Climate control system for a mushroom growing appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsSteven Fox, Daniel Carballo
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Abstract
A mushroom growing appliance includes a grow chamber defined within a cabinet and a climate control system for regulating the humidity and gas concentrations within the grow chamber. The climate control system includes a water reservoir positioned within the grow chamber for receiving water, a wicking filter positioned at least partially within the water reservoir for wicking the water into the wicking filter, a recirculation fan positioned adjacent the wicking filter for selectively urging a flow of recirculation air through the wicking filter and back into the grow chamber, and a fresh air fan positioned adjacent the wicking filter for urging a flow of fresh air through the wicking filter and into the grow chamber.
Claims20
A mushroom growing appliance comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a grow chamber defined within the cabinet;
- a water reservoir positioned within the grow chamber for receiving water;
- a wicking filter positioned at least partially within the water reservoir for wicking the water into the wicking filter;
- a recirculation fan positioned adjacent the wicking filter for selectively urging a flow of recirculation air through the wicking filter and back into the grow chamber, wherein an intake and a discharge of the recirculation fan are positioned within the grow chamber;
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- a fresh air fan for urging a flow of fresh air into the grow chamber.
A climate control system for a mushroom growing appliance, the mushroom growing appliance comprising a grow chamber defined within a cabinet, the climate control system comprising:
- a water reservoir positioned within the grow chamber for receiving water;
- a wicking filter positioned at least partially within the water reservoir for wicking the water into the wicking filter;
- a recirculation fan positioned adjacent the wicking filter for selectively urging a flow of recirculation air through the wicking filter and back into the grow chamber, wherein an intake and a discharge of the recirculation fan are positioned within the grow chamber;
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- a fresh air fan positioned adjacent the wicking filter for urging a flow of fresh air through the wicking filter and into the grow chamber.
A mushroom growing appliance comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a grow chamber defined within the cabinet;
- a humidity sensor for measuring a chamber humidity in the grow chamber;
- a water reservoir positioned within the grow chamber for receiving water;
- a wicking filter positioned at least partially within the water reservoir for wicking the water into the wicking filter;
- a recirculation fan positioned adjacent the wicking filter for selectively urging a flow of recirculation air through the wicking filter and back into the grow chamber;
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- a controller operably coupled to the humidity sensor and the recirculation fan, the controller being configured to:
- monitor the chamber humidity using the humidity sensor;
- determine that the chamber humidity has dropped below a predetermined humidity threshold;
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- operate the recirculation fan to circulate the flow of recirculation air within the grow chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.