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US 12,213,417 B2Granted
Plant conveyance and irradiation apparatus
AssigneeNichia Corporation
InventorsYasuo Fujikawa, Tomohiro Tsurumoto, Hiroaki Tamemoto
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Abstract
A plant treatment apparatus includes: a plant holding unit; an ultraviolet irradiation unit configured to irradiate a plant held by the plant holding unit with light comprising ultraviolet light in a wavelength range of no less than 270 nm and no more than 290 nm; and either (i) a plant immersion unit configured to immerse the plant held by the plant holding unit into a liquid that comprises water and is held by the plant immersion unit, or (ii) a liquid ejection unit that ejects the liquid towards the plant held by the plant holding unit.
Claims17
A plant treatment apparatus comprising:
- a belt conveyor comprising a belt, the belt having an upper surface comprising a plant holding unit;
- an ultraviolet irradiation unit configured to irradiate a plant held by the plant holding unit with light comprising ultraviolet light in a wavelength range of no less than 270 nm and no more than 290 nm;
- and
- a plant immersion unit comprising a liquid holding space and configured to immerse an entirety of the plant held by the plant holding unit into a liquid held in the liquid holding space;
- wherein:
- the belt extends continuously from a first location outside the liquid holding space to a second location inside the liquid holding space to a third location outside the liquid holding space.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.