Hydroponic plant grow cabinet
AssigneeNatufia Labs OÜ
InventorsGregory Francis Chakwan Lu, Lauri Kapp
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Abstract
A hydroponic plant grow cabinet including a housing. The housing has a main plant growing chamber and a pre-growing chamber for seeds/seedlings, main tank and auxiliary tanks for a nutrient solution and pH level regulating solutions, pumps and tubing, a light source, a ventilator, a controller, sensors, a display, a loudspeaker, a user input, a network communication device, a connection to an electric main, and connections to water mains and sewage.
Claims5
A hydroponic plant grow cabinet, comprising a housing, said housing comprising a main plant growing chamber and a pre-growing chamber for seeds/seedlings, a main tank and first, second and third auxiliary tanks, a plurality of pumps and tubing, a light source, a ventilator, a controller, a plurality of sensors, a display, a loudspeaker, a user input, a network communication device, and a connector for connection to an electric main,
- wherein the main chamber comprises at least one module comprising a plurality of plant growing pod stands, said module being slidable in and out of the main chamber, where each of the plurality of plant growing pod stands comprises in vertical direction a plurality of plant grow pods one above the other, wherein the pre-growing chamber comprises at least one cup holder module configured for receiving a plurality of seed/seedling growing cups, said cup holder module being slidable in and out of the chamber, wherein said cabinet comprises means for connecting to a water main and sewage such that water in the main tank can be replenished from the water main and waste in the main tank can be emptied to the sewage, wherein said cabinet comprises a cartridge module configured for receiving a plurality of refill cartridges, including first, second and third refill cartridges for dispensing nutrient solution and chemicals for regulating pH level, the cartridge module being disposed with respect to the plurality of auxiliary tanks such that the first, second and third refill cartridges, when received in the module, are adjacent to an opening in the first, second and third auxiliary tanks respectively so that the nutrients and chemicals dispensed from the first, second and third cartridges are received in the first, second and third auxiliary tanks respectively, wherein the first, second and third auxiliary tanks are operatively connected to the main tank through the plurality of pumps such that the nutrients and chemicals dispensed from the first, second and third cartridges and received in the first, second and third auxiliary tanks can be pumped to the main tank for replenishing nutrients and regulating pH level of the nutrient solution in the main tank.
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