside the cultivation room 92B, and an inactivation device 16B is provided on the side of the product storage room 34 in contact with the partition wall 64. The inactivation device 16B is provided with a carry-in port 15B on the side of the cultivation room 92B, and is provided with an outlet port 17B through the partition wall 64 on the product storage room 34 side.

In the cultivation room (cultivation space) 92C, the X-axis direction is partitioned by the partition wall 64 and the partition wall 78, and the Y-axis direction is partitioned by the partition wall 94B and the partition wall 76.
A cultivation device 14C is provided inside the cultivation room 92C, and an inactivation device 16C is provided on the side of the product storage chamber 34 in contact with the partition wall 64. The inactivation device 16C is provided with a carry-in port 15C on the side of the cultivation room 92C, and is provided with an outlet 17C through the partition wall 64 on the product storage room 34 side.

The cultivation rooms 92A, 92B, and 92C (hereinafter referred to as cultivation rooms 92A to 92C) are provided with inactivation devices 16A, 16B, and 16C (hereinafter referred to as inactivation devices 16A to 16C), respectively. The cultivation rooms 92 </ b> A to 92 </ b> C are all partitioned in a state maintained at a strong negative pressure (−−pressure) lower than the atmospheric pressure.
A front chamber 96 is provided in the X-axis direction of the cultivation chambers 92A to 92C with a partition wall 78 interposed therebetween. The front room 96 has a sealed structure, is in contact with any of the cultivation rooms 92A to 92C, and can enter any of the cultivation rooms 92A to 92C directly from the front room 96.

As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, a transition passage (passage) 100 is provided along the partition wall 64 on the product storage chamber 34 side of the cultivation chambers 92 </ b> A to 92 </ b> C. The transfer passage 100 is provided between the cultivation room 92A and the cultivation room 92C across the cultivation room 92B.

The crossing passage 100 has a sealed structure and spans above the inactivation devices 16B and 16C. The cultivation rooms 92 </ b> A and 92 </ b> B are provided with ascending stairs 98 </ b> A and 98 </ b> B connected to the entrance of the crossing passage 100. On the other hand, in the cultivation room 92C, a descending staircase 98C is provided at the exit of the crossing passage 100.
In addition, an air lock structure is provided at the entrance of the passageway 100 from the ascending stairs 98A and 98B and the exit of the descending stairs 98C to restrict the movement of air between the cultivation rooms 92A to 92C and the passageway 100. ing.

Thereby, from the cultivation room 92A, it is possible to go up the stairs 98A, pass through the crossing passage 100, go down the stairs 98C of the cultivation room 92C, pass through the air shower room 60, and return to the undressing / disinfection room 54. As a result, the worker who has worked in the cultivation room 92A can return to the undressing / disinfection room 54 through the air shower room 60 without passing through the cultivation rooms 92B and 92C (in contact with air).

  Similarly, from the cultivation room 92B, it is possible to go up the stairs 98B, pass through the crossing passage 100, go down the stairs 98C of the cultivation room 92C, pass through the air shower room 60, and return to the undressing / disinfection room 54. In addition, from the cultivation room 92 </ b> C, it is possible to directly enter the air shower room 60 and return to the dressing / disinfection room 54.

  As described above, the cultivation area (cultivation room) 80 of the plant factory 90 is provided with the inactivation devices 16A, 16B, and 16C, respectively, and the plurality of cultivation rooms 92A to 92A divided in a state maintained at a negative pressure. 92C, a front chamber 96 which is provided adjacent to the cultivation rooms 92A to 92C while being kept at a negative pressure, and can directly enter the respective cultivation rooms 92A to 92C, and other cultivation rooms from the respective cultivation rooms 92A to 92C A transition passage 100 that can exit without passing through 92A to 92C is provided.

According to this configuration, different types of genetically manipulated plants can be cultivated in the cultivation rooms 92A to 92C for each of the cultivation rooms 92A to 92C.
At this time, since the inactivation devices 16A to 16C are provided in the cultivation rooms 92A to 92C, the cultivated plants can be inactivated in the respective cultivation rooms 92A to 92C.

