Indoor garden center with a moisture management system
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsMatthew R. Hunter, Michael Goodman Schroeder, Louis A. Wantland, John Alexander Gardner, Brian Allgeier
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Abstract
An indoor gardening appliance includes a liner defining a grow chamber and a grow module rotatably mounted within the grow chamber for receiving a plurality of plant pods. A moisture management system includes an evaporator plenum in fluid communication with the grow chamber and a fan assembly that recirculates air from the respective grow chambers and/or the ambient environment through an evaporator positioned within the evaporator plenum. In this manner, chamber humidity may be regulated while water is extracted from the air which may be used by a hydration system to hydrate plants.
Claims16
A gardening appliance, comprising:
- a liner positioned within a cabinet and defining a first grow chamber and a second grow chamber, the second grow chamber being substantially isolated from the first grow chamber;
- a grow module mounted within the liner and defining a plurality of apertures for receiving one or more plant pods;
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- a moisture management system comprising:
- an evaporator plenum;
- a first supply duct and a first intake duct providing fluid communication between the evaporator plenum and the first grow chamber;
- a second supply duct and a second intake duct providing fluid communication between the evaporator plenum and the second grow chamber;
- a fan assembly operably coupled to the evaporator plenum for urging a flow of air through the evaporator plenum;
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- an evaporator positioned within the evaporator plenum for dehumidifying the flow of air passing through the evaporator plenum.
A moisture management system for a gardening appliance, the gardening appliance comprising a liner positioned within a cabinet and defining a first grow chamber and a second grow chamber, the second grow chamber being substantially isolated from the first grow chamber, and a grow module mounted within the liner, the moisture management system comprising:
- an evaporator plenum;
- a first supply duct and a first intake duct providing fluid communication between the evaporator plenum and the first grow chamber;
- a second supply duct and a second intake duct providing fluid communication between the evaporator plenum and the second grow chamber;
- a fan assembly operably coupled to the evaporator plenum for urging a flow of air through the evaporator plenum;
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- an evaporator positioned within the evaporator plenum for dehumidifying the flow of air passing through the evaporator plenum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.