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US 11,140,835 B2Granted
Wall mounted agricultural assembly
AssigneeHortech, Inc.
InventorLeo Vincent Gartland
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Abstract
A wall mounted agricultural assembly includes a first planter and a second planter below the first planter, and a water supply arrangement that includes a fluid supply delivering fluid from a fluid supply to the first and second planters and a first valve configured to allow or prevent fluid flow to the planters, and a second valve configured to prevent or allow fluid to bypass the planters.
Claims19
A wall mounted agricultural assembly, comprising:
- a first planter configured to attach to a substantially vertical wall structure at a first vertical height and having a first interior space configured to receive plant matter;
- a second planter configured to attach to the wall structure at a second vertical height that is less than the first vertical height and having a second interior space configured to receive plant matter;
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- a water supply arrangement, comprising:
- a fluid supply line configured to deliver a fluid from a fluid supply to the first interior space of the first planter and the second interior space of the second planter;
- a first valve in fluid communication with the fluid supply line downstream of the fluid supply and upstream of the first planter, the first valve operable between an open position where the fluid may be provided from the fluid supply to the first interior space of the first planter and the second interior space of the second planter, and a closed position preventing the fluid from being supplied from the fluid supply to the first interior space of the first planter and the second interior space of the second planter;
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- a second valve in fluid communication with the fluid supply line downstream of the second planter, the second valve operable between a closed position requiring the fluid to enter the first interior space of the first planter and the second interior space of the second planter, and an open position allowing the fluid to bypass the first interior space of the first planter and the second interior space of the second planter, wherein the second valve is in the closed position when the first valve is in the open position, and the second valve is in the open position when the first valve is in the closed position.
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A wall mounted agricultural assembly, comprising:
- a first planter configured to attach to a substantially vertical wall structure at a first vertical height and having a first interior space configured to receive plant matter;
- a second planter configured to attach to the wall structure at a second vertical height that is less than the first vertical height and having a second interior space configured to receive plant matter;
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- a water supply arrangement, comprising:
- a fluid supply line configured to deliver a fluid from a fluid supply to the first interior space of the first planter and the second interior space of the second planter;
- a first valve in fluid communication with the fluid supply line downstream of the fluid supply and upstream of the first planter, the first valve operable between an open position where the fluid may be provided from the fluid supply to the first interior space of the first planter and the second interior space of the second planter, and a closed position preventing the fluid from being supplied from the fluid supply to the first interior space of the first planter and the second interior space of the second planter;
- a second valve in fluid communication with the fluid supply line downstream of the second planter, the second valve operable between a closed position requiring the fluid to enter the first interior space of the first planter and the second interior space of the second planter, and an open position allowing the fluid to bypass the first interior space of the first planter and the second interior space of the second planter, wherein the second valve is in the closed position when the first valve is in the open position, and the second valve is in the open position when the first valve is in the closed position;
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- a drain tube in fluid communication with the second valve and positioned downstream of the second valve, wherein the fluid drains into the drain tube when the second valve is in the open position, and wherein the drain tube is located vertically below the second valve;
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- a controller configured to control the first and second valves between the open and closed positions, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.