This eliminates the need to transport genetically manipulated plants to the inactivation devices installed outside the cultivation rooms 92A to 92C as in the past, and genetically manipulated plants outside the cultivation rooms 92A to 92C. Can reduce the risk of cross contamination.
Further, the cultivation rooms 92 </ b> A to 92 </ b> C can be directly entered from the front room, and can be exited without passing through other cultivation rooms in the transfer passage 100. That is, since the human traffic line is ensured in one way, cross contamination with other cultivation rooms at the time of cultivation or inactivation can be prevented.

  In the present embodiment, the example in which the cultivation area 80 is partitioned into the cultivation rooms 92A to 92C has been described. However, the number of divided cultivation rooms is not limited to three rooms, and may be divided into cultivation rooms other than three as needed.

Moreover, in this embodiment, although description of the gene operation room 13 was abbreviate | omitted, it is not limited to this, The gene operation room 13 is provided in the inside of at least 1 room of the cultivation rooms 92A-92C as needed. It may be configured.
Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

(Third embodiment)
The plant factory 110 which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated using FIG. 5, FIG. 6 (A) and FIG. 6 (B).
The plant factory 110 is different from the storage / unloading area 84 of the plant factory 90 described in the second embodiment in that the raw material storage area 102, the manufacturing area 104, and the hygiene management area 106 are provided. It differs from the plant factory 90 concerned. The difference will be mainly described.
FIG. 5 is a plan view of the plant factory 90, FIG. 6 (A) is a plan view relatively showing the indoor air pressure in each room, and FIG. 6 (B) is the air in each room. It is the top view which showed the degree of cleanliness relatively.

In the raw material storage area 102, a raw material storage chamber 112 is provided, and temporarily stores the inactivated plants taken out from the inactivation apparatuses 16A to 16C as raw materials.
In the manufacturing area 104, a manufacturing chamber 118, a manufacturing chamber 120, a manufacturing passage 124, a work passage 126, a product carry-out chamber 128, and a waste passage 130 are provided. In the hygiene management area 106, a quality control room 114, a changing room 116, a disinfection room 132, and a changing room 134 are provided.

  The raw material storage chamber 112 is provided in contact with the partition wall 64, and a pass box 46 is provided adjacent to the quality control chamber 114 inside the raw material storage chamber 112. The quality control room 114 manages the quality control of the inactivated plant and the quality of the manufactured product, which will be described later.

A manufacturing chamber 118 and a manufacturing chamber 120 are provided in contact with the raw material storage chamber 112.
The production chamber 118 is provided with an air lock chamber 136 from which the inactivated plant is carried. In addition, the manufacturing room 118 is provided with an inactivated plant processing device 122 to process the inactivated plant.

The processed inactivated plant is moved to the production passage 124 and is carried into the production room 120 through the production passage 124. The manufacturing room 120 is provided with a filling / packaging device (not shown), and the processed plant that has been loaded is filled and packaged into a product.
The product filled and packaged in the manufacturing chamber 120 is moved to the product carry-out chamber 128 through the air lock 140, and is shipped out of the plant factory 110 from the product carry-out chamber 128 (see arrow 27).

  As shown to FIG. 6 (A), the pressure of each room | chamber of the plant factory 110 is made into the strong negative pressure (--pressure) in which the cultivation rooms 92A-92C are lower than atmospheric pressure, the front room 96, the raw material storage room 112 The waste passage 130 has a negative pressure (-pressure) weaker than the cultivation rooms 92A to 92C. Thereby, the pollen etc. of a genetically manipulated plant are prevented from diffusing out of the cultivation rooms 92A to 92C.

