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US 10,299,442 B2Granted
Rotary plant growing apparatus
AssigneeArc Hydroponics Corporation
InventorWarren Bamber Vesty
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Abstract
A rotary plant growing apparatus is disclosed having a light emitting source operable to emit light. The apparatus also has at least one retaining component and a support operable to support the at least one retaining component in spaced relation to the light emitting source. A rotation mechanism is operable to rotate the at least one retaining component in a path around the light emitting source. A position adjustment mechanism is operable to move the at least one retaining component along a path extending between the at least one retaining component and the light emitting source so to adjust the distance between the at least one retaining component and the light emitting source.
Claims29
A rotary plant growing apparatus comprising:
- (a) a light emitting source operable to emit light;
- (b) at least one retaining component;
- (c) a support operable to support said at least one retaining component in spaced relation to said light emitting source;
- (d) a rotation mechanism operable to rotate said at least one retaining component in a path around said light emitting source;
- (e) a position adjustment mechanism operable to move the at least one retaining component along a path extending between said at least one retaining component and said light emitting source so to adjust the distance between said at least one retaining component and said light emitting source;
- (f) a controller operable to control the operation of the position adjustment mechanism;
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- (g) a sensor in communication with the controller to provide signals indicative of a position of the at least one retaining component along the path.
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A rotary plant growing apparatus comprising:
- (a) a light emitting source operable to emit light;
- (b) at least one retaining component;
- (c) a support operable to support said at least one retaining component in spaced relation to said light emitting source
- (d) a rotation mechanism operable to rotate said at least one retaining component in a path around said light emitting source;
- (e) a position adjustment mechanism operable to move the at least one retaining component along a path extending between said at least one retaining component and said light emitting source so to adjust the distance between said at least one retaining component and said light emitting source wherein:
- said support comprises at least one rod operable to support said at least one retaining component in spaced relation to said light emitting source;
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- said position adjustment mechanism is operable to engage said rod of said support to move the at least one retaining component along said path extending between said at least one retaining component and said light emitting source so to adjust the distance between said at least one retaining component and said light emitting source and said at least one rod is a rotatable rod and said position adjustment mechanism is operable to engage said at least one rod to rotate said at least one rod, such that rotation of said at least one rod adjusts the distance between said at least one retaining component and said light emitting source.
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A rotary plant growing apparatus comprising:
- (a) a light emitting source operable to emit light;
- (b) a plurality of retaining components;
- (c) a support operable to support the plurality of retaining components in spaced relation to said light emitting source;
- (d) a rotation mechanism operable to rotate said plurality of retaining components in paths around said light emitting source;
- (e) a position adjustment mechanism operable to independently move each of said plurality of retaining components to independently adjust the distances between each of the plurality of retaining components and said light emitting source;
- (f) a controller operable to control the operation of the position adjustment mechanism;
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- (g) a sensor in communication with the controller to provide signals indicative of the position of the plurality of retaining components.
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A rotary plant growing apparatus comprising:
- (a) a light emitting source operable to emit light;
- (b) at least one retaining component;
- (c) a support operable to support said at least one retaining component in spaced relation to said light emitting source;
- (d) a rotation mechanism operable to rotate said at least one retaining component in a path around said light emitting source;
- (e) a dispensing assembly operable to dispense liquid nutrients and/or water into said at least one retaining component, wherein said dispensing assembly comprises a probe movable between a first position wherein said probe is remote from said at least one retaining component and a second position wherein said probe is within said at least one retaining component.
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A rotary plant growing apparatus comprising:
- a light emitting source operable to emit light;
- at least one retaining component;
- a support operable to support said at least one retaining component in spaced relation to said light emitting source;
- a rotation mechanism operable to rotate said at least one retaining component in a path around said light emitting source;
- a hood at least partially enclosing within an interior said light emitting source, said at least one retaining component said support and said rotation mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.