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US 10,709,076 B2Granted
Smart cabinet for home gardening
AssigneeTreant Protector Pte. Ltd.
InventorTuan Anh Pham
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Abstract
A smart home gardening cabinet is disclosed that includes a plurality of plant growing drawers each having a vertical lift door and an automatic precision weather system to grow a specific type of plants, each automatic precision weather system includes an array of lights for photosynthesis, an air circulation system, and a water circulation system that provides nutrient water to the specific plants in each plant growing drawer; each plant growing drawers having a plant growing tray that includes an array of growing holes filled with a sponge materials to absorb and retain nutrients which are misted to the roots of the plants, excess nutrient water being returned to the water circulation system to save water.
Claims20
A smart cabinet for home gardening, comprising:
- a top section comprising a controller circuit, a water tank, and at least one nutrient solution tanks;
- a middle section comprising a plurality of plant growing drawers arranged vertically;
- a bottom section comprising a plurality of water-nutrient solution mixture containers and a valve/pump network arranged so as said valve/pump network is controlled by said controller circuit to provide a specific water-nutrient solution mixture having a specific water nutrient ratio for growing a specific group of plants in each of said plurality of plant growing drawers;
- a lighting system, positioned on a ceiling of each of said plurality of plant growing drawers, capable of providing different type of lights for a photosynthesis process for said specific group of plants in each of said plurality of plant growing drawers;
- a plant growing tray, located in each of said plurality of plant growing drawers, having an array of circular openings, each of said array of circular openings containing a sponge pod with a hole formed at a center to store a seed of said specific group of plants;
- a nutrient spraying network, positioned below said water tray in each of said plurality of plant growing drawers and in communication with said plurality of water-nutrient solution mixture containers and said valve/pump network, capable of misting said specific water nutrient solution mixture from a bottom of said plant growing tray into roots of said group of specific plants in each of said plurality of plant growing drawers;
- a water tray, positioned below and configured to collect said specific water nutrient solution mixture from said water tray;
- a water circulation system operable to provide water to said water tray and to collect excess of said specific water nutrient solution mixture from said water tray back to said said plurality of water-nutrient solution mixture chambers;
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- an air circulation system capable of circulate different amount of air for said specific group of plants inside each of said plurality of plant growing drawers;
- wherein said plurality of plant growing drawers further comprises:
- a first plant growing drawer configured to grow a first specific group of plants that has a nutrient ratio of 40 Part per million (PPM) and a pH level of 6.0 to 7.0;
- a second plant growing drawer configured to grow a second specific group of plants that has a nutrient ratio of 540-1,000 Part per million (PPM) and a pH level of 6.0 to 7.0;
- a third plant growing drawer configured to grow a third specific group of plants that has a nutrient ratio of 1,200-1,600 Part per million (PPM) and a pH level of 6.0 to 6.5;
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- a fourth plant growing drawer configured to grow a fourth specific group of plants that has a nutrient ratio of 1,700-2,100 Part per million (PPM) and a pH level of 5.5 to 6.5.
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A plant growing apparatus, comprising:
- a controller circuit;
- a plurality of drawers configured to grow different plants in each of said plurality of drawers;
- a plurality of water-nutrient solution mixture containers and a valve/pump network arranged so as said valve/pump network is controlled by said controller circuit to provide a specific water-nutrient solution mixture having different water nutrient ratios for growing said different plants;
- a lighting system, positioned inside said plurality of drawers, capable of providing a specific light frequencies for a specific photosynthesis process for said specific plant grown inside each of said plurality of drawers;
- a ventilation system operable to provide air flows for each of said plurality of drawers;
- a water circulation system operable to provide a specific amount of water to said specific plant grown in each of said plurality of drawers using said controller circuit;
- wherein said plurality of drawers further comprises:
- a first drawer configured to grow a first specific plant that has a nutrient ratio of 40 Part per million (PPM) and a pH level of 6.0 to 7.0;
- a second drawer configured to grow a second specific plant that has a nutrient ratio of 540-1,000 Part per million (PPM) and a pH level of 6.0 to 7.0;
- a third drawer configured to grow a third specific plant that has a nutrient ratio of 1,200-1,600 Part per million (PPM) and a pH level of 6.0 to 6.5;
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- a fourth drawer configured to grow a fourth specific plant that has a nutrient ratio of 1,700-2,100 Part per million (PPM) and a pH level of 5.5 to 6.5.
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