On the other hand, the manufacturing chamber 120 has a strong positive pressure (++ pressure) higher than the atmospheric pressure. In addition, the manufacturing chamber 118, the manufacturing passage 124, and the product carry-out chamber 128 are set to a positive pressure (+ pressure) that is weaker than that of the manufacturing chamber 120. Thereby, the intrusion of impurities from the surroundings into the manufacturing chamber 118, the manufacturing chamber 120, the manufacturing passage 124, and the product carry-out chamber 128 can be suppressed.
All the rooms where no other pressure is described are atmospheric pressure.

As shown in FIG. 6B, the air cleanliness in the room is high in the manufacturing chamber 120 (described as (high), class 1000), the raw material storage chamber 112, the manufacturing chamber 118, the manufacturing passageway. 124 is a cleanliness according to a high degree of cleanliness (described as (quasi-high), class 10000), and the cultivation rooms 92A to 92C and the front chamber 96 have a medium cleanliness (described as (medium), class 100000 The material carry-in chamber 20, the work passage 32, the product carry-out chamber 128, the work passage 126, and the waste passage 130 all have low cleanliness (described as (low), class 300000).
In addition, all the other rooms that are not indicated have the air cleanliness level of a general living room such as an office.
Thereby, from the reception of the material of a genetically-engineered plant to the shipment as a product can be performed in an appropriate air environment.

  As described above, the plant factory 110 is maintained at a negative pressure in addition to the cultivation area 80, the material carry-in area 82, the hygiene management area 86, and the office work welfare area 88 described in the second embodiment. Chamber) A raw material storage chamber (storage chamber) 112 that is provided outside the inactivation devices 16A to 16C in contact with the outlets of the inactivation devices 16A to 16C and stores the inactivated plants taken out from the inactivation devices 16A to 16C. Production rooms 118 and 120 in which products containing plant-derived components of plants that are kept at a positive pressure and conveyed from the raw material storage room 112 are manufactured, and a hygiene management area 106 are provided.

By setting it as this structure, the inactivated plant in inactivation apparatus 16A-16C is taken out directly to the raw material storage chamber 112 from the taking-out port 17A-17C of inactivation apparatus 16A-16C.
Subsequently, the inactivated plant taken out is transported from the raw material storage chamber 112 to the manufacturing chambers 118 and 120. In the production rooms 118 and 120, products containing plant-derived components are produced.
Thereby, the cultivation of the genetically-engineered plant and the production of the product containing the plant-derived component can be performed consistently in the same plant factory 110.

In addition, in this embodiment, although demonstrated with the structure which provided the three cultivation rooms 92A, 92B, 92C in the cultivation area 80, it is not limited to this, As demonstrated in 1st Embodiment, the cultivation area The structure which provided one cultivation room 92 in 80 may be sufficient. Moreover, the structure which provided the some cultivation room other than three in the cultivation area 80 may be sufficient.
Other configurations are the same as those of the second embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

(Fourth embodiment)
The plant factory 150 which concerns on 4th Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated using FIG.
Here, FIG. 7 is a plan view of the plant factory 150.
As shown in FIG. 7, the plant factory 150 includes a cultivation room unit 152, a manufacturing room unit 154, and an office welfare unit 156, which are provided in independent buildings, and these buildings are connected by an inter-unit passage 158. In a certain point, it differs from the plant factory 110 of 3rd Embodiment. The difference will be mainly described.

  The cultivation room unit 152 has a cultivation area 80, a material carry-in area 82, a storage and carry-out area 85, and a hygiene management area 87. Here, the cultivation area 80 and the material carry-in area 82 have the same configuration as the cultivation area 80 and the material carry-in area 82 described in the second embodiment.

  In the storage / unloading area 85, a temporary storage room 160, a disinfection room 38, and a pass room 168 are provided. The temporary storage chamber 160 takes out the inactivated plants from the outlets 17A to 17C of the inactivation devices 16A to 16C provided in the partition wall 64, packs them so as to be movable, and temporarily stores them.

