Portable deployable modular indoor vertical agricultural growing machine
AssigneePotento, LLC
InventorsNavid Ghedami, Silas Lanham Frazier, III
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Abstract
This disclosure describes a portable, deployable, modular, indoor vertical agricultural machine comprising a cabinet with a ventilation system, lighting system, structural column support, plant support system, fertigation supply system, fertigation drain and return system, an interface for an environmental control system, an environmental control system, and a nutrition supply control system. Exemplary embodiments of software and computers for controlling same are disclosed as well as exemplary embodiments for using growing trays, hanging pod structures, and lattice structures for viney plants.
Claims13
An apparatus, known as a portable modular indoor vertical agricultural growing machine, said apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet comprising
- a plurality of legs;
- a plurality of vertical frame members;
- a plurality of lateral subframe members that are connected to the vertical frame members and which support a subfloor;
- a plurality of lateral frame members that are connected to the vertical frame members and which support a floor and a plurality of doors;
- a plurality of lateral top frame members that are connected to the vertical frame members and which support a top cover;
- and
- a plurality of inner support members which extend from the floor to the top cover;
- a ventilation system comprising
- an air filtration chamber comprising
- the plurality of lateral subframe members;
- the subfloor;
- the plurality of lateral frame members;
- an air filter;
- and
- the floor, said floor being further comprised of a plurality of air flow nozzles and adjustable air vents that penetrate said floor;
- a grow chamber comprising
- the plurality of lateral frame members;
- the floor;
- the plurality of vertical frame members;
- the plurality of doors;
- the top cover, said top cover comprising at least one exhaust port;
- and
- a controllable exhaust fan system comprising these electrically connected elements
- an exhaust fan control rheostat;
- a first power supply;
- a first programmable timer module;
- and
- a fan;
- a lighting system comprising
- an LED driver;
- a light wiring harness;
- a light holder;
- a plurality of mounting spacers;
- and
- an LED bulb;
- a structural column support comprising
- a plurality of type A column support members and type B column support members;
- and
- an LED bulb spacer/holder;
- a plant support system comprising
- a plurality of structural support pins;
- a plurality of growing trays each of those growing trays having a first drain port aperture;
- a fertigation supply system comprising
- a controllable ultraviolet radiation sterilizing filtration system that is fluidly connected to a return tub, said controllable ultraviolet radiation sterilizing filtration system comprising these electrically connected elements
- an ultraviolet filter;
- and
- a second programmable timer module;
- a return pump fluidly connected to the ultraviolet filter;
- a nutrition supply reservoir fluidly connected to the return pump;
- a controllable nutrition supply pump system comprising the following electrically connected elements
- a first splitter hub containing ports for controlling the ventilation system, the ultraviolet radiation sterilizing filtration system, a fertigation supply system pump, and a fertigation drain and return system pump;
- a third programmable timer module;
- a second power supply;
- a nutrition supply pump;
- a nutrition supply pump output control rheostat;
- and
- an MDR power supply;
- a master manifold;
- a plurality of sub-manifolds;
- a plurality of columnar supply conduits;
- a plurality of supply hoses fluidly connecting said nutrition supply reservoir, said nutrition supply pump, said master manifold, the plurality of sub-manifolds;
- and
- the plurality of columnar supply conduits;
- a plurality of liquid delivery conduits fluidly connected to said columnar supply conduits;
- and
- a plurality of liquid delivery nozzles fluidly connected to said liquid delivery conduits,
- a fertigation drain and return system comprising
- a plurality of removable drain ports fluidly connected to a plurality of liquid drain conduits;
- a columnar drain that is fluidly connected to the plurality of liquid drain conduits fluidly connected to a discharge hose;
- and
- the return tub;
- an interface for an environmental control system, said interface comprising a plurality of ports for controlling
- the ventilation system, the ultraviolet radiation sterilizing filtration system, the fertigation supply system pump and the fertigation drain and return system pump;
- a full spectrum suite of environmental sensors;
- and
- the lighting system;
- an environmental control system comprising
- the full spectrum suite of environmental sensors;
- a nutrition supply control system comprising
- a sensor interface board that is electrically connected to
- a nutrient pH sensor;
- an electrical conductivity and temperature sensor for liquids;
- and
- a second splitter hub that is electrically connected to
- a plurality of water detectors and water detector sensors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.