  The sterilization chamber 38 is provided with an air shower chamber 44, and can enter and exit the temporary storage chamber 160 through the air shower chamber 44. The pass room 168 is provided with a carry-in entrance on the temporary storage room 160 side and an exit on the inter-unit passage 158 side.

In addition to the changing room 58, the disinfection room 56, the changing room 52, and the changing / disinfecting room 54 described in the second embodiment, the sanitary management area 87 is provided along the changing room 50 and the sanitary management area 87. Having a passage 162 formed therein. One end of the passage 162 is in contact with the inter-unit passage 158.
By adopting this configuration, the operator can enter the passage 162 from the inter-unit passage 158 and enter / exit each room of the sanitary management area 87.
Further, the temporary storage room 160 can be entered and exited from the changing room 50 through the disinfection room 38.

  The manufacturing room unit 154 has a raw material storage area 103, a manufacturing area 104, and a sanitary management area 107. Further, the manufacturing room unit 154 is disposed at a position opposite to the storage / unloading area 85 of the cultivation room unit 152, and the raw material storage area 103 and the storage / unloading area 85 are connected by an inter-unit passage 158.

In the raw material storage area 103, a raw material storage chamber 113, a pass box 46, and a pass room 170 are provided. The pass room 170 has a carry-in port on the inter-unit passage 158 side and a take-out port on the raw material storage chamber 113 side.
Thereby, the raw material from the storage / unloading area 85 can be carried into the raw material storage area 103.

  The manufacturing area 104 has the same configuration as that of the third embodiment. In the manufacturing area 104, a manufacturing chamber 118, a manufacturing chamber 120, a manufacturing passage 124, a work passage 126, a product carry-out chamber 128, and a waste passage 130 are provided.

The hygiene management area 107 is provided with a quality control room 114, a changing room 116, a disinfection room 132, and a changing room 134 having the same configuration as that of the third embodiment. The hygiene management area 107 has a passage 164 provided along each room of the hygiene management area 107. Further, one end of the passage 164 is in contact with the inter-unit passage 158 and can enter and exit.
By adopting this configuration, the operator can enter the passage 164 from the inter-unit passage 158 and enter / exit each room of the sanitary management area 107.

In addition, the office welfare unit 156 includes a dining room 70, an entrance 72, an office room 74, and a general passage 66 that communicates with them. The general passage 66 is connected to the inter-unit passage 158.
In the inter-unit passage 158, it is conceivable that workers move along the inter-unit passage 158. However, for example, in the operation, it is possible to avoid the intersection of workers. Further, the inter-unit passage 158 can be three-dimensionally crossed to be one-way to prevent crossing.

Thereby, in the cultivation room unit 152, the genetically manipulated plant is cultivated in the cultivation area 80. That is, the plants cultivated in the cultivation devices 14A to 14C in the cultivation rooms 92A to 92C are inactivated by the inactivation devices 16A to 16C.
Subsequently, the inactivated plant is taken out from the outlets 17A to 17C of the inactivation apparatuses 16A to 16C in the temporary storage chamber 160, stored in the temporary storage chamber 160, and then passed through the inter-unit passage 158 to be manufactured. It is transferred to the raw material storage chamber 113 of the chamber unit 154.

Moreover, in the manufacturing room unit 154, the plant containing a plant-derived component is manufactured by processing the inactivated plant in the manufacturing area 104.
That is, since the plant factory 150 is configured such that the cultivation room unit 152 and the production room unit 154 are provided independently and are connected by the inter-unit passage 158, the cultivation room unit 152 and the production room unit 154 are It can be arranged in a well-balanced manner according to the production volume.

  As explained above, the plant factory 150 is provided in the cultivation rooms 92A to 92C and the cultivation rooms 92A to 92C in which the genetically manipulated plants are cultivated while maintaining the negative pressure, and inactivates the cultivated plants. The inactivation devices 16A to 16C that can take out the inactivated plants from outside the cultivation rooms 92A to 92C, and the outside of the cultivation room are provided in contact with the outlets of the inactivation devices 16A to 16C, and the inactivated plants A cultivation room unit 152 having a temporary storage room, a raw material storage room 113 into which the inactivated plant is carried, and a product containing plant-derived components of the plant that is kept at a positive pressure is manufactured. A production room unit 154 having production rooms 118, 120, a temporary storage room 160 of the cultivation room unit 152, and an inter-unit passage 158 that connects the raw material storage room 113 of the production room unit 154. There.

Next, a development example of this embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIG. 8, the plant factory 180 includes two cultivation room units 152, one manufacturing room unit 154, and one office welfare unit 156. In FIG. 8, the cultivation room unit 152, the manufacturing room unit 154, and the office work welfare unit 156 are all shown in a block diagram. Each configuration is the same as in FIG.

  Thereby, the genetically engineered plants cultivated in the two cultivation room units 152 can be inactivated and transported to the production room unit 154 to be shipped as products in the production room unit 154. That is, it is possible to improve the production and production of the plant factory 180 and to operate with an optimum quantity according to the production amount.

  Furthermore, as shown with a broken line, the cultivation room unit 152 and the production room unit 154 can be added and it can be set as the structure connected by the channel | path 158 between units. Thereby, according to the amount of production, the kind of plant to produce, etc., the quantity of the cultivation room unit 152 and the manufacturing room unit 154 can be determined flexibly.

  In addition, in this embodiment, although demonstrated with the structure which provided the three cultivation rooms 92A-92C in the cultivation area 80, it is not limited to this, As demonstrated in 1st Embodiment, in the cultivation area 80 The structure which provided the one cultivation room 92 may be sufficient. Moreover, the structure which provided the some cultivation room other than three in the cultivation area 80 may be sufficient. Other configurations are the same as those of the third embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

10, 90, 110, 150, 180 Plant factory 12 Cultivation room 14 Cultivation device 16, 16A, 16B, 16C Inactivation device 17, 17A, 17B, 17C Outlet 34 Product storage room (storage room)
92A, 92B, 92C Cultivation room (cultivation space)
96 Front room 100 Exit passage (passage)
112, 113 Raw material storage room (storage room)
118 Manufacturing Room 120 Manufacturing Room 152 Cultivation Room Unit 154 Manufacturing Room Unit 158 Path between Units (Passage)
160 Temporary storage room (storage room)

Claims (4)

Cultivation room where genetically manipulated plants are cultivated, kept under negative pressure,
An inactivation device that is provided in the room of the cultivation room, inactivates the cultivated plant, and can take out the plant after inactivation from the outside of the cultivation room;
Having a plant factory. In the cultivation room,
Each of the inactivation devices is provided, and a plurality of cultivation spaces partitioned in a state maintained at a negative pressure,
A front room that is maintained at a negative pressure and is adjacent to the cultivation space, and can directly enter the cultivation space.
From each of the cultivation spaces, a passage that can leave without passing through the other cultivation spaces,
The plant factory according to claim 1 provided with. Maintained in a negative pressure, provided in contact with the outlet of the inactivation device on the outside of the cultivation room, a storage room for storing the inactivated plant taken out from the inactivation device,
A production room where a product containing plant-derived components of the plant kept in a positive pressure and conveyed from the storage room is manufactured;
The plant factory of Claim 1 or 2 which has these. Cultivation room where a plant that is maintained at a negative pressure and genetically manipulated is cultivated, and the plant after being inactivated from outside the cultivating room provided in the room of the cultivation room and inactivated. An inactivation device that can take out, a temporary storage room that is provided outside the cultivation room in contact with the outlet of the inactivation device, and stores the inactivated plant, and a cultivation room unit,
A production room unit having a raw material storage room into which the plant after inactivation is carried in, and a production room in which a product containing a plant-derived component of the plant is produced under a positive pressure,
A passage connecting the temporary storage room of the cultivation room unit and the raw material storage room of the manufacturing room unit;
Having a plant factory.

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